If I'd known I should meet a damn bear, Jamie said, grunting as he lifted another stone into place, I would have taken another path.
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...
Sometimes our best action result in things that are most regrettable.
Queen's knight, he said quietly. To queen two. It was, he knew, a dangerous opening.
I'm honest enough to say that I dinna care what the right and wrong of it may be, so long as you're here wi' me, Claire, he said softly. If it was a sin for you to choose me...then I would go to the d...
I always thought there was some reason why ‘Scot’ rhymed with ‘plot,
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I am a warrior, that my son may be a merchant—and his son may be a poet.
Never give anything away for free—but sometimes it pays to oil the wheels a bit.
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...
Fat-heided creatures, the Carmichaels, she said judiciously. Loyal enough, but stubborn as rocks.Thus sayeth a Fraser, I remarked. The Carmichaels must be something special in that line.
If ye have to ask yourself if you’re in love, laddie—then ye aren’t,
Dangerous thing, infatuation.
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...
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...
Not really exist for mothers, with regard to their children.
Looking for you, ye wee fool! And what in the name of all holy are you doing here? And dressed like that, God damn you! He’d had the briefest look at her in her breeches and shirt, but it was enough....
Mm. You’d forgotten how to say anything except ‘I love you,’ but you said that a lot.
Don’t go overboard in avoiding said. Basically, said is the default for dialogue, and a good thing, too; it’s an invisible word that doesn’t draw attention to itself.
I think there are times for men of peace—and a time for men of blood, as well.
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