All Diana Gabaldon Quotes
- It was a beautiful bright autumn day, with air like cider and a sky so blue you could drown in it. Air
- If I find I need guidance, I’ll ask. Ask
- And if Time is anything akin to God, I suppose that Memory must be the Devil. Akin
- Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades. Both
- I read all the time. People ask, 'Do you read while you work?' And I say, 'I better.' I take two or three years to… All
- 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 the end. I… Ahead
- Man's sense of Morality tends to decrease as his Power increases Decrease
- When you hold a child to your breast to nurse, the curve of the little head echoes exactly the curve of the breast it suckles,… Breast
- People assume that science is a very cold sort of profession, whereas writing novels is a warm and fuzzy intuitive thing. But in fact, they… All
- Hard to believe lightning can strike twice, but it surely did. The moment Caitriona Balfe came on screen, I sat up straight and said, ‘There… Absolutely
- I work late at night. I'm awake and nobody bothers me. It's quiet and things come and talk to me in the silence. Awake
- Well, I can't remember not being able to read. I was told I could read by myself very well at the age of three. Able
- When you're reading, you're not where you are; you're in the book. By the same token, I can write anywhere. Anywhere
- I have no objection to well-written romance, but I'd read enough of it to know that that's not what I had written. I also knew… Any
- What underlies great science is what underlies great art, whether it is visual or written, and that is the ability to distinguish patterns out of… Ability
- For where all love is, the speaking is unnecessary All
- I can bear pain myself, he said softly, but I couldna bear yours. That would take more strength than I have. Bear
- For I had come back, and I dreamed once more in the cool air of the Highlands. And the voice of my dream still echoed… Air
- Oh, Claire, ye do break my heart wi' loving you. Break
- I talk to you as I talk to my own soul," he said, turning me to face him. He reached up and cupped my cheek,… Cheek
- D'ye think I don't know?" he asked softly. "It's me that has the easy part now. For if ye feel for me as I do… Asked
- I shook so that it was some time before I realized that he was shaking too, and for the same reason. I don't know how… Arms
- Do ye not understand?"he said, in near desparation. "I would lay the world at your feet, Claire-and I have nothing to give ye!" He honestly… Claire
- When the day shall come that we do part," he said softly, and turned to look at me, "if my last words are not 'I… Day
- If I die," he whispered in the dark, "dinna follow me. The bairns will need ye. Stay for them. I can wait. Bairns