You felt as though the book took as much interest in you as you did in it and was willing to help when you reached for it.
You do know that women aren’t rational, don’t you? I do. Neither are men. Well, you have a point,
You could tell from the books whether a library was meant for show or not. Books that were used had an open, interested feel to them, even if closed and neatly lined up on a shelf in strict order with...
You cannot save the world, but you might save the man in front of you, if you work fast enough.
You are beautiful, he whispered to me. If you say so. Do ye not believe me? Have I ever lied to you? That’s not what I mean. I mean—if you say it, then it’s true. You make it true.
You are a rather remarkable woman, he said at last, in a level tone. Indeed, I said, not looking up. In what way? He leaned back; I heard the rustle of his bedding. You are neither circumspect nor cir...
Ye are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone. I give ye my Body, that we Two might be One. I give ye my Spirit, ’til our Life shall be Done.
Why, what's the matter wi' the poor child? she demanded of Jamie. Has she had an accident o' some sort?No, it's only she's married me, he said, though if ye care to call it an accident, ye may.
While Fergus was possessed of dark good looks and a dashing manner that might well win a young girl’s heart, he lacked a few of the things that might appeal somewhat more to conservative Scottish pare...
When she was small, she would wake on summer mornings to hear the chatter of her father’s lawnmower underneath her window; his voice calling out in greeting to a neighbor. She had felt safe, protected...
When I'd lost him the first time, before Culloden, I'd remembered every moment of our last night together. Tiny things would come back to me through the years: the taste of salt on his temple and the...
When I asked my Da how ye knew which was the right women, he told me when the time came, I'd have no doubt. And I didn't. When I woke in the dark under that fruit tree on the road to Leoch with you si...
What’s that you two were shouting at each other? He put his hands to his mouth and hooted, GOOOOOON! in a deep, echoing voice that made the others laugh. Have ye never heard a war cry before? Jamie as...
What would I do if he forbade me to go? Alternatives raced through my mind, everything from planting the ivory letter-opener between his ribs to burning down the house with him in it. The only idea I...
What is it, love? I whispered. Jamie, I do love you. I know it, he said quietly. I do know it, my own. Let me tell ye in your sleep how much I love you. For there’s no so much I can be saying to ye wh...
What if I cannot keep ye safe?... You and the rest of them? I shall try wi all my strength, Sassenach, and I dinna mind if I die doing it but what i should die too soon - and fail?You won't.'ll try no...
What happened, she says! Aye, what indeed? I tell ye to stay all snug below wi’ Marsali, and next thing I ken, ye’ve dropped out of the sky and landed at my feet, sopping wi’ blood!
What had happened to him was permanent. John Grey had lost a wife—however he might have regarded her. It had taken courage of more than one kind to bring William here, and to send him off with Jamie....
Well, I said, attempting a smile, at least we know Frank is safe, after all.Jamie glowered down at me, ruddy brows nearly touching each other. Damn Frank! he said ferociously. Damn all Randalls! Damn...
Well, legends are many-legged beasties, aye? But they generally have at least one foot on the truth.