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Time Quotes by Diana Gabaldon

108 Time quotes by Diana Gabaldon

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A small space where everything seems to stand still appears in several of the quotes. They talk about brief moments that feel balanced, about the quiet of writing a book, and about shaking with fear or grief. The tone moves from calm observation to sudden emotion.

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“At the best of times, Father Bain's face resembled a clenched fist.”

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“moments and revert to his normal swagger and talk, you”

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“...knowing what o'clock it is gives ye the illusion that ye have some control over your circumstances.”

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“He stood for a moment, bereavement a sudden, small tear in his soul.”

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“More than most men, he valued his name-I only hoped that given time, it would once more have value.”

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“A man who spends his time pokin' his … nose into other's sinfulness has nay time to tend his own.”

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“I think there are times for men of peace—and a time for men of blood, as well.”

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An Englishman thinks a hundred miles is a long way; and American thinks a hundred years is a long time

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“The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding,…

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“People disappear all the time. Ask any policeman. Better yet, ask a journalist. Disappearances are bread-and-butter to journalists.”

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“I hadn’t spent so much time in bemused contemplation of a penis since I was sixteen or so, and here I was,…

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“Here I stand on the brink of war again, a citizen of no place, no time, no country but my own .…

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“Let the dead bury the dead, Sassenach,” he said softly. “The past is gone—the future is not come. And we are here…

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If you're going to write time travel stories, you have to sort of figure out how does time travel work in this…

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“Those small spaces of time, too soon gone, when everything seems to stand still, and existence is balanced on a perfect point,…

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He reached forward then took me in his arms, held me close for a moment, the breath of snow and ashes cold…

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There's always a temptation, I think, among some historical writers to shade things toward the modern point of view. You know, they…

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I grew up in Flagstaff, and I still own my old family house up there, so I go up there a couple…

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It isn't necessarily easier if you know what it is you're meant to do-- but at least you don't waste time in…

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I shook so that it was some time before I realized that he was shaking too, and for the same reason. I…

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You see one scene shot 25 times in one day, which is totally fascinating, but while you're watching it, you're remembering, 'This…

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“The door was now ajar, the light of an unknown future shining through its crack. But it would take more strength than…

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“It was in a way a comforting idea; if there was all the time in the world, then the happenings of a…

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Every time I'd read about the stone circles, it would describe how they worked as an astronomical observance. For example, some of…

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“I've never been afraid of ghosts. I live with them daily, after all. When I look in a mirror, my mother's eyes…

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“IN THE LIGHT OF eternity, time casts no shadow. Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. But…

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But just then, for that fraction of time, it seems as though all things are possible. You can look across the limitations…

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“And when I'd lost him this time, to the sea, I'd remembered the sense of him beside me, warm and solid in…

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“I've seen ye so many times," he said, his voice whispering warm in my ear. "You've come to me so often. When…

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Time is a lot of the things people say that God is. There's always preexisting, and having no end. There's the notion…

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“Look back, hold a torch to light the recesses of the dark. Listen to the footsteps that echo behind, when you walk…

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“IN THE LIGHT OF eternity, time casts no shadow. Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. But…

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“Ye can at least promise me the victory,” he said, but his voice held the whisper of a question. “Yes,” I said,…

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I work on multiple projects at a time because it keeps me from getting writer's block.

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The past is gone-the future is not come. And we are here together, you and I.

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“Time makes very little difference to the basic realities of life”

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If I die before I say 'I love you' it's because I didn't have the time.

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“I waved pleasantly after him, thinking how much I should enjoy sticking a fork into him, when the time came.”

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“But the future reaches out to us, as does the past, and all times are the present.”

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I have all the time and space in the world when I write a book.

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I think characters are going to be, if not a reflection of the author, at least some refraction of some part of their personality.

My husband asked me once why I read so many mysteries, and part of it is just intellectual, part of it is the joy…

“My Da says you’re never drunk, so long as ye can hold on to the floor.”

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“But a man is not forgotten, as long as there are two people left under the sky. One, to tell the story; the other,…

“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…