Fear Quotes by Diana Gabaldon

16 Fear quotes by Diana Gabaldon

Gabaldon weaves fear into her storytelling like a subtle thread. Sixteen of her reflections reveal how dread can deepen character and plot, offering readers a nuanced look at courage.

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Don't be afraid. There's the two of us now.

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“That is what God is for. Worry doesna help—prayer does. Sometimes,”

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“Fighting was an exhausting business, and so was fear.”

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“I am a coward, damn you! I couldna tell ye, for fear ye would leave me, and unmanly thing that I am,…

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This is our time. Until that time stops - for one of us, for both – it is our time. Now. Will…

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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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“Is thee afraid of me, Rachel?" he whispered. "I am," she whispered back, and closed her hand on his wounded shoulder, lightly…

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“There was a smell about the place, which I imagined as the smell of misery and fear, though I supposed it was…

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“For the moment, everything had disappeared: the church, the battle, the screams and shouts and the rumble of limber wheels along the…

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“...women giving birth seemed very often to lose any sense of fear or misgiving...exhibiting an absorption that amounted to indifference-simply because they…

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“Do ye want me?" he whispered. "Sassenach, will ye take me--and risk the man that I am, for the sake of the…

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I wept bitterly, surrendering momentarily to my fear and heartbroken confusion, but slowly I began to quiet a bit, as Jamie stroked…

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“He had never seen a woman look like that, he thought, fascinated despite his worry for Henry. She had tied back her…

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“Dear Mr. Fraser, I write to inform you that I shall not visit Helwater this quarter; official affairs detain me. […] These…

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“I've never been afraid of ghosts. I live with them daily, after all. When I look in a mirror, my mother's eyes…

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“When I was small, I never wanted to step in puddles. Not because of any fear of drowned worms or wet stockings;…

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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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“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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