Eight was about the age I was when I realized that people actually produced books, they didn't just spring out of the… — Diana Gabaldon Age Copy Share Image
It was a beautiful bright autumn day, with air like cider and a sky so blue you could drown in it. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Whenever anything bubbles up, I have to put it down. I have bits and pieces all over my hard drive. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“That is what God is for. Worry doesna help—prayer does. Sometimes,” — Diana Gabaldon Fear Copy Share Image
“But if a man’s bound to go to the devil, he’ll find a way to do it, no matter where ye set… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“How many 'inventions' are really memories, of the things we once knew?” — Diana Gabaldon Innovation Copy Share Image
“Then let amorous kisses dwell On our lips, begin and tell A Thousand and a Hundred score A Hundred, and a Thousand… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Alive and one. We are one, and while we love, death will never touch us.” — Diana Gabaldon Alive Copy Share Image
Then the room relaxed in cheers and babbling, and she turned in his arms to kiss him hard and cling to him,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
What are you doing with the child?" I inquired cautiously. "I'm teachin' young James here the fine art of not pissing on… — Diana Gabaldon Art Copy Share Image
“If needs must, she could do those things for herself-or find another man. And yet...she needed him-would mourn his loss if it… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“He came through the front door just as I barreled into the hallway, and grabbed me round the waist, kissing me with… — 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
“The Crown doesna always pick the wrong man to hang, Sassenach," he said. "More often than not, the man on the end… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“...women giving birth seemed very often to lose any sense of fear or misgiving...exhibiting an absorption that amounted to indifference-simply because they… — Diana Gabaldon Fear Copy Share Image
“To know that you cannot give them happiness, not through any fault of yours or theirs, but only because you were not… — Diana Gabaldon Happiness Copy Share Image
“Jem made the little Scottish noise again, and Brianna looked sideways at him. "Are you doing that on purpose?" He looked up… — Diana Gabaldon Heredity Copy Share Image
“You must not suggest any hint of scandal, and - just as important - you must not cause jealousy. Be sweet and… — Diana Gabaldon Jealousy Copy Share Image
“With a firm step, he walked down the hall and turned the white china knob of his door, the porcelain smooth and… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Which one are you sleeping with, the baron or his sister?” Percy looked amused. “Both, on occasion.” “Together?” The smile widened. His… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“And in the shadow of the square below, a small movement betrayed the presence of a man. Waiting. Roger closed his eyes,… — Diana Gabaldon Bare feet Copy Share Image
I thought the force of my wanting must wake ye, surely. And then ye did come. . ." He stopped, looking at… — Diana Gabaldon Beautiful Copy Share Image
What a mystery blood was -- how did a tiny gesture, a tome of voice, endure through generations like the harder verities… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I held him to my breast, arms tight around the broad, shaking shoulders, and my own tears fell on his hair, making… — Diana Gabaldon Healing Copy Share Image
“He shook his head slowly from side to side, as though it were very heavy. I could almost hear the contents sloshing.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I hope I don’t,” she said. “But she said—Laoghaire—” She stumbled on the name. “L’heery,” Ian corrected.” — Diana Gabaldon Corrected Copy Share Image
It's worth noting that at the time of the American Revolution, no sane person would have given two cents for its success. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
So remember it, lad. If your head thinks up mischief, your backside's going to pay for it. Brian Fraser to young Jamie — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I am, madam, Jonathan Randall, Esquire, Captain of His Majesty’s Eighth Dragoons. At your service, madam.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I'm not a team player. I'm used to having total control over everything I do. — Diana Gabaldon Control Copy Share Image
If it was a sin for you to choose me . . . then I would go to the Devil himself and… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“For if you feel for me as i do for you - then I am asking you to tear out your heart… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I particularly like the bookshops at National Parks and battlefields; they often have very unusual and helpful things. — Diana Gabaldon Bookshops Copy Share Image
“A man should pay tribute to your body," he said softly... "For you are beautiful, and that is your right.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I tell you what. Pick it up, open it anywhere, and read three pages. If you can put it down again, I’ll… — Diana Gabaldon Books Copy Share Image
Reading 'The Last Days of Magic' is like playing a well-constructed video game. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“be reassured, but hunched his skinny shoulders, peering closely at Mr. Buchanan. “Josh says Angelina says the ghost was” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I thought I could make out Jamie's Highland screech, but that was likely imagination; they all sounded equally demented. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Washington knew what he was about, though; he listened more than he talked, and when he said something, it was to the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“If ye have to ask yourself if you’re in love, laddie—then ye aren’t,” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image