“Got to go to dinner at my brother’s house tomorrow - my sister-in-law is having Lord Worplesdon.” (Quarry) “Steamed, boiled, or baked… — Diana Gabaldon Dinner Copy Share Image
A hedgehog? And just how does a hedgehog make love?" he demanded. No, I thought. I won't. I will not. But I… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
For so many years, for so long, I have been so many things, so many different men. But here," he said, so… — Diana Gabaldon Claire fraser Copy Share Image
“he told me that a man must be responsible for any seed he sows, for it’s his duty to take care of… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I write where I can see things happen, and then things get glued together. I do have the final scene, but that… — Diana Gabaldon Epilogue Copy Share Image
“I never looked for it, gave it no name; yet I knew it always, when the gift of peace came. I stood… — Diana Gabaldon Grace Copy Share Image
I've read a lot of classic literature from assorted cultures, and always glad to read more when one comes across my path… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
If you're going to have more than one person read your book, they're going to have totally different opinions and responses. No… — Diana Gabaldon Book Copy Share Image
“I’ve thought that perhaps that’s why women are so often sad, once the child’s born,” she said meditatively, as though thinking aloud.… — Diana Gabaldon Children Copy Share Image
“Its appearance was greeted with cries of rapture, and following a brief struggle over possesion of the volume, William rescued it before… — Diana Gabaldon Books Copy Share Image
“He came through the front door just as I barreled into the hallway, and grabbed me round the waist, kissing me with… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“His hand rested on my hair, and without knowing quite how it happened, I found myself curled against him, my head just… — Diana Gabaldon Brother Copy Share Image
“Once I told him I thought beating your son was a most uncivilized method of getting your own way. He said I’d… — Diana Gabaldon Habits 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 prayed all the way up that hill yesterday,” he said softly. “Not for you to stay; I didna think that would… — Diana Gabaldon Courage 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 Time Copy Share Image
“Oh, aye, Sassenach,” he answered a bit ruefully. “I am your master … and you’re mine. Seems I canna possess your soul… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Put your trust in God, and pray for guidance. And when in doubt, eat.” A Franciscan monk had once given me that… — Diana Gabaldon Guidance Copy Share Image
“If ye were no longer there—or somewhere—” he said very softly, “then the sun would no longer come up or go down.”… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I don't plot the books out ahead of time, I don't plan them. I don't begin at the beginning and end at… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Is it true—that I won’t forget?” He paused for a moment, hand on her hair. “Aye, that’s true,” he said softly. “But… — Diana Gabaldon Time Copy Share Image
“Claire’s hands moved when she talked, rising long and white in the air, as though she would catch the future between them… — Diana Gabaldon Time Copy Share Image
“ran a hand softly down my back. “Mmm. Oh, nothing, really. Just, when I saw that chap outside, it occurred to me… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“She supposed she ought to feel exposed in some way, the privacy of her thoughts and dreams laid bare to him—but she… — Diana Gabaldon Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“hair—very thick, with a slight wave to it, and all the colors of red and gold mixed; copper and cinnamon, auburn and… — Diana Gabaldon Hair Copy Share Image
In 18th-century Scotland, the main event was the Jacobite rebellion under Bonnie Prince Charlie, so that seems like a nice dramatic backdrop. — Diana Gabaldon Dramatic Copy Share Image
If you call it a romance, it will never be reviewed by the 'New York Times' or any other respectable literary venue.… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
There were moments, of course. Those small spaces in time, too soon gone, when everything seems to stand still, and existence is… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Towering pines and hemlocks, was it? I thought, clambering over the burled knots of a fallen tree. The monstrous trunks rose so… — Diana Gabaldon Trees Copy Share Image
If nobody needs me - and usually, these days, they don't - I'll fall asleep until around midnight. Then I go upstairs… — Diana Gabaldon Asleep Copy Share Image
Deftly whipping a small tuning fork from his pocket, he struck it smartly against a pillar and held it next to Jamie's… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Your son is a drunkard,” she informed him. Then she caught a whiff of Roger’s breath. “Following in his father’s footsteps, I… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“We look in the mirror and see the shades of other faces looking back through the years; we see the shape of… — Diana Gabaldon Ghosts Copy Share Image
“So now it's space and time," he said. "You ever watch Doctor Who on PBS?" "All the time," she said dryly, "on… — Diana Gabaldon Doctor Copy Share Image
“Dr. Stern told me that the wilderness of Carolina is alive wi’ fierce creatures—bears and wildcats and wicked panthers—and a great foul… — Diana Gabaldon Animals Copy Share Image
“So you've not only somehow married Fraser's wife, but you've accidentally been raising his illegitimate son for the last fifteen years?” — Diana Gabaldon Fifteen years Copy Share Image
“I found myself thinking that I had always heretofore assumed that the tendency of eighteenth-century ladies to swoon was due to tight… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“The impulse to touch a sleeping child never fades, no matter that the child is a good deal larger than her mother,… — Diana Gabaldon Child Copy Share Image
All I had when I began writing the first book was rather vague images conjured up by the notion of a man… — Diana Gabaldon Book Copy Share Image
“You invent yourself...You look at other women-or men; you try on their lives for size. You take what you can use, and… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
