Is thee afraid of me, Rachel? he whispered. I am, she whispered back, and closed her hand on his wounded shoulder, lightly but hard enough for him to feel the hurt of it. And I am afraid for thee, as...
Involuntarily, I reached out, as though I might heal him with a touch and erase the marks with my fingers.
In this instance, the point of showing you the king’s funeral was primarily that it provided Lord John with his moment of enlightenment regarding Jamie’s motive for remaining at Helwater. Secondarily,...
In that case, maybe we shouldn’t be disturbing you, said a soft American voice. Oh, I forgot, said Claire, half-turning to the girl who had stood out of sight in the corner of the porch. Roger Wakefie...
Ifs hover in the air above your head all the time when you’re doing surgery, like a cloud of gnats. For the most part, though, they keep a respectful distance, only buzzing dimly in the background. Do...
If, I said through my teeth, you ever raise a hand to me again, James Fraser, I’ll cut out your heart and fry it for breakfast!
If you’ll not let me be spiritual about it, you’ll have to put up wi’ my baser nature. I’m going to be a beast. He bit my neck. Do ye want me to be a horse, a bear, or a dog?
If one day, a bhailach...ye should meet a verra large mouse named Michael-ye'll tell him your grandsire sends his regards.
If it was killing-and it was- then I thought it not murder, but a justifiable homicide, undertaken in desperate self defense.
If he’s bound to risk his life, then it’s my job to see he gets the most return from his gambling.
If he kept the man himself at a distance, perhaps he could also keep at bay the memories he stirred. And the feelings.
If Jamie could take Lord John Grey as a lover, and hide it from me, he wasn’t remotely the man I thought he was. There had to be some other explanation.
Idleness would have seemed not only a sign of moral decay, but an affront to the natural order of things.
Ian, your Latin would disgrace a dog! And as for the rest, ye havena got enough understanding of Greek to tell the difference between water and wine! If they’re drinkin’ it, it’s not water,
IN THE LIGHT OF eternity, time casts no shadow. Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. But what is it that the old women see? We see necessity, and we do the things that mu...
I, um, had had it in mind to take Azeel and Rodrigo with me to South Carolina. But they may be helpful to the present venture, if…er…if Rodrigo is sufficiently recovered. Has he been ill? Worry crease...
I, ah, I wasn’t expecting— I said idiotically. Brianna gave me a grin to match her father’s, eyes bright as stars and damp with happiness. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! What? said Jamie blan...
I've spent more than twenty years looking for answers, Roger, and I can tell you only one thing: There aren't any answers, only choices. I've made a number of them myself, and no one can tell me wheth...
I've seen ye so many times, he said, his voice whispering warm in my ear. You've come to me so often. When I dreamed sometimes.When I lay in fever. When I was so afraid and so lonely I knew I must die...
I wouldna tell ye if I did, he said, just as quietly. But I don’t. Would you warn him—if you could? Grey asked. He oughtn’t, but was possessed by curiosity. I would, Fraser replied without hesitation....