The Queen of Poisons Quotes

“Who was she kidding? She loved living on her own— not that she did, of course, she had her cat Daniel, and Judith was very much of the opinion that a cat was all the company a person needed.”
― Robert Thorogood, The Queen of Poisons

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― Robert Thorogood, The Queen of Poisons

“It’s a plant,’ Judith said, ‘sometimes referred to as the Queen of Poisons. It also goes by the name of monkshood, wolfsbane and leopard’s bane. In Greek mythology, it’s what grew out of the ground when Hercules dragged the threeheaded Cerberus out of Hades. And it’s what Juliet drinks to kill herself at the end of Romeo and Juliet, now I’m thinking about it. And what the witches brew in Macbeth as well – where it’s called “tooth of wolf” – Shakespeare really had a thing for aconite.”
― Robert Thorogood, The Queen of Poisons

“Bette Davis had been right, she thought, getting old wasn’t for sissies.”
― Robert Thorogood, The Queen of Poisons

“There’s so much about the world we don’t know.” “We know homeopathy’s a nonsense,” Judith said. “You say that, but do we ever really know anything for sure?” “Yes. We know homeopathy’s a nonsense.”
― Robert Thorogood, The Queen of Poisons

“You know what, you’re right,” Judith said, at some personal cost.”
― Robert Thorogood, The Queen of Poisons

“They won’t be as friendly as us. And to be clear, we’re not very friendly.”
― Robert Thorogood, The Queen of Poisons

“a good part of her mind vowed she’d very definitely clean her house more often— while a separate part of her mind, at exactly the same time, knew she never would.”
― Robert Thorogood, The Queen of Poisons