- Aspirin. Digitalis. Quinine. What woulda been called magic in the old days.
- Medicine.
- If you like. But a few hunred years ago there were no difference beteween magic and medicine. People just knew things. Belived things. Like cheving cloves to cure tooth-ache, or pennyroyal for a sore throat, or towan twigs to keep away evil spirits.
He glannced at a boy, as if to check for any sign of mockery.
- Properties - he repeated. - You can learn a lot if you travel enough, an you keep an open mind.
Blackberry wine,
Joanne Harris 2000
(autorka Czekolady :))