“Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop. The line from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland… — Diana Gabaldon Good advice Copy Share Image
“One of the happiest days of my life was when my mother wrote a note to the public librarians saying 'Let her… — Diana Gabaldon Life Copy Share Image
“Life among academics had taught me that a well-expressed opinion is usually better than a badly expressed fact, so far as professional… — Diana Gabaldon Life Copy Share Image
“...he found that after prolonged contact with Claire and her opinions, he had much less trust in physicians that heretofore - and… — Diana Gabaldon Claire fraser Copy Share Image
“Soldiers manage by dividing themselves. They're one man in the killing, another at home, and the man that dandles his bairn on… — Diana Gabaldon Peace Copy Share Image
It wasn't a thing I had consciously missed, but having it now reminded me of the joy of it; that drowsy intimacy… — Diana Gabaldon Body Copy Share Image
“Christ,” he said in an undertone, bending down so I could hear him. “And she’s been a woman less than a full… — Diana Gabaldon Natural talent Copy Share Image
“A brown, rocklike fist rose out of the mass and descended with considerable force, meeting decisively with some bony protuberance, by the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Well, I'll tell ye, Sassenach, 'graceful' is possibly not the first word that springs to mind at the thought of you." He… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I hated him for as long as I could. But then I realized that loving him...that was a part of me, and… — Diana Gabaldon Autumn Copy Share Image
“She had disapproved, audibly, repeatedly, and eventually to my face, of my habit of going about with my head uncovered, it being… — Diana Gabaldon Habits 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… — Diana Gabaldon Right and wrong Copy Share Image
“It was very quiet here on the mountainside, but, quiet in the of hills and forests. A quiet that wasn't silent at… — Diana Gabaldon Yellow flower 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 Best man Copy Share Image
“A party at which the guests are all of the beautiful persuasion tends to be dull indeed, as they have no conversation… — Diana Gabaldon Beauty Copy Share Image
“A man killed with a musket was just as dead as one killed with a mortar. It was just that the mortar… — Diana Gabaldon War Copy Share Image
“And I don’t recommend murder as a way of settling difficult situations. It tends to lead to complications—but not nearly as many… — Diana Gabaldon Difficult situations Copy Share Image
“Don’t you know any better, guava-head?” “Don’t call me that!” the smaller boy shouted, face contorting in rage. “Shitface!” “Frog-guts!” “Caca-brains!” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“You’ve not been sleeping proper,” Byrd said accusingly. “I can tell. You’ve been a-wallowing on your pillow; your hair’s a right rat’s… — 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
One of the great perks of being a writer is that you can work when you're mentally capable of it, not when… — Diana Gabaldon Being Copy Share Image
“I want to take ye to bed. In my bed. And I mean to spend the rest of the day thinking what… — Diana Gabaldon Humor Copy Share Image
Has he come armed, then?” she asked anxiously. “Has he brought a pistol or a sword?” Ian shook his head, his dark… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I could feel his heart beating against my ribs, and wanted nothing more than to stay there forever, not moving, not making… — Diana Gabaldon Heart Copy Share Image
People assume that science is a very cold sort of profession, whereas writing novels is a warm and fuzzy intuitive thing. But… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“But he found the wall of prayer a barricade between himself and the wicked sly thoughts and, closing his eyes briefly, felt… — Diana Gabaldon Last kiss Copy Share Image
“The light faded slowly, retreating through the trees. The thick mossy trunks grew dense with shadow, edges still rimmed with a fugitive… — Diana Gabaldon Sunsets Copy Share Image
Why, what's the matter wi' the poor child?" she demanded of Jamie. "Has she had an accident o' some sort?" "No, it's… — Diana Gabaldon Accident Copy Share Image
D'ye think I don't know?" he asked softly. "It's me that has the easy part now. For if ye feel for me… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Do ye not understand?"he said, in near desparation. "I would lay the world at your feet, Claire-and I have nothing to give… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Sassenach." He had called me that from the first; the Gaelic word for outlander, a stranger. An Englishman. First in jest, then… — Diana Gabaldon Affection Copy Share Image
Does it ever stop? The wanting you?" "Even when I've just left ye. I want you so much my chest feels tight… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“In older, more primitive times (like these? asked another part of my mind), it was an act of trust to sleep in… — Diana Gabaldon Psychology Copy Share Image
“You don't have any hair at all at the tops of your thighs," I said, admiring the smooth white skin there. "Why… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Am I a man? To want you so badly that nothing else matters? To see you, and know I would sacrifice honor… — Diana Gabaldon Family 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
“Quite without thought, he glanced at his left hand, and saw the ghost of the scar at the base of his thumb,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“There was a smell about the place, which I imagined as the smell of misery and fear, though I supposed it was… — Diana Gabaldon Fear Copy Share Image
“Why not? I wanted to say. Because you didn’t know her, she was nothing to you. Because you were already hurt. Because… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I read Tolkien when I was 11. I read 'The Hobbit' and the trilogy on a road trip with my family. I… — Diana Gabaldon Books Copy Share Image
