When you hold a child to your breast to nurse, the curve of the little head echoes exactly the curve of the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
He touched the rough crucifix that lay against his chest and whispered to the moving air, "Lord, that she might be safe,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I think it's extremely important that children are exposed to reading. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“But from the very start, there is that small streak of steel within each child. That thing that says “I am,” and… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Your mother said that Fraser sent her back to me, knowing that I would protect her--and you. ... And like him, perhaps… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Once I had thought I was whole -- had seemed to be able to love a man, to bear a child, to… — Diana Gabaldon 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 Copy Share Image
“I have noticed,” she said slowly, “that time does not really exist for mothers, with regard to their children. It does not… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“My own heartbeat was slowing under my hand, under the deep rose silk, the color of a baby’s sleep-flushed cheek. When you… — 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 Copy Share Image
“A child was a temptation of the flesh, as well as of the spirit; I knew the bliss of that unbounded oneness,… — Diana Gabaldon 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 Copy Share Image
“For my sake,” he said firmly, addressing the air in front of him as though it were a tribunal, “I dinna want… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“When I was small, I never wanted to step in puddles. Not because of any fear of drowned worms or wet stockings;… — Diana Gabaldon 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 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 Copy Share Image
“Babies are soft. Anyone looking at them can see the tender, fragile skin and know it for the rose-leaf softness that invites… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“But from the very start, there is that small streak of steel within each child. That thing that says “I am,” and… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Not a hothouse flower, this daughter of Leoch, despite her surroundings.” — Diana Gabaldon 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 Copy Share Image
Do you really think we'll ever--" "I do," he said with certainty, not letting me finish. He leaned over and kissed my… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Sassenach, I've been stabbed, bitten, slapped, and whipped since supper - which I didna get to finish. I dinna like to scare… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I was writing 'Outlander' for practise and didn't want anyone to know I was doing it. So I couldn't very well announce… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
The thought that you ought not to drink while pregnant came much, much later. In fact, I had my first child in… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Love for a child cannot be free; from the first signs of movement in the womb, a devotion springs up as powerful… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“My Da says you’re never drunk, so long as ye can hold on to the floor.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
