--- title: "27 Said Softly Quotes By Diana Gabaldon" description: "27 Said Softly quotes by Diana Gabaldon. Plus more from Diana Gabaldon and more Said Softly sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc8/diana-gabaldon-185_softly_but-here-he-said-so-softly-i-could-barel_2661302.jpg" --- > [“But here,” he said, so softly I could barely hear him, “here in the dark, with you … I have no name.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/but-here-he-said-so-softly-i-could-barely-hear-him-here-in-the-dark/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc8/diana-gabaldon-185_softly_but-here-he-said-so-softly-i-could-barel_2661302.jpg) > [“Yes,” he said softly. “I know about him. It doesn’t”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/yes-he-said-softly-i-know-about-him-it-doesn-t/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaf/diana-gabaldon-185_know_yes-he-said-softly-i-know-about-him-it-d_2350002.jpg) > [“Ye need not be scairt of me," he said softly. "Nor anyone here, so long as I'm with ye." - Jaime”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/ye-need-not-be-scairt-of-me-he-said-softly-nor-anyone-here-so-long-as/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/889/diana-gabaldon-185_quote_ye-need-not-be-scairt-of-me-he-said-soft_940803.jpg) > [Ye werena the first lass I kissed," he said softly. "But I swear you'll be the last.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/ye-werena-the-first-lass-i-kissed-he-said-softly-but-i-swear-you-ll-2/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/diana-gabaldon-185_firsts_ye-werena-the-first-lass-i-kissed-he-sai_3033937.jpg) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/is-it-true-that-i-won-t-forget-he-paused-for-a-moment-hand-on-her/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/474/diana-gabaldon-185_time_is-it-true-that-i-won-t-forget-he-paused_1169005.jpg) > [For so many years, for so long, I have been so many things, so many different men. But here," he said, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/for-so-many-years-for-so-long-i-have-been-so-many-things-so-many/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/diana-gabaldon-185_claire-fraser_for-so-many-years-for-so-long-i-have-bee_2580094.jpg) > [When the day shall come that we do part," he said softly, and turned to look at me, "if my last words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/when-the-day-shall-come-that-we-do-part-he-said-softly-and-turned-to/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd3/diana-gabaldon-185_jamie-fraser_when-the-day-shall-come-that-we-do-part_1930785.jpg) > [“A man should pay tribute to your body," he said softly... "For you are beautiful, and that is your right.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/a-man-should-pay-tribute-to-your-body-he-said-softly-for-you-are/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/279/diana-gabaldon-185_gorgeous_a-man-should-pay-tribute-to-your-body-he_425326.jpg) > [“Ye werena the first lass I kissed,” he said softly. “But I swear you’ll be the last.” And he bent his head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/ye-werena-the-first-lass-i-kissed-he-said-softly-but-i-swear-you-ll/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/diana-gabaldon-185_gaze_ye-werena-the-first-lass-i-kissed-he-sai_2435656.jpg) > [“Twenty-four years ago today, I married ye, Sassenach,’ he said softly. ‘I hope ye willna have cause yet to regret it.’ The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/twenty-four-years-ago-today-i-married-ye-sassenach-he-said-softly-i/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/diana-gabaldon-185_marriage_twenty-four-years-ago-today-i-married-ye_3119281.jpg) > [“I have loved others, and I do love many, Sassenach—but you alone hold all my heart, whole in your hands,” he said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/i-have-loved-others-and-i-do-love-many-sassenach-but-you-alone-hold/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02e/diana-gabaldon-185_loved_i-have-loved-others-and-i-do-love-many-s_370669.jpg) > [“If ye were no longer there—or somewhere—” he said very softly, “then the sun would no longer come up or go down.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/if-ye-were-no-longer-there-or-somewhere-he-said-very-softly-then-the/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/diana-gabaldon-185_quote_if-ye-were-no-longer-there-or-somewhere_1564582.jpg) > [Do you know,' he said again softly, addressing his hands, 'what it is to love someone, and never - never! - be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/do-you-know-he-said-again-softly-addressing-his-hands-what-it-is-to/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d38/diana-gabaldon-185_able_do-you-know-he-said-again-softly-address_865489.jpg) > [“It's my fault," I said softly. I touched his face, the thick brows, wide mouth, and the sprouting stubble along the clean,long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/it-s-my-fault-i-said-softly-i-touched-his-face-the-thick-brows-wide/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/diana-gabaldon-185_gaze_it-s-my-fault-i-said-softly-i-touched-hi_2694632.jpg) > [“Ye gave me a child, mo nighean donn," he said softly, into the cloud of my hair. "We are together for always.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/ye-gave-me-a-child-mo-nighean-donn-he-said-softly-into-the-cloud-of/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/943/diana-gabaldon-185_children_ye-gave-me-a-child-mo-nighean-donn-he-sa_2649697.jpg) > [I always thought it would be a simple matter to lie wi' a woman, he said softly. And yet... I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/i-always-thought-it-would-be-a-simple-matter-to-lie-wi-a-woman-he/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/diana-gabaldon-185_faces_i-always-thought-it-would-be-a-simple-ma_74652.jpg) > [“For so many years," he said, "for so long, I have been so many things, so many different men."... "But here," he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/for-so-many-years-he-said-for-so-long-i-have-been-so-many-things-so/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25a/diana-gabaldon-185_quote_for-so-many-years-he-said-for-so-long-i_459525.jpg) > [“Soeur Emmanuelle?” she said very softly, and gently, slowly, laid her hands on her mother’s shoulders, fragile under the white cloth. