Watch a good movie sometime without reference to what’s happening but only with attention to how it was photographed; you’ll see the change of focus—zoom in, pan out, close-up on face, fade to black,...
And you, my Sassenach? What were you born for? To be lady of a manor, or to sleep in the fields like a gypsy? To be a healer, or a don's wife, or an outlaw's lady?I was born for you, I said simply, an...
I'll tell ye, Sassenach; if ever I feel the need to change my manner of employment, I dinna think I'll take up attacking women - it's a bloody hard way to make a living.
I loved Frank...I loved him alot. But by that time, Jamie was my heart and the breath of my body. I couldn't leave him. I couldn't.
Brianna was twenty-three. She might be no more than in her mid-thirties by the time Jem was fully independent. And if he no longer needed her care—she and Roger might possibly go back. Back to her own...
Life among academics had taught me that a well-expressed opinion is usually better than a badly expressed fact, so far as professional advancement goes.
Catholics don't believe in divorce. We believe in murder. There's always Confession, after all.--Brianna Fraser to Roger MacKenzie
Gruff. He jerked his head at his
We are bound, you and I, and nothing on this earth shall part me from you.
Not really exist for mothers, with regard to their children.
There aren’t any answers, only choices. I’ve made a number of them myself, and no one can tell me whether they were right or wrong. Master
Jamie shook his head at me admiringly. And here I thought I married you because ye had a fair face and a fine fat arse. To think you’ve a brain as well! He neatly dodged the blow I aimed at his ear, a...
While the Lord might insist that vengeance was His, no male Highlander of my acquaintance had ever thought it right that the Lord should be left to handle such things without assistance.
…but Sassenach—I am the true home of your heart, and I know that. He lifted my hands to his mouth and kissed my upturned palms, one and then the other, his breath warm and his beard-stubble soft on my...
I always thought there was some reason why ‘Scot’ rhymed with ‘plot,
Sometimes our best action result in things that are most regrettable.
He reached out a long arm and drew me in, holding me close against him. I put my arms around him and felt the quiver of his muscles, exhausted, and the sheer hard strength still in him, that would hol...
I have been more fortunate than most, I suppose, he said quietly. There was the one thing he would take from me. His expression softened as he looked down into the face of the boy in the palm of his h...
Mm. You’d forgotten how to say anything except ‘I love you,’ but you said that a lot.
Dangerous thing, infatuation.
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