The Apothecary Diaries Quotes

“An increase in my wages... ...would only serve to further line the pockets of my abductors, after all.”

“It's easier to get along in the world by feigning ignorance.”

“I guess... ...it just goes to show how trivially a maid's warning is taken.”

“They weighed their lives equally with their beauty... ...and for that, they lost both.”

“How very odd. You've been taken for an illiterate this entire time.”

“I thought I told you to stay put, hmm?”

“Promise me you won't drink it.”

“Why did you try to cover for that lady-in-waiting yesterday?”

“That isn't so. A bow does not even begin to convey the depth of my gratitude to you.”

“He didn't appear to have anything to do... ...so I sent him out to weed the garden.”

“The life of a lady-in-waiting... ...is worth far less than the life of a consort. This is especially true... ...of us food tasters.”

“It's not a matter of what you will or won't do... ...but rather of what you can and cannot do.”

“Disdaining the emperor's will... ...simply does not suit such beautiful and wise women as yourselves.”

“I... ...think this needs to stew a bit longer. We'll get something else!”