“First, there was trust. Then, there was betrayal. You cannot have one without the other. You cannot be betrayed by someone you do not trust ... what you have learned is the same heart-wrenching journey of every woman to whom I have sold a poison. And it is, indeed, the same path for me.”
―
Sarah Penner,
The Lost Apothecary
“if you want something different, the only person holding you back is you. What is it you love to do?” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“First, there was trust. Then, there was betrayal. You cannot have one without the other. You cannot be betrayed by someone you do not trust.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“It's okay to change," I interrupted, "but it's not okay to hide, to bury parts of ourselves.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“To me, the allure of history lay in the minutiae of life long ago, the untold secrets of ordinary people.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“Healing by way of vengeance ... no such thing existed; it never had. Hurting others had only injured me further.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“Intermingled in the mess was another, subtler secret ... we were happy, yet unfulfilled. It was possible, I understood now, to be both at the same time.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“History doesn’t record the intricacies of women’s relationships with one another; they’re not to be uncovered.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“... not everything in my life was how I imagined it would be, and that I hadn't lived up to my own potential. And worst of all, I'd been too scared to even try.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“that the hardest truths never rest on the surface. They must be dredged up, held to the light and rinsed clean.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“Why did we suffer to keep secrets? Merely to protect ourselves, or to protect others?” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“If there was anything that the last few days had taught me, it was the importance of shining new light on old truths hidden in dark places.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“Beneath the ink strokes of my register held betrayal, anguish and...dark secrets.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“Why did we go to such lengths to protect the fragile minds of children? We only robbed them of the truth—and the chance to grow numb to it before it arrived with a hard knock on the door.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“I realized my grief was richer and more nuanced than what lay on the surface. This was about more than the burden of the apothecary. More than James' infidelity. Intermingled in the mess was another subtler secret that James and I had hid from each other for years.We were happy, yet unfulfilled. It was possible, I understood now, to be both at the same time. I was happy with the stability of working for my family yet unfulfilled by my job and burdened by the things I hadn't pursued. I was happy with our desire to someday have children yet unfulfilled by my achievements apart from family life. How had I only just learned that happiness and fulfillment were entirely distinct things?” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“How had I only just learned that happiness and fulfillment were entirely distinct things?” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“If felt as though the universe, in her strange and nonsensical way, meant to reach out to me, to remind me of the enthusiasm I once had for the trifling bits of bygone eras, if only I could look beneath the dirt that had accumulated over time.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“Killing and secret-keeping had done this to me. It had begun to rot me from the inside out, and something inside meant to tear me open.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“The unknown had once been an unpleasant concept to me, but I realized now the opportunity in it. The excitement in it.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“if you want something different, the only person holding you back is you. What is it you love to do?” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“First, there was trust. Then, there was betrayal. You cannot have one without the other. You cannot be betrayed by someone you do not trust.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“It's okay to change," I interrupted, "but it's not okay to hide, to bury parts of ourselves.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“To me, the allure of history lay in the minutiae of life long ago, the untold secrets of ordinary people.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“Healing by way of vengeance ... no such thing existed; it never had. Hurting others had only injured me further.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“Intermingled in the mess was another, subtler secret ... we were happy, yet unfulfilled. It was possible, I understood now, to be both at the same time.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“History doesn’t record the intricacies of women’s relationships with one another; they’re not to be uncovered.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“... not everything in my life was how I imagined it would be, and that I hadn't lived up to my own potential. And worst of all, I'd been too scared to even try.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“that the hardest truths never rest on the surface. They must be dredged up, held to the light and rinsed clean.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“Why did we suffer to keep secrets? Merely to protect ourselves, or to protect others?” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“If there was anything that the last few days had taught me, it was the importance of shining new light on old truths hidden in dark places.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“Beneath the ink strokes of my register held betrayal, anguish and...dark secrets.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“Why did we go to such lengths to protect the fragile minds of children? We only robbed them of the truth—and the chance to grow numb to it before it arrived with a hard knock on the door.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“I realized my grief was richer and more nuanced than what lay on the surface. This was about more than the burden of the apothecary. More than James' infidelity. Intermingled in the mess was another subtler secret that James and I had hid from each other for years.We were happy, yet unfulfilled. It was possible, I understood now, to be both at the same time. I was happy with the stability of working for my family yet unfulfilled by my job and burdened by the things I hadn't pursued. I was happy with our desire to someday have children yet unfulfilled by my achievements apart from family life. How had I only just learned that happiness and fulfillment were entirely distinct things?” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“How had I only just learned that happiness and fulfillment were entirely distinct things?” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“If felt as though the universe, in her strange and nonsensical way, meant to reach out to me, to remind me of the enthusiasm I once had for the trifling bits of bygone eras, if only I could look beneath the dirt that had accumulated over time.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“Killing and secret-keeping had done this to me. It had begun to rot me from the inside out, and something inside meant to tear me open.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
“The unknown had once been an unpleasant concept to me, but I realized now the opportunity in it. The excitement in it.” ― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary
