If ye loved him, he must ha' been a good man.' 'Yes, he...was.' 'Then I shall do my best to honor his… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
That's what marriage is good for; it makes a sacrament out of things ye'd otherwise have to confess. Jamie Fraser — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“He wanted to ask whether she were insane, but he had been married long enough to know the price of injudicious rhetorical… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“perhaps Tryon will convince Husband that he’s in earnest. If Hermon” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“a marriage is made not in ritual or in words but in the living of it” — Diana Gabaldon 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 Copy Share Image
“I had not slept with many men other than my husband, but I had noticed that before to sleep, actually sleep with… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
My husband gets up at around 5.30 A.M., so I'll tuck him in around 9.30 P.M. or 10 P.M., and then I'll… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Madam,” he said, speaking very softly into her face. “I do not want your money. My wife does not want it. And… — 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… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Did that mean she had not cared deeply for any of her husbands? I wondered. Or only that she was a woman… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
This wife you have, Bird said at last, deeply contemplative, did you pay a great deal for her? She cost me almost… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I've seen women-and men too, sometimes-as canna bear the sound of their own thoughts, and they maybe dinna make such good matches… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I didn't want to tell the story of what makes two people come together, although that's a theme of great power and… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Well, a marriage between Friends is … between the Friends marrying. No clergyman, I mean, and no specific prayer or service. The two… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I'm afraid that my wife picked up a number of colorful expressions from the Yanks and such, Frank offered, with a nervous… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“My marriage to Jamie had been for me like the turning of a great key, each small turn setting in the intricate… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“He reached out a long arm and drew me in, holding me close against him. I put my arms around him and… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Roger became aware, in a subliminally marital way, that his wife was disgruntled at the thought of being left behind to organize… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Part of my purpose in my books has been to tell the complete story of a relationship and a marriage, not just… — 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
“I’m afraid my wife picked up a number of, er, colorful expressions from the Yanks and such,” Frank offered, with a nervous… — 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 Copy Share Image
“I want him.” I had not said that to Jamie at our marriage; I had not wanted him, then. But I had… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Twenty-four years ago today, I married ye, Sassenach,’ he said softly. ‘I hope ye willna have cause yet to regret it.’ The” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“And I don’t recommend murder as a way of settling difficult situations. It tends to lead to complications—but not nearly as many… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I fought back the memory of our wedding night. He was a virgin; his hands trembled when he touched me. I had… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“She had disapproved, audibly, repeatedly, and eventually to my face, of my habit of going about with my head uncovered, it being… — 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
