“fortunately it came out as a mere breath of sound. Another body turned over, rustling,” — Diana Gabaldon Rustling Copy Share Image
“Some kinds of hunger were sweet in themselves, the anticipation of satisfaction as keen a pleasure as the slaking.” — 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
“It's a terrible thing, to think it might be me that would be the threat, that I could kill you with my… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I can bear pain myself, he said softly, but I couldna bear yours. That would take more strength than I have. — Diana Gabaldon Bears Copy Share Image
It was in a way a comforting idea; if there was all the time in the world, then the happenings of a… — Diana Gabaldon Comforting Copy Share Image
Not for the first time, I reflected that intimacy and romance are not synonymous. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Oh, womanly sympathy, love AND food?" I said, laughing. "Don't want a lot, do you? — Diana Gabaldon Food and love Copy Share Image
“So happen back fifty years, the Mohawk took and adopted the whole tribe of the Tuscarora. Don’t many tribes speak exactly the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Then the room relaxed in cheers and babbling, and she turned in his arms to kiss him hard and cling to him,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“If needs must, she could do those things for herself-or find another man. And yet...she needed him-would mourn his loss if it… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
What are you doing with the child?" I inquired cautiously. "I'm teachin' young James here the fine art of not pissing on… — Diana Gabaldon Art Copy Share Image
My mom would keep all kinds of materials in her classroom for children for reading. She kept comic books, newspapers, sports magazines,… — Diana Gabaldon Books Copy Share Image
“The maxillary muscles run from the sagittal crest at the top of the skull to an insertion on the mandible,” I thought,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“And then later, at the funeral, members of the family, followed by the tenants and then the servants, had come one by… — Diana Gabaldon Family Copy Share Image
“Ian—is that by chance Ian Murray?” Grey asked, but then answered himself. “I suppose it must be; how many Mohawks can there… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I cried then, holding nothing back. For empty years, yearning for the touch of a hand. Hollow years, lying beside a man… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Ian made a dissentient noise through his nose. "Aye, and if I were to try bein' a Friend, who would there be… — Diana Gabaldon Friend 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 Claire fraser Copy Share Image
“I suppose you must feel some bitterness against the historians," Roger ventured. "All the writers who got it wrong--made him out to… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
The rest of the journey passed uneventfully, if you consider it uneventful to ride fifteen miles on horseback through rough country at… — Diana Gabaldon Beast Copy Share Image
“But Mama--at first I tried to pretend she was only gone, like on a trip. And then when I couldn't do that… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“The vivid memory of the woods had blossomed into a visceral longing for the Ridge, so immediate that I felt the ghost… — Diana Gabaldon Claire fraser Copy Share Image
And I mean to hear ye groan like that again. And to moan and sob, even though you dinna wish to, for… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I work late at night. I'm awake and nobody bothers me. It's quiet and things come and talk to me in the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I don't plan the books ahead of time. It's not like Harry Potter. I don't work in a straight line. I don't… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“You felt as though the book took as much interest in you as you did in it and was willing to help… — Diana Gabaldon Book 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 Arse Copy Share Image
Eight was about the age I was when I realized that people actually produced books, they didn't just spring out of the… — Diana Gabaldon Age Copy Share Image
It was a beautiful bright autumn day, with air like cider and a sky so blue you could drown in it. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Whenever anything bubbles up, I have to put it down. I have bits and pieces all over my hard drive. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“That is what God is for. Worry doesna help—prayer does. Sometimes,” — Diana Gabaldon Fear Copy Share Image
“But if a man’s bound to go to the devil, he’ll find a way to do it, no matter where ye set… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Character, I think, is the single most important thing in fiction. You might read a book once for its interesting plot—but not… — Diana Gabaldon Book Copy Share Image
When you're an artist, you can't write with the intent of affecting anyone. — 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 Jamie fraser Copy Share Image
“All right you bloody Scottish bastard, lets see how stubborn you really are.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Sometimes twenty years seemed like an instant, and sometimes it seemed like a very long time indeed.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Where I live, there is a group of fans who take me out to tea every year to pick my brains about… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
