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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| b24a879 | 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. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| fbe070d | To stand against a crowd would take something more than ordinary courage; something that went beyond human instinct. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 575ba25 | Did ye know that the silkies put aside their skins when they come ashore, and walk like men? And if ye find a silkie's skin and hide it, he--or she--" he added, fairly, "canna go into the sea again, but must stay with ye on the land." | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| b478ebd | Comment sont vos selles, grandpere? - Germain to Jamie. | outlander | Diana Gabaldon | |
| 4affd97 | I was in the heart of chaos, and no power of mind or body was of use against it. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 19657a7 | Lord, that she might be safe, he prayed. She and the child. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 4d7c2ae | make a difference? An instant's panic, as she tried to visualize | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 84cff57 | Mmphm," I said, sounding self-consciously Scottish." | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 8b5a75e | God kens well enough that boys need to be smacked, or he'd no fill them sae full o' the de'il. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| bcfaba6 | Sassenach? | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 7656b19 | And his release began, deep inside me, without his moving, shivering through his body so that his arms trembled, the ruddy hairs quivering in the dim light, and he dropped his head with a sound like a sob, his hair hiding his face as he spilled himself, each jerk and pulse of his flesh between my legs rousing an echo in my own. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 5d0499e | Not that my watching out was likely to do a lot of good, I thought; every second man on the dock looked like an assassin to me. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 7feb1a1 | To the taste of breasts like apricots, the warm scent of a woman's navel when she wakens in the winter, the warmth of a mound that fills your hand like a peach, split with ripeness. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| a02be8f | A brown, rocklike fist rose out of the mass and descended with considerable force, meeting decisively with some bony protuberance, by the sound of the resultant crack. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 5cbf8bf | Mmphm. Well, I suppose men can make all the laws they like," he said, "but God made hope. The stars willna burn out." He turned and, cupping my chin, kissed me gently. "And nor will we." | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| de04e2a | well-expressed opinion is usually better than a badly expressed fact, so far as professional advancement goes. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| d1855a3 | You dinna need to understand me, Sassenach," he said quietly. "So long as ye love me." | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 0c73748 | But then, I didn't think I'd tell them you were here." "What makes you think they don't know?" I asked, beginning to feel rather hollow, despite my earlier resolve to brazen it out. I cast a quick glance at the window, but" | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| d5bec48 | Claire's hands moved when she talked, rising long and white in the air, as though she would catch the future between them and give it shape, would hand Jamie her thoughts as she spoke them, smooth and polished objects, bits of sculptured air. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| bdab5dc | exposure to a two-year-old boy was probably the best possible object lesson in the dangers of motherhood, | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 8b60963 | The man that takes her in unholy embrace will have his privates blasted like a frostbitten apple," he said, with relish, "and his soul will burn forever in hell." He bared his teeth at his grandfather, and drew back his hand. "Like this." The beechwood teeth landed in the midst of the fire with a plop, and at once began to sizzle." | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| aff527b | You are my courage, as I am your conscience,' he whispered. 'You are my heart - and I your compassion. We are neither of us whole, alone. Do ye not know that, Sassenach? | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| bccb0cc | There was a rustle near his ear, and he turned his head to see the crow. It stood on the grass a foot away, a blotch of wind-ruffled black feathers, regarding him with a bead-bright eye. Deciding that he posed no threat, it swiveled its neck with casual ease and jabbed its thick sharp bill into Jack Randall's eye. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| caeec46 | I've seen women-and men too, sometimes-as canna bear the sound of their own thoughts, and they maybe dinna make such good matches with those who can. | loneliness marriage solitude | Diana Gabaldon | |
| 021f619 | knowing that everything is possible, suddenly nothing is necessary. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 2a60cbd | Una dama novelista me dijo una vez, que escribir novelas era arte de canibales, pues uno mezcla con frecuencia pequenas porciones de sus amigos y sus enemigos, los sazona con imaginacion y permite que todo eso se cocine en un sabroso guiso | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| a300c84 | It was in a way a comforting idea; if there was all the time in the world, then the happening of a given moment became less important. I could see, perhaps, how one could draw back a little, seek some respite in the contemplation of an endless Being, whatever one conceived its nature to be. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 5df1a1a | Yirmi yilda kac gece vardir kizim? Kac saat vardir? Yirmi yil boyunca karimin hala yasayip yasamadigini ve nasil yasadigini dusunup durdum. Onun ve cocugumun. Tanri bu yuzden var. Endise hicbir ise yaramaz, dua yarar. Bazen... | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 944778b | if women's work was never done, why trouble about how much of it wasn't being accomplished at any given moment? | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 4002772 | It hadn't occurred to him that if she had little else, it would be that much more important to Joan Findlay to cling to her one valuable possession-her pride. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| cf797db | I'd known that, consciously-and yet I had done it anyway, gone right on with my plans, pursuing my routines, as though life were still settled and predictable, as though nothing whatever might threaten the tenor of my days, As though acting might make it true. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 261f732 | Come to me. Cover me. Shelter me, a bhean, heal me. Burn with me, as I burn for you. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| db9a7b3 | If needs must, she could do those things for herself-or find another man. And yet...she needed him-would mourn his loss if it came. Perhaps forever. In his present vulnerable mood, that knowledge seemed a great gift. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 263e537 | That's not what I asked," she said, a noticeable edge in her voice. "I asked why my father shot him." He sighed. She could have found gainful employment with the Spanish Inquisition, he thought ruefully; no chance of escape or evasion." | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| fe59bfd | She can hear it," Jem said, smiling into his sister's face. "How do you know?" Claire asked, curious. Jem looked up at her, surprised. "She says so." | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 6d7edc2 | she keeps takin' me in--so I suppose she must be home. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 455f4d3 | The Continental army got more generals than they got private soldiers, these days. An officer lives through more 'n two battles, they make him some kind of general on the spot. Now, gettin' any pay for it, that's a different kettle of fish. | dan-morgan humor outlander revolutionary-war | Diana Gabaldon | |
| 6dfe654 | Simdiye kadar 18.yuzyil leydilerinin bayilmasinin korselerinin siki oldugundan dolayi dusundugumu fark ettim ama simdi nedenini daha iyi goruyordum,bayilma sebepleri 18.yuzyil erkeklerinin ahmakligindan kaynaklaniyordu. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 5e7145a | Fighting was an exhausting business, and so was fear. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| bb12b11 | That's how ye do it,' his brother Ian had told him... 'Ye find a way to live for that one more minute. And then another. And another... But after a time, ye find ye're in a different place than ye were. A different person than ye were. And then ye look about and see what's there with ye. Ye'll maybe find a use for yourself. helps. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| d43a223 | Ye ken that, don't ye? That they can only be what they are because you and I are what we are? | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 719f7b1 | Alive, and one. We are one, and while we love, death will never touch us. 'The grave's a fine and private place/ but none, I think, do there embrace. | outlander | Diana Gabaldon | |
| 30f3354 | Would you go down there, Roger?" she asked softly. "Jump overboard, dive in, go on down through that dark until your lungs were bursting, not knowing whether there are things with teeth and great heavy bodies waiting?" | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 5449ee2 | Man's sense of Morality tends to decrease as his Power increases, | Diana Gabaldon |