But it wouldn’t have half the power of a story in which Jamie and Claire truly conquer real evil and thus show what real love is. Real love has real costs—and they’re worth it. I’ve always said all my...
What underlies great science is what underlies great art, whether it is visual or written, and that is the ability to distinguish patterns out of chaos.
If women’s work was never done, why trouble about how much of it wasn’t being accomplished at any given moment?
You do mean it, then, I said. You feel … er … betrothed to her? Well, of course he does, Sassenach, Jamie said, reaching for another slice of toast. He left her his dog.
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.
Then she was crying in his arms, choking and gasping, tears running down her face as she clutched him. Why? she sobbed. Why did you have to follow me? Didn’t you realize? Now what are we going to do!...
That's what he got for neglecting his work to go on wild-goose chases to impress a girl
That Cherry Bounce must be good stuff.
Take off your shirt, I said, sitting up and pulling at the hem of the garment.Why? he asked, but sat up and obliged. I knelt in front of him, admiring his naked body.Because I want to look at you, I s...
She had dark hair, very wavy, bound back from her brow with a rose-colored ribbon but falling loose down her back, nearly to her waist. He had actually raised a hand to stroke it before catching hold...
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.
Okay. This has to be a credible threat. Ergo, we have to have seen (and heard about) the real damage Randall has done to Jamie thus far; we have to be in no doubt whatever that he’d do real damage to...
Men have external genitalia, while women have internal genitalia. This simple difference makes a lot of difference in how they write about themselves—and how you might write about your characters. Mal...
Men are made in God's image, or so I am told. Likewise that we differ from the animals in having reason. Reason, therefore, must plainly be a characteristic of the Almighty, quod erat demonstrandum. I...
It gave him the same odd sense of dislocation, though; that sense of losing some valuable part of himself that could not survive the passage back to daily life. Each time, the passage became more diff...
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.
I wish I could have fought him for you, he said abruptly, looking back at me. His blue eyes were dark and earnest.I smiled at him, touched.It wasn't your fight, it was mine. But you won it anyway. I r...
I only wondered … have you … been quite alone all this time? Since your wife died?
I meant with my cook at Mount Josiah, in Virginia. His name is Manoke.
I canna look at ye asleep without wanting to wake ye, Sassenach. His hand cupped my breast, gently now. I suppose I find myself lonely without ye.