I’m honest enough to say that I dinna care what the right and wrong of it may be, so long as you are here wi’ me, Claire, he said softly. If it was a sin for you to choose me … then I would go to the...
I’m a man, Sassenach, he said, very softly. If I thought there was a choice … then I maybe couldna do it. Ye dinna need to be so brave about things if ye ken ye canna help it, aye? He looked at me the...
I’ll try verra hard, John. The Governor sat down, wearily. There were deep circles under his eyes, and his impeccable linen was wilted; obviously he had not changed his clothes from the day before. Al...
I—yes. All right.
I … am not quite sure, to tell you the truth. Perhaps it is only an effort to reconcile my memories of last night with the … er … actuality of the experience?
It’s two hundred year, in the Highland tales—when folk fall asleep on fairy duns and end up dancing all night wi’ the Auld Folk; it’s usually two hundred year later when they come back to their own pl...
It’s a sword, aye? Not a bloody club. Use the tip!
It’s a rare plant, he said, touching the sprig in my open hand. Flowers, fruit and leaves all together at the one time. The white flowers are for honor, and red fruit for courage—and the green leaves...
It … wasna a scream of fear, or even anger. It … ehm … well, it was the way a woman will scream, sometimes, if she’s … pleased. In bed, you mean. It wasn’t a question. So do men. Sometimes. You idiot!...
It's like a little fortress, where the most private part of you lives - maybe it's your soul, maybe just that bit that makes you yourself and not anyone else.
It's a bit undignified to get into, but it's verra easy to take offHow you get into it? I asked curiously.Well, ye lay it out on the ground, like this -he knelt, spreading the cloth so that it lined...
It was…hard. I didna call out, or let them see I was scairt, but I couldna keep my feet. Halfway through it, I fell into the post, just—just hangin’ from the ropes, ken, wi’ the blood…runnin’ down my...
It was very, very peaceful, and all of a sudden I found myself shaking so hard that I had to sit down on the stream bank. Anytime. It could happen anytime, and just this fast. I wasn’t sure which seem...
It was very quiet here on the mountainside,but, quiet in the of hills and forests. A quiet that wasn't silent at all, but composed of constant tiny sounds. It was small buzzing in the gorse bush nearb...
It was only as the tension went out of her shoulders that he noticed it had been there.
It was only as the tension went out of her shoulders hat he noticed it had been there.
It was one of those strange moments that came to him rarely, but never left. A moment that stamped itself on heart and brain, instantly recallable in every detail, for all of his life. There was no te...
It was going to be a bloody business, on both sides. He didn’t like the thought but didn’t shy away from it. It was war, and he was—once again—a soldier.
It starts out the same, but then, after a moment, he said, speaking softly, suddenly it’s as though I’ve a living flame in my arms. His touch grew firmer, outlining my lips and caressing the line of m...
It looks as though it hurt. It did.Did you cry? His fists clenched involuntarily at his sides. Yes!Jenny walked back around to face him, pointed chin lifted and slanted eyes wide and bright. So did I,...