“I could know ye all my life, I think, and always love you. And” — Diana Gabaldon Life 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 Sinfulness Copy Share Image
And Finally I put down the last and the best advice I knew, on growing older. 'Stand up straight and try not… — Diana Gabaldon Advice Copy Share Image
The most irritating thing about cliches, I decided, was how frequently they were true. — Diana Gabaldon Cliche Copy Share Image
“You cannot compel love," he said finally, "nor summon it at will. Still less," he added ruefully, "can you dismiss it.” — Diana Gabaldon Compel Copy Share Image
If she was broken, she would slash him with her jagged edges, reckless as a drunkard with a shattered bottle. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
You dinna need to understand me, Sassenach," he said quietly. "So long as you love me. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades. — Diana Gabaldon Character Copy Share Image
“...but there came a point when one abandoned hope for faith, and trusted fate for charity.” — Diana Gabaldon Faith Copy Share Image
“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 am a sassenach, after all,” I said, seeing it. He touched my face briefly with a rueful smile. “Aye, mo duinne.… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
...still I dinna expect anything to happen to me. But if it should...If it does, then I want there to be a… — Diana Gabaldon Care Copy Share Image
“You are my courage, as I am your Conscience," he whispered. "You are my hear and I your compassion. We are neither… — Diana Gabaldon Compassion Copy Share Image
There's not a lot of pictorial evidence from the Highlands, because only the very wealthy had their portraits painted - but there… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Did that mean she had not cared deeply for any of her husbands? I wondered. Or only that she was a woman… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Soeur Emmanuelle?” she said very softly, and gently, slowly, laid her hands on her mother’s shoulders, fragile under the white cloth. She… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
When God closes a door, he opens a window. Yeah. The problem was that this particular window opened off the tenth story,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I have lived through war, and lost much. I know what's worth the fight, and what is not. Honor and courage are… — Diana Gabaldon Alone in love Copy Share Image
I will find you," he whispered in my ear. "I promise. If I must endure two hundred years of purgatory, two hundred… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I flapped my hand, dismissing the matter of outlawry as a minor consideration, compared to the whole monstrous idea. I had one… — Diana Gabaldon Courtship Copy Share Image
“Fraser closed his eyes for an instant, frowning, then opened them again. “I see,” he said, very dry. “So was I to… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“But the expression of a well-made man appears not only in his face; It is in his limbs and joints also, it… — Diana Gabaldon Best poem 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 prayed all the way up that hill yesterday,” he said softly. “Not for you to stay; I didna think that would… — Diana Gabaldon Courage Copy Share Image
“His hand rested on my hair, and without knowing quite how it happened, I found myself curled against him, my head just… — Diana Gabaldon Brother Copy Share Image
“The greatest burden lies in caring for those we cannot help.” — Diana Gabaldon Burden Copy Share Image