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The Apothecary (The Apothecary, #1) QUOTES

The Apothecary (The Apothecary, #1) QUOTES

1 " We have to think of a question that we wouldn't otherwise want to answer.'

He stood over the pot, looking down at the leaves. 'Something like, Who do you fancy?'

'That might work,' I said, even though it was the last question I wanted to answer. But it was impossible, suddenly, to tell a lie.

Benjamin took a deep sniff over the steam and turned to me. 'All right,' he said. 'So who do you fancy?'

I hesitated. 'Fancy means like, right?' I said stalling.

'Of course.'

I gritted my teeth against the answer coming out. but I couldn't stop myself. 'You,' I said helplessly. "

― Maile Meloy , The Apothecary (The Apothecary, #1)

2 " To be a kid is to be invisible and to listen, and to interpret things that aren't necessarily meant for you to hear--because how else do you find out about the world? "

― Maile Meloy , The Apothecary (The Apothecary, #1)

3 " Whenever we tamper with natural laws, there are consequences,” the count said. “The larger the disruption, the larger the consequence. "

― Maile Meloy , The Apothecary (The Apothecary, #1)

4 " He who delays the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out. "

― Maile Meloy , The Apothecary (The Apothecary, #1)