Quotes from The Apothecary's Daughter

“The human heart, no matter what age, will only open to the heart that opens in return.”
― Julie Klassen, quote from The Apothecary's Daughter

“I have no longing for great wealth. For great adventure, yes, to travel widely and love deeply these things I value more than profits. Though certainly one needs enough of those to finance the former things.”
― Julie Klassen, quote from The Apothecary's Daughter

“Yes, sometimes we must lose something...someone...before we realize its worth.”
― Julie Klassen, quote from The Apothecary's Daughter

“The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.
MARIA EDGEWORTH, 19T" CENTURY NOVELIST”
― Julie Klassen, quote from The Apothecary's Daughter

“The apothecary of this country is qualified by education to attend at the bedside of the sick, and, being in general better acquainted with pharmacy than the physicians of English universities ... is often the most successful practitioner.
JEREMIAH JENKINS, OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE PROFESSION AND TRADE OF MEDICINE, 1810
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― Julie Klassen, quote from The Apothecary's Daughter

“You may be small in the attic, but you have a big heart.”
― Julie Klassen, quote from The Apothecary's Daughter

“My father was a North Somerset fisherman. He always said if the apostles needed the Lord to tell them where to cast their nets, then he could do no better than to ask the Almighty for direction as well.”
― Julie Klassen, quote from The Apothecary's Daughter

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