“But when I lay wi’ Emily—from the first time. I knew. Kent who I was again.” He looked up at her then,… — 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
“It was like being caught in a meat grinder; a brief moment of total chaos, punctuated by random hard blows to the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I've never been willing to commit to more than one at a time, because I just don't know - I don't plan… — 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
“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
“The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Let the dead bury the dead, Sassenach,” he said softly. “The past is gone—the future is not come. And we are here… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“In older, more primitive times (like these? asked another part of my mind), it was an act of trust to sleep in… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
When I asked my da how ye knew which was the right woman, he told me when the time came, I'd have… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Does it bother you that I'm not a virgin?" He hesitated a moment before answering. "Well, no," he said slowly, "so long… — 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
I stagger out of bed, take the dogs outside, and then I'll get a Diet Coke and a couple of dog biscuits… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“The door was now ajar, the light of an unknown future shining through its crack. But it would take more strength than… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
You see one scene shot 25 times in one day, which is totally fascinating, but while you're watching it, you're remembering, 'This… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I shook so that it was some time before I realized that he was shaking too, and for the same reason. I… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Here I stand on the brink of war again, a citizen of no place, no time, no country but my own .… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
It isn't necessarily easier if you know what it is you're meant to do-- but at least you don't waste time in… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I grew up in Flagstaff, and I still own my old family house up there, so I go up there a couple… — 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
Aye, well, he'll be wed a long time," he said callously. "Do him no harm to keep his breeches on for one… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“For the moment, everything had disappeared: the church, the battle, the screams and shouts and the rumble of limber wheels along the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“And was there love there? Beyond the limits of flesh and time, was all love possible? Was it necessary? The voice of… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I chose my way when I wed ye, though I kent it not at the time. But I chose, and cannot now… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I’m not sure that religion was constructed with time travelers in mind.” Buck’s brows rose at that. “Constructed?” he echoed, surprised. “Who… — 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
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
“It was in a way a comforting idea; if there was all the time in the world, then the happenings of a… — 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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
“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
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
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
When you're an artist, you can't write with the intent of affecting anyone. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
“But a man is not forgotten, as long as there are two people left under the sky. One, to tell the story; the other,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
“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… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share
