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.
You asked me if I thought it was worth it. I don’t know. But it is my duty, regardless.
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...
That's what he got for neglecting his work to go on wild-goose chases to impress a girl
Testosterone poisoning,
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.
My God, he thought, I’m going to die before I’ve been born.
Live with Highlanders long enough, and every damn rock and tree meant something! Perhaps
La curación proviene del paciente, no del médico.
Jealousy had nothing to do with logic.
It’s a sword, aye? Not a bloody club. Use the tip!
It's as though, knowing that everything is possible, suddenly nothing is necessary.
It wasn't a thing I had consciously missed, but having it now reminded me of the joy of it; that drowsy intimacy in which a man's body is accessible to you as your own, the strange shapes and textures...
If ye loved him, he must ha' been a good man.''Yes, he...was.''Then I shall do my best to honor his spirit by serving his wife.
If ye have to ask yourself if you’re in love, laddie—then ye aren’t,
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 was in the heart of chaos, and no power of mind or body was of use against it.
I thought I could make out Jamie's Highland screech, but that was likely imagination; they all sounded equally demented.
I meant with my cook at Mount Josiah, in Virginia. His name is Manoke.
I filled the cups with brandy, sat down again, and fixed John Grey with a narrow eye. What are you doing here? I said, without preamble. He opened his light blue eyes very wide, then lowered his very...