Quotes About Hospitality

Are you going to eat her here, Mr. Rand, or should I prepare her to go?

you like to have some cup of tea?-July bent at the doorway and began that day for them as his kind has always done for their kind.

Sit down, Mi Vida," said El Patrón, indicating a chair by the table. "As I remember, you like cookies.

Besides, Southerners are hospitable. They'll probably offer me lemonade. Excuse me? You're going to sit on a porch and drink lemonade while I plow a swamp with a goat's horn? Yes, ma'am. And I aim to wear my seamless shirt while you do it.

me. The tea was even offered exactly in the same way that Americans always did it, namely with the faint hint that they didn't really understand why I might like some tea, but they understood that this was the appropriate thing to do.

I had people, in the plural, that I could ask to join me in the library, and even if they said no, they weren't really saying no, they were only saying not this time.

The tea was even offered exactly in the same way that Americans always did it, namely with the faint hint that they didn't really understand why I might like some tea, but they understood that this was the appropriate thing to do.

Maybe he would let me come in, but he'd want to close the doors up again behind me.

I ate it all she gave me another piece and when I ate all of that she gave me another with honey. My stomach was so full I could feel it with my hand.

May I offer you something? A small glass of cyanide?

You can come share a tasty meal of bread, raisins, and fresh cheese. With that, and The Count of Monte Cristo, anyone can live to a hundred.

But if you like, you can come share a tasty meal of bread, raisins, and fresh Burgos cheese. With that, and The Count of Monte Cristo , anyone can live to a hundred.

God bless, and don't hesitate never to come back here again.

I'd always say to her, 'All right, if you don't invite me, I won't go,' and she'd answer, 'I don't need to invite you to my home, Father. One only invites strangers.

One only invites strangers.

I believe that in the world there are no better people or a better land. They love their neighbors as themselves, and they have the sweetest speech in the world and [they are] gentle and always laughing

Everyone seated at the table stared at Mimi and the kids. They did not speak nor give them any form of recognition or welcome to join them. How dangerous can a grandmother and four kids look? Christina whispered to Alex, who giggled.

they were not six people knit close in tight, warm threads of family, but travelers accidentally in the same motel.

Kahnawake April 20, 1704 Temperature 56 degrees Mercy's only hope for friendship was Nistenha's cousin's daughter, Snow Walker, who was a frequent visitor and pleasant enough. But Indians were less likely to talk for the sake of talk and Snow Walker hardly talked at all. Snow Walker for a friend would be like a fence post for a friend.

God bless the corners of this house, and be the lintel blest, and bless the hearth and bless the board and bless each place of rest, and bless each door that opens wide to stranger as to kin. And bless each crystal window pane that lets the starlight in, and bless the rooftree overhead and every sturdy wall. The peace of man, the peace of God, the peace of love on all. Amen.

serve it also. The corners of her full mouth turned

When opportunity knocks, you don't leave it standing on the doorstep. You invite it in and feed it chocolate cake.

The two women watched Judy intently as they introduced themselves as Edna and Mary Turner, great-aunts of the little girl. "Judy lives with us," explained Edna, the older sister.

At this moment Hannah returned with a large silver tray on which was a tea service and some dainty sandwiches. She set the tray on a table and asked Nancy to pour the tea. She herself passed the cups of tea and sandwiches to the callers.