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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| c243e2b | How little you know of women, my love," I said." | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 592aa4b | incongruous that he laughed. And then realized that there | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 12bb97f | You--shoot him, can't you?" Jamie shrugged and, lifting the rifle to" | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| f2d4e99 | During his time with the French army, years before, one of the sergeants had explained to the younger mercenaries the trick of falling asleep the night before a battle. "Make yourself comfortable, examine your conscience, and make a good Act of Contrition. Father Hugo says that in time of war, even if there is no priest to shrive you, your sins can be forgiven this way. Since you cannot commit sins while asleep--not even you, Simenon!--you .. | grace peace sin sleep | Diana Gabaldon | |
| 6e4040e | Mo nighean donn," he whispered, "mo chridhe. My brown lass, my heart." "Come to me. Cover me. Shelter me, a bhean, heal me. Burn with me, as I burn for you." -- | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| c29bedb | Until we two be burned to ashes. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 1bb7a7d | The moon was beginning to rise when they set out, and a good thing, too, Brianna thought. Even with the big, lopsided gold orb sailing up out of a cradle of stars and shedding its borrowed radiance over the sky, the trail beneath their feet was invisible. So were their feet, drowned in the absolute black of the forest at night. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| c2677be | Fois shiorruidh thoir dha," he echoed. God rest his soul." | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 027cec1 | arm as | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| bd020f8 | Well," I said, "he drinks a bit. And he's rather fond of sheep. But he might remember the words to the wedding ceremony." | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 839f2b8 | Her maternal feelings were unlikely to be assuaged by hearing that the marriage had been performed in the middle of the night on a West Indian beach by a disgraced--if not actually defrocked--priest, witnessed by twenty-five seamen, ten French horses, a small flock of sheep--all gaily beribboned in honor of the occasion--and a King Charles spaniel, who added to the generally festive feeling by attempting to copulate with Murphy's wooden leg.. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 28d0b5b | the curious alchemy of cookery, that process of making the transfer of life from one being to another palatable. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 2c4da4a | Lord, ye gave me a rare woman, and God! I loved her well. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 205ca18 | his hesitation. "Is it a" | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 9364949 | He had them now, everyone warmed by the glow of good humor, attention attracted by the small flashes of gilt and glitter. Now they would follow him without flagging or complaint, along the path of logic and into the thickets of discussion. A certain tenseness left his neck as he felt the students' attention settle and fix on him. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 4727d06 | the frantic, reflexive Dear Lord, let it be all right of everyone facing crisis. Over time, either the crisis or the petitioner wears down, and prayer either ceases or ... the person praying starts to listen. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| b4e2001 | Social prejudice is a strong force, but no match for simple competence when skill is in urgent demand and short supply. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 1af920e | He shuddered, and for lack of any other notion, kissed her forehead. Her arms came up sudden as a snare and held him fiercely, pulling him down onto her again and he seized her, too, crushing her to him hard enough to feel the breath go out of her, unable to let go. He thought vaguely of Brianna's talk of giant orbs that whirled through space, the thing called gravity--and what was grave about it? He saw that well enough just now: a force s.. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| d32c5ef | small porch; wooden, but filled--mirabile dictu!--with | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| f8cc33d | One should not have the arrogance to declare that God does not exist. | Agnosticism | ||
| 4cb4473 | No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour. | Agnosticism | ||
| 1502fba | met with you." "Captain Randall said you were stealing cattle," -- | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| a886e84 | intended to repel Evil, which are the constant Accompaniment to their Conversations with myself. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| c250e47 | I have been in perturbation of mind for days, debating whether I shall write it, and now, having written, whether to send it. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 5512346 | I pulled the chemise off | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| fe448d9 | The shadows of the tombstones in the graveyard stretched out long and violet, and the sound of the flies buzzed in my ears, louder than the ringing of the shots that still came--were coming closer--to the frail barrier of the dead. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 414d86d | I felt sick when I thought of the end--but I really wanted to remember how. How it felt, and how I did it, so maybe I can do it again, with Roger. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 97bafe7 | Alive, and one. We are one, and while we love, death will never touch us. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 724b80f | I had noticed before that to sleep, actually sleep with someone did give this sense of intimacy, as though your dreams had flowed out of you to mingle with his and fold you both in a blanket of unconscious knowing. A throwback of some kind, I thought. In older, more primitive times (like these? asked another part of my mind), it was an act of trust to sleep in the presence of another person. If the trust was mutual, simple sleep could bring.. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| a15cbaf | All right. Go and find them. I'll come in the morning--at first light. Meet me where I found you, all right?" "Awright," she whispered, and laid a small white hand on his chest, just over his heart. "Sank you, Wiyum." | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| f2c2952 | Her entrance was greeted by a general outcry of cordiality that made her mildly ashamed of her cynicism. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 4ffb81f | The implication was reasonably clear; I condemned him, and his minions would be round promptly to cut off my nipples and burn Jared's warehouse. I licked dry lips, cursing Louis. Why couldn't he just have wanted my body? | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 6bb5787 | grave's a fine and private place/But none, I think, do there embrace. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 61c4a87 | Boston is by all Accounts a perfect Hellhole of republican Sentiment, | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 7c356a6 | He wrapped his arms about his | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| d448d21 | Then he fell, badly, tumbling over rocks into a small hollow, bruising himself and knocking out all his wind. The fog had billowed over him, marching past, urgent in its hurry to engulf things, as he lay stunned and breathless in the bottom of his small declivity. Then he began to hear the rocks murmur all around him, and he'd crawled, then run, as fast as he could, screaming. Fell again, got up and went on running. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 730d84e | box with me, so there was little I could | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 5d0a785 | newly-farrowed sow, but Ian had managed to lean in and | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| a13da34 | are like sherry in crystal, and | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 7a96da0 | 23 RETURN TO LEOCH | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 532dd5b | She may be a good whore, but she's no hand at cards. | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 0fbc177 | We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and, when got, the repose is insupportable. | Henry Adams | ||
| 69c4ed2 | Ye can stick your comfort straight up your arse, MacKenzie, and your goddamned stiff prick, too! | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 3cbafba | Auntie, may I present my | Diana Gabaldon |