I was sorry that I'd told him, but I had no defenses anymore. I could not lie, even for the best of reasons; there was simply no place to go, nowhere to hide. I felt beset by whispering ghosts, their...
I was dead, my Sassenach – and yet all that time, I loved you.
I was crying for joy, my Sassenach,' he said softly. He reached out slowly and took my face between his hands. And thanking God that I have two hands. That I have two hands to hold you with. To serve...
I understood very well just then, why it is that men measure time. They wish to fix a moment, in the vain hope that doing so will keep it from departing.
I thought of it, yes, he said finally. He let his head fall back on the pillow, eyes fixed on the low beamed ceiling. Still, if I was human enough—or petty enough—to consider that I might offend you b...
I think perhaps the greatest burden lies in caring for those we cannot help.
I said ‘Lord, if I’ve never had courage in my life before, let me have it now. Let me be brave enough not to fall on my knees and beg her to stay.
I pulled the chemise off
I prayed all the way up that hill yesterday, he said softly. Not for you to stay; I didna think that would be right. I prayed I'd be strong enough to send ye away. He shook his head, still gazing up t...
I may quibble wi' what the Lord's called me to do now and then, Sassenach - but I've nay argument wi' how he made me.Besides, if it had been different, I wouldna have you, would I? Or have Brianna or...
I knelt at Ellen's feet, as I kneel now by yours, And I swore to her by the name o' the threefold God, that I would follow ye always, to do your bidding, and guard your back, when ye became a man grow...
I have yearned always, he said softly, for love given and returned; have spent my life in the attempt to give my love to those who were not worthy of it. Allow me this: to give my life for the sake of...
I have noticed, she said slowly, that time does not really exist for mothers, with regard to their children. It does not matter greatly how old the child is—in the blink of an eye, the mother can see...
I had noticed before that to sleep, actually sleep with someone did give this sense of intimacy, as though your dreams had flowed out of you to mingle with theirs and fold you both in a blanket of unc...
I gave ye three things that day,’ he said softly. ‘My name, my family, and the protection of my body. You’ll have those things always, Sassenach – so long as we both shall live. No matter where we may...
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...
I found Lord John and William in the parlor, both of them a little flushed. Mother Claire. Willie took my hand and gently kissed it. Come and look. Papa has found something he thinks you will like. Co...
I flapped my hand, dismissing the matter of outlawry as a minor consideration, compared to the whole monstrous idea. I had one last try. Does it bother you that I’m not a virgin? He hesitated a moment...
I felt sick when I thought of the end—but I really wanted to remember how. How it felt, and how I did it, so maybe I can do it again, with Roger.
I felt deeply betrayed that the man I depended on as friend, protector, and lover intended to do such a thing to me. And my sense of self-preservation was quietly terrified at the thought of submittin...