Quotes by Diana Gabaldon

Snapped abruptly to a realization of how rudely I had been staring, I blushed and said without thinking, I was just wondering if youve ever been kissed by a beautiful young girl? I went still redder as he shouted with laughter. With a broad grin, he said Many times, madonna. But alas, it does not help. As you see. Ribbit.

#Outlander QOTD Claire and Master Raymond.Snapped abruptly to a realization of how rudely I had been staring, I blushed and said without thinking, I was just wondering if youve ever been kissed by a beautiful young girl? I went still redder as he shouted with laughter. With a broad grin, he said Many times, madonna. But alas, it does not help. As you see. Ribbit.

A peaceful refuge in which to rediscover each other, we thought,, not realizing that, while golf and fishing are Scotlands most popular outdoor sports, gossip is the most popular indoor sport.

What underlies great science is what underlies great art, whether it is visual or written, and that is the ability to distinguish patterns out of chaos.

For months, people have been asking my views about the Scottish independence referendum, and Ive been saying, Its not my country; I dont live here. Much as I love Scotland, I think it would be inappropriate to express a personal opinion regarding Scottish politics.

I stagger out of bed, take the dogs outside, and then Ill get a Diet Coke and a couple of dog biscuits and go upstairs. By the time Ive consumed my Diet Coke and had a quick run through the morning email and Twitter feed, I will probably be compos mentis enough to work.

When I turned 35, I thought, Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: Im going to start writing a book on my next birthday. I thought historical fiction would be easiest because I was a university professor and know my way around a library, and it seemed easier to look things up than make them up.

Mid-afternoon, Ill go out and do the household errands, come home, do my gardening, go for an evening walk.

“And I mean to hear ye groan like that again. And to moan and sob, even though you dinna wish to, for ye canna help it. I mean to make you sigh as though your heart would break, and scream with the wanting, and at last to cry out in my arms, and I shall know that Ive served ye well.”

“When I asked my da how ye knew which was the right woman, he told me when the time came, Id have no doubt. And I didnt. When I woke in the dark under that tree on the road to Leoch, with you sitting on my chest, cursing me for bleeding to death, I said to myself Jamie Fraser, for all ye canna see what she looks like, and for all she weights as much as a good draft horse, this is the woman.”

“It would ha been a good deal easier, if yed only been a witch.”

“I had kissed my share of men, particularly during the war years, when flirtation and instant romance were the light-minded companions of death and uncertainty. Jamie, thought, was something different. His extreme gentleness was in no way tentative; rather it was a promise of power known and held in leash; a challenge and a provocation the more remarkable for its lack of demand. I am yours, it said. And if you will have me, then...”

“Gentle he would be, denied he would not.”

“Oh, aye, Sassenach. I am your master . . . and youre mine. Seems I canna possess your soul without losing my own.”

“It wasnt a thing I had consciously missed, but having it now reminded me of the joy of it; that drowsy intimacy in which a mans body is accessible to you as your own, the strange shapes and textures of it like a sudden extension of your own limbs.”

“Blood of my Blood, he whispered, and bone of my bone. You carry me within ye, Claire, and ye canna leave me now, no matter what happens, You are mine, always, if ye will it or no, if ye want me or nay. Mine, and I wilna let ye go.”

“For where all love is, the speaking is unnecessary”

“I thought the force of my wanting must wake ye, surely. And then ye did come. . . He stopped, looking at me with eyes gone soft and dark. Christ, Claire, ye were so beautiful, there on the stair, wi your hair down and the shadow of your body with the light behind ye…. He shook his head slowly. I did think I should die, if I didna have ye, he said softly. Just then.”

“I stood still, vision blurring, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the snapping of a flowers stem.”