If she was broken, she would slash him with her jagged edges, reckless as a drunkard with a shattered bottle.
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 a sin for you to choose me . . . then I would go to the Devil himself and bless him for tempting ye to it.
If a ship's coming in from a port known to have plague of some kind, the damned Hollanders make the sailors swim ashore naked.
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.
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'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'm afraid that my wife picked up a number of colorful expressions from the Yanks and such, Frank offered, with a nervous smile.True, I said, gritting my teeth as I wrapped a water-soaked napkin about...
I'll be setting off just after the Angelus bell- at noon, I mean - should that suit your honors.
I would. He kissed the top of my head. I saw Ian’s face; it was like his own flesh was being torn, each time Jenny screamed. My arms were around him, stroking the ridged scars on his back. I can bear...
I would like you to go with me to Cuba, Grey said, looking from one to the other. Rodrigo could go where I could not go, and hear and see things I couldn’t. But…there might be some small danger, and i...
I walked down the hallway, my steps muffled by the long Turkey carpet that covered the parquet. There was an indistinguishable murmur of male voices ahead. I turned a corner into a shorter corridor an...
I told you I had feelings for my wife, he said softly. I did. Affection. Familiarity. Loyalty. We had known each other all her life; our fathers had been friends; I had known her brother. She might we...
I thought of telling him that his own touch seared my skin and filled my veins with fire. But I was already alight and glowing like a brand. I closed my eyes and felt the kindling touch move to cheek...
I swore an oath before the altar of God to protect this woman. And if you're tellin' me that ye consider your own authority to be greater than that of the Almighty, then I must inform ye that I'm not...
I sniffed, wiped my nose, and took his arm as we
I prayed for guidance, kneeling before the Blessed Sacrament, he went on, and as I sat in the silence of the chapel, I seemed to see you as a shipwrecked traveler. And it seems to me that that is a go...
I have wondered, he said, so low I could scarcely hear him. Wondered often, if I could call that edge to my service, and sheathe it safe again. For I have seen a great many men grow hard in that calli...
I have loved others, and I do love many, Sassenach—but you alone hold all my heart, whole in your hands, he said softly. And you know that.