Quotes from Diana Gabaldon

I think God takes no account of Time.

harbor for a seaport, you see; thus slaves must be brought overland at

I meant with my cook at Mount Josiah, in Virginia. His name is Manoke.

the pinched face of a man with

Had God not bound him to the earth with the ties of flesh and blood, he might well have come to such an end himself.

the medical way for a two-month voyage.

The door opened again a few minutes later, and Jamie emerged, no more than six feet away. His mask of cool reserve was in place, but I knew him well enough to see the marks of a strong emotion under it. But while I could see it, I couldn't interpret it. Excitement? Apprehension? Fear and joy mingled? Something else? I had simply never seen him look that way before.

Ye think of me, Jamie, and Jenny and Lallybroch. Ye'll not see us, but we'll be here nonetheless and thinking of you. Look up at night, and see the stars, and ken we see them, too." He

No, sir. Now that his lordship is here, though, we can proceed. I'll tell Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart; he's to chair the proceeding.

This close, it was still the song of spring, but that song was revealed to be what the pagans had always known it to be—the blind urge to seize, to mate, to spill blood and seed heedlessly into the earth, wallow in crushed flowers, writhe in the juices of grass and mud.

Voir les années s'inscrire sur ton corps et ton visage me procure une joie immense, Sassenach : Parce qu'elles signifient que tu vis.

You never heard of benign hypocrisy? I thought they teach you stuff like that when you go to minister school. Since you mention gassing away about morality. That's a minister's job, too, isn't it?

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

the long, straight nose and firm chin

As though, knowing that everything is possible, suddenly nothing is necessary

It is not merely the relief of necessary urges," he added pointedly, turning his head to meet my eyes. "There is true liking between us." "I'm pleased to hear that," I murmured. "He, er, he's Ã¢â'¬Â¦Ã¢â'¬Â "I have no idea whether his preference is solely for men. I rather doubt it—I was somewhat surprised when he made his desires known in re myself—but I am in no position to complain, whatever his tastes may be.

De andere stenen begonnen te roepen. Ik hoorde het geluid van een slagveld, de kreten van stervende mannen en gewonde paarden.

That's right," she said softly, watching. "It's not everyone can go through the stones, is it? Why us?

the curious alchemy of cookery, that process of making the transfer of life from one being to another palatable.

fashionable pink and black "Queen Charlotte" checks.

Because to step outside the group, let alone to stand against it, was for uncounted thousands of years death to the creature who dared it. To stand against a crowd would take something more than ordinary courage; something that went beyond human instinct.

You don't mind, if he Ã¢â'¬Â¦ takes other lovers? Or he you, come to that?

then came an evil wind, that blew the seeds of misfortune into my garden.

I willna be reading the man's love letters," he said firmly. "Even a plotter must scruple at something.