The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel) Quotes

“I’m very sorry, sir. I’m afraid I might have crushed a frog.” She kept her face completely expressionless. “...A frog.” Jinshi winced. Fine. Let him wince. Maomao would overcome this situation by sheer force of will.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3

“I’m very sorry, sir. I’m afraid I might have crushed a frog.” She kept her face completely expressionless.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3

“Jinshi’s robe had come open when Maomao had landed on him, but the body it revealed was not soft and indulged; instead it was all taut muscle, the product of discipline and training. His face might be that of a nymph, but his body was that of a warrior.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3

“Xiaolan always seemed like she was more interested in snacks than anything else in life;”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3

“That squishy-feeling thing had been a frog, she kept telling herself, just a frog. “That was no f—”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3

“How,” he asked, “is this girl still upright?”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3

“If you wish to further thin the blood, might I suggest taking someone like this young lady into your retinue?” Excuse me? What was that doddering old coot thinking? Maomao wanted to pull off a shoe and fling it at him. “Amusing as that might be, I’d rather not make an enemy of Lakan. And perhaps more importantly, her bust would have to grow about another fifteen centimeters first!” First: just how intimidated was he by the “fox strategist”? And second: Really?”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3

“It means that those who are chosen by this shrine—those who prove themselves the children of Wang Mu—have one thing in common: they can’t see color.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3

“Coincidence can be a force to be reckoned with, though.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3

“Maomao allowed her eyelids to droop so that she looked rather more skeptical; Jinshi let out a relieved breath and sat forward again. Why did he look so...satisfied? Was the eunuch actually a secret masochist?”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3

“The cat was given a name that meant “furry.” It stuck in Maomao’s craw for one simple reason: this name, too, was pronounced “maomao.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3

“so”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3

“The man was his father, he was told, and the old woman his grandmother. The man he had always believed was his father, he found out, was his own older brother.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3

“As she wandered, Maomao spotted a dog—one with a familiar keeper. So the mutt’s brought his mutt. It was Lihaku, who was something of a big, friendly dog himself.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3

“Even Lishu had at least one good story going around, which claimed that she’d once collapsed with a spontaneous nosebleed while reading some book. When she’d heard about it, Maomao had only hoped that nobody would ask too many questions about what kind of book it had been.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3

“There are certain people who would be unable to distinguish which door was red and which was green,” Maomao said.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3

“Maomao was just a minor palace woman. Things were so much easier when he treated her as such. “Understood, sir,” she said with a bow of her head.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3