“Pointless to spend too much time in planning, anyway, given the propensity of life to make sudden left-hand turns without warning.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I read some books, and I thought, 'This is better than sliced bread!' and a month later, I couldn't remember thinking about… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Some time later, long after 'Voyager' was published, I came across the Dunbonnet in another reference, and it gave an expanded version,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“A man who spends his time pokin' his ....... nose into other's sinfulness has nay time to tend his own.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Everyone can lie, young Roger, given cause enough. Even me. It's only that it's harder for those of us who live in… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I don't plot the books out ahead of time, I don't plan them. I don't begin at the beginning and end at… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“At the best of times, Father Bain's face resembled a clenched fist.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“IN THE LIGHT OF eternity, time casts no shadow. Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. But… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“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… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I work on multiple projects at a time because it keeps me from getting writer's block. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I waved pleasantly after him, thinking how much I should enjoy sticking a fork into him, when the time came.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I will have papers. And whether it is one George or the other who rules in time - this land will be… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“So now it's space and time," he said. "You ever watch Doctor Who on PBS?" "All the time," she said dryly, "on… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“We've ghosts enough between us, Sassenach. If the evils of the past canna hinder us-neither then shall any fears of the future.… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Brianna was twenty-three. She might be no more than in her mid-thirties by the time Jem was fully independent. And if he… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Every time I'd read about the stone circles, it would describe how they worked as an astronomical observance. For example, some of… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“But the future reaches out to us, as does the past, and all times are the present.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I had one last try. "Does it bother you that I'm not a virgin?" He hesitated a moment before answering. "Well, no,"… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Those small spaces of time, too soon gone, when everything seems to stand still, and existence is balanced on a perfect point,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I hadn’t spent so much time in bemused contemplation of a penis since I was sixteen or so, and here I was,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
D'ye ken that the only time I am without pain is in your bed, Sassenach? When I take ye, when I lie… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“People disappear all the time. Ask any policeman. Better yet, ask a journalist. Disappearances are bread-and-butter to journalists.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Orkney has the kind of landscape that sort of lends itself to a relationship with the people. I think that relationship is… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I love you, a nighean donn. I have loved ye from the moment I saw ye, I will love ye ’til time… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
There's always a temptation, I think, among some historical writers to shade things toward the modern point of view. You know, they… — 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
