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Quotes About Trust

We didn't always get on, you know that, but…yes. We respected each other; that counts for a lot. And we liked each other, in spite of everything. Yes
~ Diana Gabaldon
He had a dim memory of his father telling him that a secret remains a secret only so long as just one person knew it.
~ Diana Gabaldon
There was a feeling, not sudden, but complete, as though I had been given a small object to hold unseen in my hands. Precious as opal, smooth as jade, weighty as a river stone, more fragile than a bird's egg. Infinitely still, live as the root of Creation. Not a gift, but a trust. Fiercely to cherish, softly to guard. The words spoke themselves and disappeared into the groined shadows of the roof. I
~ Diana Gabaldon
He wondered whether Jamie would shoot him in the chest or simply break his neck when he found out. Likely bare hands, he thought. It was a visceral sort of thing, sex.
~ Diana Gabaldon
My father," he said abruptly. "Pa—Lord John, I mean. He knew—knows?" "Yes." Thin ice again. I didn't think he had any idea that Lord John had married Isobel principally for his sake—and Jamie's—but didn't want him going anywhere near the question of Lord John's motives.
~ Diana Gabaldon
There are things that I canna tell you, at least not yet. And I'll ask nothing of ye that ye canna give me. But what I would ask of ye—when you do tell me something, let it be the truth. And I'll promise ye the same. We have nothing now between us, save—respect, perhaps. And I think that respect has maybe room for secrets, but not for lies. Do ye agree?" He
~ Diana Gabaldon
Ian made a dissentient noise through his nose. Aye, and if I were to try bein' a Friend, who would there be to protect the lot of 'em? Rachel and her brother and Dottie, I mean. Ye ken that, don't ye? That they can only be what they are because you and I are what we are?
~ Diana Gabaldon
horse," he repeated, drying his hand on his breeches. "You can't make a horse do anything. You see what he's going to do and then you tell him to do that, and he thinks it's your idea, so next time you tell him
~ Diana Gabaldon
In war, government and their armies were a threat, but it was so often the neighbors who damned or saved you.
~ Diana Gabaldon
Jamie," I said, suddenly thinking of something, "do you speak German?" "Eh? Oh, aye
~ Diana Gabaldon
He'd told Jamie Fraser the truth—the whole bloody truth—and
~ Diana Gabaldon
After all, who's going to look after all the sick folk, if your grannie's lying about in pieces?" F
~ Diana Gabaldon
Uncomfortable, but safe
~ Diana Gabaldon
Only you," he said, so softly I could barely hear him. "To worship ye with my body, give ye all the service of my hands. To give ye my name, and all my heart and soul with it. Only you. Because ye will not let me lie—and yet ye love me." I
~ Diana Gabaldon
into a wolf?" The wary dislike stamped
~ Diana Gabaldon
Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.' And those who must see, in order to believe?
~ Diana Gabaldon
There are things ye maybe canna tell me, he had said. I willna ask ye, or force ye. But when ye do tell me something, let it be the truth. There is nothing between us now but respect, and respect has room for secrets, I think—but not for lies. I
~ Diana Gabaldon
I have had carnal knowledge of your wife." "You bugger," he whispered
~ Diana Gabaldon
You will know what to say, though; you always do.
~ Diana Gabaldon
And then in the dawn he had held me, naked back against bare chest, his thighs warm and strong behind my own, murmuring into the clouds of my hair, "Dinna be afraid. There's the two of us now.
~ Diana Gabaldon
I have Ã¢â'¬Â¦ an understanding. In England." His understanding with James Fraser was that if he were ever to lay a hand on the man or speak his heart, Fraser would break his neck instantly. It was, however, certainly an understanding, and clear as Waterford crystal.
~ Diana Gabaldon
What, she's taken the hairs off her honeypot?
~ Diana Gabaldon
Benden korkmana hiç gerek yok. dedi yumuÅŸak bir sesle. Ben yan?nda olduÄŸum sürece hiç kimseden korkmana gerek yok.
~ Diana Gabaldon
I knew ye weren't a fairy, Auntie Claire!
~ Diana Gabaldon