"When you hold a child to your breast……" — Diana Gabaldon
"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, as though this new person truly mirrors the flesh from which it sprang."
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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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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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When you're reading, you're not where you are; you're in the book. By the same token, I can write anywhere.
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There is no dream of love, however ideal it may be, which does not end up with a fat, greedy…
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Breast-feeding is the natural, optimal way to feed a child.
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O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful…
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I think they say that when you're breast feeding, you know, your weight kind of slims down. It's a little…
— Christina Aguilera
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I had been afraid of breast cancer, as I suspect most women are, from the time I hit adolescence. At…
— Geraldine Brooks
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One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were…
— Robert Browning
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People say, 'You're still breast-feeding, that's so generous.' Generous, no! It gives me boobs and it takes my thighs away!…
— Helena Bonham Carter
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No one understands my ills, nor the terror that fills my breast, who does not know the heart of a…
— Marie Antoinette
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Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do the best that you can.…
— Joan of Arc
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My mom [has] always been my hero. Watching her experience something like breast cancer was pivotal, I think in my…
— Emma Stone
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A person who suffers bitterly when slighted or insulted should recognize from this that he still harbors the ancient serpent…
— Symeon the New Theologian
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated. Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done…
— Erica Jong
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