“The mountains had their own time, and a wise man did not try to hurry them.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Not for the first time, I reflected that intimacy and romance are not synonymous. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“We've ghosts enough between us, Sassenach. If the evils of the past canna hinder us-neither then shall any fears of the future.… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“And time is, of course, all-healing. Give anything enough time, and everything is taken care of: all pain encompassed, all hardship erased,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I've never been willing to commit to more than one at a time, because I just don't know - I don't plan… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“It was like being caught in a meat grinder; a brief moment of total chaos, punctuated by random hard blows to the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I love you, a nighean donn. I have loved ye from the moment I saw ye, I will love ye ’til time… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“But when I lay wi’ Emily—from the first time. I knew. Kent who I was again.” He looked up at her then,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I understood very well just then, why it is that men measure time. They wish to fix a moment, in the vain… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I read all the time. People ask, 'Do you read while you work?' And I say, 'I better.' I take two or… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Orkney has the kind of landscape that sort of lends itself to a relationship with the people. I think that relationship is… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I’m not sure that religion was constructed with time travelers in mind.” Buck’s brows rose at that. “Constructed?” he echoed, surprised. “Who… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I chose my way when I wed ye, though I kent it not at the time. But I chose, and cannot now… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“And was there love there? Beyond the limits of flesh and time, was all love possible? Was it necessary? The voice of… — 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
Aye, well, he'll be wed a long time," he said callously. "Do him no harm to keep his breeches on for one… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Does it bother you that I'm not a virgin?" He hesitated a moment before answering. "Well, no," he said slowly, "so long… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I stagger out of bed, take the dogs outside, and then I'll get a Diet Coke and a couple of dog biscuits… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I will have papers. And whether it is one George or the other who rules in time - this land will be… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“He felt me wake, and drew me close, as though to preserve a moment longer the union we had reached in those… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Where d'ye think he is now?" Jenny said suddenly. "Ian, I mean." He glanced at the house, then at the new grave… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
It was one of those strange moments that came to him rarely, but never left. A moment that stamped itself on heart… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Really love him, I mean," Geilie persisted. "Not just to bed him; I know you want that, and he does too. They… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“For a long time," he said at last, "when I was small, I pretended to myself that I was the bastard of… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Was my future any more certain than hers? And did I not depend for my life upon a man bound to me—at… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“This is the thin time, when the beloved dead draw near. The world turns inward, and the chilling air grows thick with… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
D'ye ken that the only time I am without pain is in your bed, Sassenach? When I take ye, when I lie… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Fraser stood quite still for a moment, breathing slowly and regarding Woodbine as a tiger might regard a hedgehog: yes, he could… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“For a moment, half blinded by dirt, I couldn’t see Jamie at all. Then I spotted him. He was under the bear,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I felt simultaneously wonderful and wretched, and didn’t know from moment to moment which feeling was uppermost.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
...well, if women's work was never done, why trouble about how much of it wasn't being accomplished at any given moment? — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
This is our time. Until that time stops - for one of us, for both – it is our time. Now. Will… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I stood still, vision blurring, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I’m not sure that religion was constructed with time travelers in mind.” Buck’s brows rose at that. “Constructed?” he echoed, surprised. “Who… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Sassenach,” he said against my shoulder, a moment later. "Mm?” "Who in God’s name is John Wayne?” "You are,” I said. “Go… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Some time later, long after 'Voyager' was published, I came across the Dunbonnet in another reference, and it gave an expanded version,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Pointless to spend too much time in planning, anyway, given the propensity of life to make sudden left-hand turns without warning.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“the difference between an American and an Englishman. An Englishman thinks a hundred miles is a long way; an American thinks a… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
It's worth noting that at the time of the American Revolution, no sane person would have given two cents for its success. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Everyone can lie, young Roger, given cause enough. Even me. It's only that it's harder for those of us who live in… — 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