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/soeur-emmanuelle-she-said-very-softly-and-gently-slowly-laid-her/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/diana-gabaldon-185_gently_soeur-emmanuelle-she-said-very-softly-an_2304963.jpg) > [Only you," he said, so softly I could barely hear him. "To worship ye with my body, give ye all the service…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/only-you-he-said-so-softly-i-could-barely-hear-him-to-worship-ye-with/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/406/diana-gabaldon-185_body_only-you-he-said-so-softly-i-could-barel_2799502.jpg) > [“But how shall I tell you all these things," he said, the line of his mouth twisting. "And then say to you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/but-how-shall-i-tell-you-all-these-things-he-said-the-line-of-his/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/885/diana-gabaldon-185_heart-and-soul_but-how-shall-i-tell-you-all-these-thing_1615614.jpg) > [“I'm honest enough to say that I dinna care what the right and wrong of it may be, so long as you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/i-m-honest-enough-to-say-that-i-dinna-care-what-the-right-and-wrong-2/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ea/diana-gabaldon-185_jamie-fraser_i-m-honest-enough-to-say-that-i-dinna-ca_1106971.jpg) > [“His hand rested on my hair, and without knowing quite how it happened, I found myself curled against him, my head just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/his-hand-rested-on-my-hair-and-without-knowing-quite-how-it-happened/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/diana-gabaldon-185_brother_his-hand-rested-on-my-hair-and-without-k_2546783.jpg) > [“You carry me with ye, Claire, and ye canna leave me now, no matter what happens. You are mine, always, if ye…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/you-carry-me-with-ye-claire-and-ye-canna-leave-me-now-no-matter-what/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b4/diana-gabaldon-185_quote_you-carry-me-with-ye-claire-and-ye-canna_1983475.jpg) > [“Jaime," I said softly, "are you happy about it? About the baby?" Outlawed in Scotland, barred from his own home, and with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/jaime-i-said-softly-are-you-happy-about-it-about-the-baby-outlawed-in/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/diana-gabaldon-185_baby_jaime-i-said-softly-are-you-happy-about_1373921.jpg) > [“I’m honest enough to say that I dinna care what the right and wrong of it may be, so long as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/i-m-honest-enough-to-say-that-i-dinna-care-what-the-right-and-wrong/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c91/diana-gabaldon-185_right-and-wrong_i-m-honest-enough-to-say-that-i-dinna-ca_225634.jpg) > [“No. Ye loved him. I canna hold it against either of you that ye mourn him. And it gives me some comfort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/no-ye-loved-him-i-canna-hold-it-against-either-of-you-that-ye-mourn/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/diana-gabaldon-185_hesitated_no-ye-loved-him-i-canna-hold-it-against_703188.jpg) > [I thought the force of my wanting must wake ye, surely. And then ye did come. . ." He stopped, looking at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/i-thought-the-force-of-my-wanting-must-wake-ye-surely-and-then-ye-did/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b3/diana-gabaldon-185_beautiful_i-thought-the-force-of-my-wanting-must-w_1009670.jpg) ## Other authors on Said Softly ## More by Diana Gabaldon > [Alright, all right," I said. "What if I tell you a story, instead?" Highlanders loved stories, and Jamie was no exception. "Oh, aye, "…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/alright-all-right-i-said-what-if-i-tell-you-a-story-instead/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) > [There were moments, of course. Those small spaces in time, too soon gone, when everything seems to stand still, and existence is balanced on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/there-were-moments-of-course-those-small-spaces-in-time-too-soon-gone/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) > [If it was a sin for you to choose me . . . then I would go to the Devil himself and bless him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/if-it-was-a-sin-for-you-to-choose-me-then-i-would-go-to-the-devil/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/when-i-turned-35-i-thought-mozart-was-dead-at-36-so-i-set-the-bar-i-m/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/i-stagger-out-of-bed-take-the-dogs-outside-and-then-i-ll-get-a-diet/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/it-was-hard-i-didna-call-out-or-let-them-see-i-was-scairt-but-i/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) > [I have all the time and space in the world when I write a book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/i-have-all-the-time-and-space-in-the-world-when-i-write-a-book/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) > [I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/i-discovered-that-given-the-indescribable-nature-of-what-i-write-the/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/we-are-bound-you-and-i-and-nothing-on-this-earth-shall-part-me-from/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) > [I think characters are going to be, if not a reflection of the author, at least some refraction of some part of their personality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/i-think-characters-are-going-to-be-if-not-a-reflection-of-the-author/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) > [My husband asked me once why I read so many mysteries, and part of it is just intellectual, part of it is the joy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/my-husband-asked-me-once-why-i-read-so-many-mysteries-and-part-of-it/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) > [“My Da says you’re never drunk, so long as ye can hold on to the floor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/my-da-says-you-re-never-drunk-so-long-as-ye-can-hold-on-to-the-floor/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) > [When you're an artist, you can't write with the intent of affecting anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/when-you-re-an-artist-you-can-t-write-with-the-intent-of-affecting/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) > [“But a man is not forgotten, as long as there are two people left under the sky. One, to tell the story; the other,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/but-a-man-is-not-forgotten-as-long-as-there-are-two-people-left-under/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/i-didn-t-answer-occupied-in-dissolving-the-penicillin-tablets-in-the/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said-softly/diana-gabaldon/#itemlist", "name": "27 Said Softly Quotes By Diana Gabaldon", "numberOfItems": 27, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But here,” he said, so softly I could barely hear him, “here in the dark, with you … I have no name.