“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
“If you think about something for long enough,' she explained, `more than likely, that thing will happen.' She tapped her head. `It's all in the mind.”
― Jeanette Winterson, quote from Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
“I didn’t know if I could stop her with one blow. But I could whack the crap out of her.”
― Rachel Vincent, quote from My Soul to Take
“My mission was to multiply twenty-four times nine.”
― Wendy Mass, quote from A Mango-Shaped Space
“Her only thought was of getting away, as if she were carrying a live grenade from inside the house, so that when it exploded, it would destroy just herself.”
― Jennifer Egan, quote from A Visit from the Goon Squad
“But calling up magic when there were arrows flying and chunks of the countryside disappearing was about as easy as going to the toilet on command with a dozen people watching. Who all hated you.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Lost Colony
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