Diana Gabaldon Quotes

She was more like riding a sofa than a horse, with her broad back and sides curved like a hogshead of beer.

I knew from the first glimpse that he was dead. But I ran to him. There was no way in which to describe his feelings, because he hadn’t had any. The world had simply ceased in that moment, and with it...

I had one last try.Does it bother you that I'm not a virgin? He hesitated a moment before answering.Well, no, he said slowly, so long as it doesna bother you that I am. He grinned at my drop-jawed exp...

One of the general patterns of good (i.e., striking and memorable) writing is the effect of repetition. If you use a certain element—a plot device, an image, a noticeable phrase—once, readers may or m...

Sometimes our best actions result in things that are most regrettable.

He stood for a second, polite, remote. Then the mask dropped away. I liked you, too, he said quietly. Then.

When a slave must be executed, the slaves from those plantations nearby are brought to watch; a deterrent, aye? against future ill-considered action. Indeed, Jamie said politely. I believe that was th...

If ye can stand up, you're not drunk.

Her entrance was greeted by a general outcry of cordiality that made her mildly ashamed of her cynicism.

I had come to the conclusion - based on experience - that the only real way of learning to write a novel was probably to write a novel.

Is it usual, what it is between us when I touch you?

Respectability had its uses. I wondered idly how many spymasters had thought of using elderly ladies? You didn’t hear about old women as spies—but then again, that might merely indicate how good they...

There was only one small probelm. It wasn't Frank I reached for, deep in the night, waking out of sleep. It wasn't his smooth, lithe body that walked my dreams a roused me so that I came awake moist a...

Home is where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.

—¿Te imaginas? —murmuró en algún momento de la madrugada—. ¿Sabes lo duro que es estar así con alguien y no encontrar jamás su secreto?—Sí —respondí pensando en Frank—. Lo sé.—Lo suponía. —Me tocó el...

May I introduce my husband? I turned to wave at Jamie, who had been detained in animated conversation with the admiral, but who was now advancing toward us, accompanied by Mr. Willoughby. I turned bac...

I lifted my futile hand and slammed it hard against the rail. I did it again, and again, scarcely feeling the sting of the blows, in a frenzy of furious rage and grief. Stop that! a voice spoke behind...

What it is between us, when I touch you, when you … lie with me? Is it always so between a man and a woman? In spite of his difficulties, I knew exactly what he meant. His gaze was direct, holding my...

We dangled our feet in the water, moving from shade to sun and back to shade as we grew too warm, talking of this and that and not much of anything, both aware of each other’s smallest movement, both...

Created by Your hand as You created man,  Life given for life.  That me and mine may eat with thanks for the gift,  That me and mine may give thanks for Your own sacrifice of blood and flesh,  Life gi...