Quotes from Diana Gabaldon

Whither thou goest,' " I said, " 'I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried.' " Be it Scottish hill or southern forest. "You do what you have to; I'll be there.

I felt adrift, anchorless in a running sea. This is now my home.

You're, er, quite sizable, aren't you?

Of course, had she gone, he would have died, he reflected. And never come to this place and got his land, nor seen his daughter, nor held his grandson in his arms. Come to think, perhaps being nearly killed wasn't always a misfortune—so long as you didn't actually die of it

Over the years, I'd seen a lot of sweet, amiable, biddable patients, who succumbed within hours to their ailments. The angry, irascible, difficult sons of bitches (of either sex) almost always survived.

Aye. Fionn and the Feinn, ye ken." "Gaelic folktales

Probably from Norse roots. There's a lot of the Norse influence round here, and all the way up the coast to the West. Some of the place names are Norse, you know, not Gaelic at all.

the Two Brothers stone, and that was Norse, wasn't it?

with thick stone walls and high, slitted

Jamie," I said at last. "Oh, Jamie. You're Ã¢â'¬Â¦ everything. Always." An hour later, we left the Ridge.

You mean to tell me that you married me out of love?" I demanded. He raised his eyebrows, struggling to draw in breath. "Have I not…just been…saying so?

Be each day glad for thee, No day ill for thee, A life joyful, satisfied.

If ever there were a night when angels walked, I prayed it might be this one.

No hay ninguna duda de que Dios obra de formas misteriosas

fears in the strength of his arm around

No entiendo que la gente no se dé cuenta de que Dios tiene un travieso sentido del humor

They should have been ridiculous, and perhaps they were.

It was a hellish night. Some of the wounded still lay in the ravines and hollows, as did all the dead. The wolves that came silently out of the wood did not distinguish between them, judging from the distant screams.

Es importante escuchar las cosas importantes, las revelaciones y los milagros. Así recordamos la grandeza de Dios

todos estamos llamados a aprovechar los pequeños momentos de la vida, a ser bondadosos, a poner a prueba nuestros sentimientos, a confiar en otras personas, a satisfacer las necesidades de las personas que queremos.

is one thing, but to help those of your flock who lack that goodness, you need to understand something of evil and thus the struggle that afflicts them.

Te parece que estoy bien? Me he roto el metatarso. —Te compraré uno nuevo cuando vuelva a Salisbury

My family, and all I knew of love as a child. A man who had never spoken love to me, who had never needed to, for I knew he loved me, as surely as I knew I lived. For where all love is, the speaking is unnecessary. It is all. It is undying. And it is enough.

Bless Thou, O God, the dwelling," he said, "And each who rests herein this night; Bless Thou, O God, my beloved ones In every place wherein they sleep; In the night that is to-night, And every night; In the day that is to-day, And every day. May this sacred iron be witness To the love of God and the guarding of this house.