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Diana Gabaldon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/but-here-he-said-so-softly-i-could-barely-hear-him-here-in-the-dark/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc8/diana-gabaldon-185_softly_but-here-he-said-so-softly-i-could-barel_2661302.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc8/diana-gabaldon-185_softly_but-here-he-said-so-softly-i-could-barel_2661302.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc8/diana-gabaldon-185_softly_but-here-he-said-so-softly-i-could-barel_2661302.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But here,” he said, so softly I could barely hear him, “here in the dark, with you … I have no name.” — Diana Gabaldon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Yes,” he said softly. “I know about him. 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"“If ye were no longer there—or somewhere—” he said very softly, “then the sun would no longer come up or go down.” He lifted my hand and kissed it, very gently. 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He looked up then, eyes filled with pain. 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And yet... I want to fall on my face at your feet and worship you\"-he dropped the towel and reached out, taking me by the shoulders-\"and still I want to force ye to your knees before me, and hold ye there wi' me hands tangled in your hair, and your mouth at my service...and I want both things at the same time, Sassenach.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Diana Gabaldon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/i-always-thought-it-would-be-a-simple-matter-to-lie-wi-a-woman-he/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/diana-gabaldon-185_faces_i-always-thought-it-would-be-a-simple-ma_74652.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/diana-gabaldon-185_faces_i-always-thought-it-would-be-a-simple-ma_74652.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/diana-gabaldon-185_faces_i-always-thought-it-would-be-a-simple-ma_74652.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I always thought it would be a simple matter to lie wi' a woman, he said softly. 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How should you believe me?\" The question hung in the air between us, shimmering like the reflection from the water below. \"If you say it,” I said, “I’ll believe you.” … \"Only you,” he said, so softly I could barely hear him. “To worship ye with my body, give ye all the service of my hands. To give ye my name, and all my heart and soul with it. Only you. 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For so many years,\" he said, \"for so long, I have been so many things, so many different men.\" I felt him swallow, and he shifted slightly, the linen of his nightshirt rustling with starch. I was Uncle to Jenny's children, and Brother to her and Ian. 'Milord' to Fergus, and 'Sir' to my tenants. 'Mac Dubh' to the men of Ardsmuir and 'MacKenzie' to the other servants at Helwater. 'Malcolm the printer,' then, and 'Jamie Roy' at the docks.\" The hand stroked my hair, slowly, with a whispering sound like the wind outside. \"But here,\" he said, so softly I could barely hear him, \"here in the dark, with you...I have no name.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Diana Gabaldon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/his-hand-rested-on-my-hair-and-without-knowing-quite-how-it-happened/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/diana-gabaldon-185_brother_his-hand-rested-on-my-hair-and-without-k_2546783.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/diana-gabaldon-185_brother_his-hand-rested-on-my-hair-and-without-k_2546783.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/diana-gabaldon-185_brother_his-hand-rested-on-my-hair-and-without-k_2546783.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“His hand rested on my hair, and without knowing quite how it happened, I found myself curled against him, my…” — Diana Gabaldon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 23, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You carry me with ye, Claire, and ye canna leave me now, no matter what happens. 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Still, I knew a thing or two myself, and I had no intention whatever of exposing myself to what passed for medical care here. \"Aye, that--and everything,\" he said softly. \"I want to protect ye like a cloak and shield you and the child wi' my body.\" His voice was soft and husky, with a slight catch in it. \"I would do anything for ye...and yet...there's nothing I can do. It doesna matter how strong I am, or how willing; I canna go with you where ye must go...nor even help ye at all. And to think of the things that might happen, and me helpless to stop them...aye, I'm afraid, Sassenach. \"And yet\"--he turned me toward him, hand closing gently over one breast--\"yet when I think of you wi' my child at your breast...then I feel as though I've gone hollow as a soap bubble, and perhaps I shall burst with joy.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Diana Gabaldon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/jaime-i-said-softly-are-you-happy-about-it-about-the-baby-outlawed-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/diana-gabaldon-185_baby_jaime-i-said-softly-are-you-happy-about_1373921.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/diana-gabaldon-185_baby_jaime-i-said-softly-are-you-happy-about_1373921.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/diana-gabaldon-185_baby_jaime-i-said-softly-are-you-happy-about_1373921.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Jaime,\" I said softly, \"are you happy about it? 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