"There comes a turning point in intense physical……" — Diana Gabaldon
"There comes a turning point in intense physical struggle where one abandons oneself to a profligate usage of strength and bodily resource, ignoring the costs until the struggle is over. Women find this point in childbirth; men in battle."
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204 Quotes by Diana Gabaldon
Diana Gabaldon has 204 quotes on this site.
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It was a beautiful bright autumn day, with air like cider and a sky so blue you could drown in…
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If I find I need guidance, I’ll ask.
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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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I don't plot the books out ahead of time, I don't plan them. I don't begin at the beginning and…
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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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More Abandon Quotes
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If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do…
— John James Audubon
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for…
— Teresa of Avila
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The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation.
— Abu Bakr
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When you are portraying somebody that has a very specific emotional weight, you feel like you're really starting to abandon…
— Javier Bardem
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If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of…
— Gary Bauer
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More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance…
— Gary Bauer
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Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration,…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.
— George W. Bush
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I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign…
— David Byrne
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To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the…
— Albert Camus
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