The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern Quotes

“Words can do anything,” she said. “A kind word can fix a person’s spirit. A cruel one can break a person’s heart. Wicked words have caused wars, and honest words have made peace. Why shouldn’t they be able to heal?”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“She believed that the world still held a bit of magic for those who were patient and wise enough to wait.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“If I had been born a man, they would have called me an apothecary. Perhaps even a doctor, if I’d had the training. But because I was born a woman, they called me a witch instead. To ignorant men, every gifted woman is a witch.” “But you know things my father doesn’t know,” said Augusta.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“Being a pharmacist is more than powders and pills. Sometimes it means keeping other people's secrets.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“If a person is denied is denied a formal education ... she must be inventive in her quest for knowledge. She must study the folktales and the stories. She must learn however she can. She must use every tool at her disposal.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“Clarity can be a wonderful gift. To see something so unambiguously, to be free of all doubt—who wouldn’t want that?”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“It is not so simple, is it? I could offer many more interpretations, but the point is, there isn't one explanation. Things are never as straightforward as we want them to be, Goldie. Why must I choose a single solution when the truth lies somewhere in between them all?”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“My job isn’t always to keep you safe,” said her mother. “My job is to teach you to keep yourself safe.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“To ease the pain of those who suffer To repair the bodies of those who are ill To restore the minds of those in need”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“Together, they had kept each other warm. Together, they had turned something dark into light.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“The truth was that she could barely remember the last time she’d gone anywhere with a man. At some point, it stopped being worth the trouble. The men who asked were either too frail, too hunched, too forgetful, or too needy.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“There will always be waves in the distance. With practice, you’ll learn to swim around them.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“Words can do anything, she said. A kind word can fix a person's spirit. A cruel one can break a person's heart. Wicked words have caused wars, and honest words have made peace. Why shouldn't they be able to heal?”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“Words can do anything. A kind word can fix a person's spirit. A cruel one can break a persons heart. Wicked words have caused wars, and honest words have made peace. Why shouldn't they be able to heal?”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“You have seen only my most fortunate outcomes. But do not mistake a few successes for an unblemished past.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“It makes no difference what anyone calls me. I know exactly who I am.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“If I had been born a man, they would have called me an apothecary. Perhaps even a doctor, if I’d had the training. But because I was born a woman, they called me a witch instead. To ignorant men, every gifted woman is a witch.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“Is it normal for people from New Jersey to wear sequins at four o’clock on a weekday?”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“But whenever you’re here or at the library, I can feel your brain at work. And when your brain is churning away, I swear it makes your whole face light up. There’s nothing more beautiful than that.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“That was the nice thing about spending time with a person you'd known for almost all year life... the memories you shared grew even more vivid when you remembered them together.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“That was the nice thing about spending time with a person you’d known for almost all of your life—the memories you shared grew even more vivid when you remembered them together.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“They see an old woman with gray hair, said Brenda, and they assume we’re all exaggerating. Meanwhile, when my husband goes for his appointment, they treat his cold like it’s the bubonic plague!”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“To ignorant men, every gifted woman is a witch.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“Oh, how she wanted to be that woman again—a woman who, yes, had suffered losses, but whose heart had not yet been broken beyond repair. A woman who was curious and hopeful and who still believed in the glimmers of magic that made their way quietly into the world.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“I don’t care for soup anymore,” she said brusquely. “I’ve been burned too many times.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“Age cannot wither her, not custom stale her infinite variety”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

“He remembered her telling him that when she was dad about her mother, reading helped to make her feel better. And so, as his marriage grew increasingly painful, he began turning to books as a source of comfort.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern