Diana Gabaldon Quote

Betelgeuse. Sirius. Orion. Antares. The sky is very large, and you are very small. Let the words washthrough him, the voice and its memories pass over him, shivering his skin like the touch of a ghost,vanishing into darkness.The Pleiades. Cassiopeia. Taurus. Heaven is wide, and you are very small. Dead, but none the lesspowerful for being dead. He spread his hands wide, gripping the fence—those were powerful, too.Enough to beat a man to death, enough to choke out a life. But even death was not enough to loose thebands of rage.With great effort, he let go. Turned his hands palm upward, in gesture of surrender. He reachedbeyond the stars, searching. The words formed themselves quietly in his mind, by habit, so quietly hewas not aware of them until he found them echoed in a whisper on his lips.

Diana Gabaldon

Betelgeuse. Sirius. Orion. Antares. The sky is very large, and you are very small. Let the words washthrough him, the voice and its memories pass over him, shivering his skin like the touch of a ghost,vanishing into darkness.The Pleiades. Cassiopeia. Taurus. Heaven is wide, and you are very small. Dead, but none the lesspowerful for being dead. He spread his hands wide, gripping the fence—those were powerful, too.Enough to beat a man to death, enough to choke out a life. But even death was not enough to loose thebands of rage.With great effort, he let go. Turned his hands palm upward, in gesture of surrender. He reachedbeyond the stars, searching. The words formed themselves quietly in his mind, by habit, so quietly hewas not aware of them until he found them echoed in a whisper on his lips.

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