Faces Quotes by Diana Gabaldon

16 Faces quotes by Diana Gabaldon

Gabaldon’s take on Faces we you into the subtle layers of her characters, showing how a simple glance can hold a whole story. The collection feels like a series of short scenes, each one hinting at the deeper narratives that define us.

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Your face is my heart

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Your face is my heart Sassenach, and the love of you is my soul

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Boldness in battle is nothing out of the way... but to face down fear in cold blood is rare in any man.

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It's only that ye looked so beautiful, wi' the fire on your face, and your hair waving in the wind. I wanted…

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With that height, plus a face of an ugliness so transcendant as to be grotesquely beautiful, it was obvious why she had…

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Everyone can lie, young Roger, given cause enough. Even me. It's only that it's harder for those of us who live in…

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He splayed a hand out over the photographs, trembling fingers not quite touching the shiny surface, and then he turned and leaned…

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I was crying for joy, my Sassenach,' he said softly. He reached out slowly and took my face between his hands. "And…

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I shook so that it was some time before I realized that he was shaking too, and for the same reason. I…

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The overseer wouldna speak to me of Ian, but he told me other things that would curl your hair, if it wasna…

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I always thought it would be a simple matter to lie wi' a woman, he said softly. And yet... I want to…

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Murtagh was right about women. Sassenach, I risked my life for ye, committing theft, arson, assault, and murder into the bargain. In…

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Sometimes,' he whispered at last, 'sometimes, I dream I am singing, and I wake from it with my throat aching.' He couldn't…

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I was crying and laughing, snuffing tears and blood, bumping at him with my bound hands, trying awkwardly to thrust them at…

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Jamie," I said, "how, exactly, do you decide whether you're drunk?" Aroused by my voice, he swayed alarmingly to one side, but…

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What a mystery blood was -- how did a tiny gesture, a tome of voice, endure through generations like the harder verities…

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There were moments, of course. Those small spaces in time, too soon gone, when everything seems to stand still, and existence is balanced on…

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If it was a sin for you to choose me . . . then I would go to the Devil himself and bless him…

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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…

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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…

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“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…

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I have all the time and space in the world when I write a book.

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I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.

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“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…

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I think characters are going to be, if not a reflection of the author, at least some refraction of some part of their personality.

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My husband asked me once why I read so many mysteries, and part of it is just intellectual, part of it is the joy…

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“My Da says you’re never drunk, so long as ye can hold on to the floor.”

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When you're an artist, you can't write with the intent of affecting anyone.

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“But a man is not forgotten, as long as there are two people left under the sky. One, to tell the story; the other,…

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“I didn’t answer, occupied in dissolving the penicillin tablets in the vial of sterile water. I selected a glass barrel, fitted a needle, and…

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