"Do you know,' he said again softly, addressing……" — Diana Gabaldon
"Do you know,' he said again softly, addressing his hands, 'what it is to love someone, and never - never! - be able to give them peace, or joy, or happiness?' He looked up then, eyes filled with pain. 'To know that you cannot give them happiness, not through any fault of yours or theirs, but only because you were not born the right person for them?"
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204 Quotes by Diana Gabaldon
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And if Time is anything akin to God, I suppose that Memory must be the Devil.
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Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades.
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I read all the time. People ask, 'Do you read while you work?' And I say, 'I better.' I take…
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Man's sense of Morality tends to decrease as his Power increases
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When you hold a child to your breast to nurse, the curve of the little head echoes exactly the curve…
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People assume that science is a very cold sort of profession, whereas writing novels is a warm and fuzzy intuitive…
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Hard to believe lightning can strike twice, but it surely did. The moment Caitriona Balfe came on screen, I sat…
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I work late at night. I'm awake and nobody bothers me. It's quiet and things come and talk to me…
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Well, I can't remember not being able to read. I was told I could read by myself very well at…
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