To the taste of breasts like apricots, the warm scent of a woman’s navel when she wakens in the winter, the warmth of a mound that fills your hand like a peach, split with ripeness.
There are things ye maybe canna tell me, he had said. I willna ask ye, or force ye. But when ye do tell me something, let it be the truth. There is nothing between us now but respect, and respect has...
The difference between an American and an Englishman. An Englishman thinks a hundred miles is a long way; an American thinks a hundred years is a long time.
I glanced back over my shoulder to see the Governor, shaking hands mechanically with the new arrival, staring after us with a face like white paper.
They
For if you feel for me as i do for you - then I am asking you to tear out your heart and live without it.
I found myself thinking that I had always heretofore assumed that the tendency of eighteenth-century ladies to swoon was due to tight stays; now I rather thought it might be due to the idiocy of eight...
That’s not what I asked, she said, a noticeable edge in her voice. I asked why my father shot him.He sighed. She could have found gainful employment with the Spanish Inquisition, he thoughtruefully; n...
This certainly isn’t the first time you’ve slept—I do mean slept with—a woman, is it? I asked. He had been married, though I seemed to recall that he had spent much of his married life living separate...
Peregrinations
Don't cry, Sassenach, he said, so softly I could barely hear him.
I dinna mean to interruupt ye, Sassenach he whispered in my air. But would ye like a bit of help we that?
Don't move, Sassenach, Jamie's voice came softly, next to me. Just for a moment, mo duinne--be still. I obligingly froze, until he touched me on the shoulder. That's all right, Sassenach, he said, w...
I could feel his heart beating against my ribs, and wanted nothing more than to stay there forever, not moving,
The eyes were steady, and told me no more than would my own, seen in a looking glass.
The flame of Brianna’s head moved slightly, looking from one to the other, and I saw what she saw; the echo of Jamie’s dangerous stillness in Roger. It was both unexpected and shocking; I had never se...
The gate was shut, and he didn’t bother fumbling for the latch but seized it with both hands and vaulted over, feeling an absurd rush of fierce pleasure in the feat.
He wrapped his arms about his
To fight on the winning side was one thing; to survive, quite another.
Holes in his back that he
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