Diana Gabaldon quotes - page 2

Men go where they will, they do as they must; it is not a woman's part to bid them to stay, nor yet to reproach them for being what they are-or for not coming back. (Diana Gabaldon)
It would ha' been a good deal easier, if ye'd only been a witch. View quote
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He leaned close, rubbing his bearded cheek against my ear. 'And how about a sweet kiss, now, for the brave lads of the clan MacKenzie? Tulach Ard!' Erin go bragh,' I said rudely, and pushed with all my strength. View quote
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For so many years, for so long, I have been so many things, so many different men. But here," he said, so softly I could barely hear him, "here in the dark, with you... I have no name. View quote
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forgiveness is not a single act, but a matter of constant practice. View quote
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Lord, ye gave me a rare woman, and God! I loved her well. View quote
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You dinna need to understand me, Sassenach," he said quietly. "So long as you love me. View quote
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Lord that she might be safe. She and my children. View quote
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Overall, the library held a hushed exultation, as though the cherished volumes were all singing soundlessly within their covers. View quote
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Ye are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone, I give ye my Body, that we Two might be One. I give ye my Spirit, 'til our Life shall be Done. View quote
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The past is gone-the future is not come. And we are here together, you and I. (Diana Gabaldon)
It wasn't a thing I had consciously missed, but having it now reminded me of the joy of it; that drowsy intimacy in which a man's body is accessible to you as your own, the strange shapes and textures of it like a sudden extension of your own limbs. View quote
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I'll leave it to you, Sassenach," he said dryly, "to imagine what it feels like to arrive unexpectedly in the midst of a brothel, in possession of a verra large sausage. View quote
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I can bear pain myself, he said softly, but I couldna bear yours. That would take more strength than I have. View quote
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No wonder he was so good with horses, I thought blearily, feeling his fingers rubbing gently behind my ears, listening to the soothing, incomprehensible speech. If I were a horse, I'd let him ride me anywhere. View quote
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Character, I think, is the single most important thing in fiction. You might read a book once for its interesting plot-but not twice. View quote
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Your face is my heart Sassenach, and the love of you is my soul. View quote
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Are some people destined for a great fate, or to do great things? Or is it only that they're born somehow with that great passion - and if they find themselves in the right circumstances, then things happen? It's the sort of thing you wonder. View quote
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An Englishman thinks a hundred miles is a long way; and American thinks a hundred years is a long time. View quote
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This is our time. Until that time stops - for one of us, for both – it is our time. Now. Will you waste it, because you are afraid? View quote
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The most irritating thing about cliches, I decided, was how frequently they were true. (Diana Gabaldon)
Hodie mihi cras tibi, said the inscription. Sic transit gloria mundi. My turn today, yours tomorrow. And thus passes away the glory of the world. View quote
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There comes a turning point in intense physical struggle where one abandons oneself to a profligate usage of strength and bodily resource, ignoring the costs until the struggle is over. Women find this point in childbirth; men in battle. View quote
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To see the years touch ye gives me joy", he whispered, "for it means that ye live. View quote
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All I want, is for you to love me. Not because of what I can do or what I look like, or because I love you - just because I am. View quote
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