The Anatomist's Apprentice Quotes

“It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
The act of dying is not of importance. It takes so short a time. —Dr. Samuel Johnson, 1769”
― Tessa Harris, The Anatomist's Apprentice

“If death, mused the great thinker Dr. Samuel Johnson, is merely a gateway on the path from life into eternity, a portal from mortality to immortality, then what does it matter how a man dies? The act of dying is not of importance. It is how he lives that counts.”
― Tessa Harris, The Anatomist's Apprentice

“gallimaufry”
― Tessa Harris, The Anatomist's Apprentice

“they all listened intently and passed the story on in shades as varied as the turning leaves on the autumn beeches; on each occasion embellishing it with thin threads of conjecture that were strengthened every time they were entwined.”
― Tessa Harris, The Anatomist's Apprentice