I wouldna cross the road to see a scrawny woman if she was stark naked and dripping wet. ~Jamie Fraser — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Damn right I begrudge! I grudge every memory of yours that doesna hold me, and every tear ye've shed for another, and… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
That's what marriage is good for; it makes a sacrament out of things ye'd otherwise have to confess. Jamie Fraser — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“God, don't laugh!" Jamie said, alarmed. "I didna mean to make ye laugh! Christ, Jenny will kill me if ye cough up… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
You are my courage, as I am your conscience," he whispered. "You are my heart---and I your compassion. We are neither of… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
My father liked me, when I wasna being an idiot. And he loved me, too -- enough to beat the daylights out… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I'll tell ye, Sassenach; if ever I feel the need to change my manner of employment, I dinna think I'll take up… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“A man should pay tribute to your body," he said softly... "For you are beautiful, and that is your right.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“My own eyes went to Jamie, who had come to join Fergus and Ian by the sideboard. Still here, thank God. Tall… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I swore an oath before the altar of God to protect this woman. And if you're tellin' me that ye consider your… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Where did you learn to kiss like that?” I said, a little breathless. He grinned and pulled me close again. “I said… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“For the moment, everything had disappeared: the church, the battle, the screams and shouts and the rumble of limber wheels along the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“You'd forgive me for Claire - but not for killing your . . . men." He glanced at the two Craddocks, spotty… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
You'll lie wi' me now," he said quietly. "And I shall use ye as I must. And if you'll have your revenge… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“He turned his head to look full at me, his hair fire-struck with the setting sun, face dark in silhouette. "Twenty-four years… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Harmless as a setting dove," he agreed. "I'm too hungry to be a threat to anything but breakfast. Let a stray bannock… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Jamie," I said, "how, exactly, do you decide whether you're drunk?" Aroused by my voice, he swayed alarmingly to one side, but… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Jem made the little Scottish noise again, and Brianna looked sideways at him. "Are you doing that on purpose?" He looked up… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I had one last try. "Does it bother you that I'm not a virgin?" He hesitated a moment before answering. "Well, no,"… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Look back, hold a torch to light the recesses of the dark. Listen to the footsteps that echo behind, when you walk… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“To this point, he could not really have said that he loved William. Feel the terror of responsibility for him, yes. Carry… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
When I asked my da how ye knew which was the right woman, he told me when the time came, I'd have… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“For my sake,” he said firmly, addressing the air in front of him as though it were a tribunal, “I dinna want… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I know what it felt . . . like when I . . . thought you were dead, and-" A small gasp… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Jaime," I said softly, "are you happy about it? About the baby?" Outlawed in Scotland, barred from his own home, and with… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Because I wanted you." He turned from the window to face me. "More than I ever wanted anything in my life," he… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“You're the best man I ever met," I said. "I only meant...it's such a strain, to try and live for two people.… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“When you took me from the witch trial at Cranesmuir--you said then that you would have died with me, you would have… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“of the cup. “Mmmfff!” “Swallow,” he said, clapping a hand tightly across my mouth and ignoring both my frenzied squirming and the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Some enterprising rabbit had dug its way under the stakes of my garden again. One voracious rabbit could eat a cabbage down… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“What . . . fellow?” The wind was cool, but I could see sweat trickling down the back of Jamie’s neck, dampening… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“What's that you're doing, Sassenach?" "Making out little Gizmo's birth certificate--so far as I can," I added. "Gizmo?" he said doubtfully. "That… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Ye always carry your women wi ye into battle, Ian Og. They're the root of your strength, man.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“That's the best thing I can think of. Having a good hold on your arse always makes me feel steady.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
When the day shall come that we do part," he said softly, and turned to look at me, "if my last words… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Jaime, you must be half-dead" He laughed tiredly, holding me close with one large warm hand on the small of my back.… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
You are safe," he said firmly. "You have my name and my family, my clan, and if necessary, the protection of my… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I didn't say you shouldn't worry, do you think I don't worry? But no, you probably can't do anything about me.' 'Well,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I'm honest enough to say that I dinna care what the right and wrong of it may be, so long as you're… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Alright, all right," I said. "What if I tell you a story, instead?" Highlanders loved stories, and Jamie was no exception. "Oh, aye, "… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
There were moments, of course. Those small spaces in time, too soon gone, when everything seems to stand still, and existence is balanced on… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
If it was a sin for you to choose me . . . then I would go to the Devil himself and bless him… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
When I turned 35, I thought, 'Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: I'm going to start writing a book on… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
I stagger out of bed, take the dogs outside, and then I'll get a Diet Coke and a couple of dog biscuits and go… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
“It was…hard. I didna call out, or let them see I was scairt, but I couldna keep my feet. Halfway through it, I fell… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
“We are bound,you and I, and nothing on this earth shall part me from you."One large hand rose to stroke my hair. "D'ye mind… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
I think characters are going to be, if not a reflection of the author, at least some refraction of some part of their personality. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
My husband asked me once why I read so many mysteries, and part of it is just intellectual, part of it is the joy… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
When you're an artist, you can't write with the intent of affecting anyone. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
“But a man is not forgotten, as long as there are two people left under the sky. One, to tell the story; the other,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
“I didn’t answer, occupied in dissolving the penicillin tablets in the vial of sterile water. I selected a glass barrel, fitted a needle, and… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
