The Apothecary Quotes

“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

“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

“He who delays the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out.”
― Maile Meloy, The Apothecary

“Whenever we tamper with natural laws, there are consequences,” the count said. “The larger the disruption, the larger the consequence.”
― Maile Meloy, The Apothecary

“You have children," he said. "And you want to be able to protect them. I want you to go home and protect them. But I believe what my colleagues are saying is this - that we should not stop at our desire to protect our own children in their immediate world. We want the streets to be safe, and the walls around them to be sound, and we want to be able to put food in their bellies. These are natural desires." He paused. "But if we want them to be safe and well, we must make the greater world a safer place.”
― Maile Meloy, The Apothecary