“Anybody messes with the girls, we’ll take care of him right smart,” the elder Wurm assured Ian. “It’s not that hard,” the… — Diana Gabaldon Elder 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
“The room was dark with rainlight, though, and the roof thrummed overhead. The sound of it seemed inside his blood, like the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Hard to believe lightning can strike twice, but it surely did. The moment Caitriona Balfe came on screen, I sat up straight… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Are some people destined for a great fate, or to do great things? Or is it only that they're born somehow with… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“You're mine, mo duinne...Mine alone, now and forever...Aye, I mean to use ye hard, my Sassenach...I want to own you, to posses… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Still, he was pleased to know that he could recall so much of the play and passed the rest of the journey… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
The colors of living things begin to fade with the last breath, and the soft, springy skin and supple muscle rot within… — Diana Gabaldon Bears Copy Share Image
“Wainwright was telling some story, his face alight, and even across the room, Grey felt the warmth of his presence. As though… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“But the expression of a well-made man appears not only in his face; It is in his limbs and joints also, it… — Diana Gabaldon Best poem Copy Share Image
“Fraser closed his eyes for an instant, frowning, then opened them again. “I see,” he said, very dry. “So was I to… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I will find you," he whispered in my ear. "I promise. If I must endure two hundred years of purgatory, two hundred… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I have lived through war, and lost much. I know what's worth the fight, and what is not. Honor and courage are… — Diana Gabaldon Alone in love Copy Share Image
“I flapped my hand, dismissing the matter of outlawry as a minor consideration, compared to the whole monstrous idea. I had one… — Diana Gabaldon Courtship Copy Share Image
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“Well, from what I have heard of the Scotch Highlanders, there is little to choose between them and the red men for… — Diana Gabaldon Highlanders Copy Share Image
Hodie mihi cras tibi, said the inscription. Sic transit gloria mundi. My turn today, yours tomorrow. And thus passes away the glory… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I do recall loving 'All Quiet on the Western Front,' and I know I read it in a schoolroom, but I think… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Marrying. Oh, God. Buoyed temporarily by port wine and cream lace, I had momentarily managed to ignore the significance of the occasion.” — Diana Gabaldon Marriage Copy Share Image
You are at some point exposed to a wonderful story, and you really want to know what happens next, so you learn… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Mama says the Beardsleys follow her around like dogs, but they don’t. They follow her like tame wolves. I thought Ian said… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Within an hour, I had gone from anguish at the thought of losing him in Scotland, to a strong desire to bed… — Diana Gabaldon Strong desire Copy Share Image
“I’m going to be where you are for the rest of our lives,” I said firmly. “If that’s a week or another… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I wondered what sort of man - or woman, perhaps? - had lain here, leaving no more than an echo of their… — Diana Gabaldon Fragile 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 Jamie fraser Copy Share Image
So long as my body lives, and yours -- we are one flesh," he whispered, "And when my body shall cease, my… — Diana Gabaldon Body Copy Share Image
Through eons of living in a land so poor there was little to eat but oats, they had as usual converted necessity… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
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“in Paris of any substance over the last months, and they’re united in basic disinterest.” He smiled wryly. “Money’s none so plentiful… — Diana Gabaldon Money Copy Share Image
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If you're writing something that's clearly labelled as an alternative history, of course it's perfectly legitimate to play with known historical characters… — Diana Gabaldon Historical fiction Copy Share Image
I felt the tributaries of his veins, wished to enter into his bloodstream, travel there, dissolved and bodiless, to take refuge in… — Diana Gabaldon Heart Copy Share Image
“Not loneliness, but solitude. Not suffering, but endurance, the discovery of grim kinship with the rocks and sky. And the finding here… — Diana Gabaldon Healing Copy Share Image
“Oh God. It isn’t Wednesday, is it, Hardy?” he pleaded, ascending the steps toward the footman, who smiled at sight of him,… — Diana Gabaldon Humor Copy Share Image
Perhaps it was only that the sense of reaching out to something larger than yourself gives you some feeling that there is… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
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I happened to see a really old 'Doctor Who', the second Doctor, Patrick Troughton, and he'd picked up a Scotsman from 1745.… — Diana Gabaldon Doctor Copy Share Image
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I've never seen anyone deal in a literary way with what it takes to stay married for more than 50 years, and… — Diana Gabaldon Goals Copy Share Image
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