Come to bed, a nighean. Nothing hurts when ye love me. He was right; nothing did.
Careful! I said. Don’t twist like that, or your dressing will come off! What are you trying to do? Get my plaid loose to cover you, he replied. You’re shivering. But I canna do it one-handed. Can ye r...
But how shall I tell ye all these things, he said, the line of his mouth twisting. And then say to you—it is only you I have ever loved? How should you believe me?
But he found the wall of prayer a barricade between himself and the wicked sly thoughts and, closing his eyes briefly, felt his father walk beside him and Brian Fraser’s last kiss soft as the wind on...
But do you think he foresaw that Twelvetrees would call him out? Well, yes, I suppose he did, Hal answered himself. Twelvetrees couldn’t do otherwise. But does Fraser want this duel? Grey saw what his...
But a man is not forgotten, as long as there are two people left under the sky. One, to tell the story; the other, to hear it.
But I talk to you as I talk to my own soul, he said, turning me to face him. He reached up and cupped my cheek, fingers light on my temple. And, Sassenach, he whispered, your face is my heart.
Blessed are those who eat greens, for they shall keep their teeth. Blessed are those who wash their hands after wiping their arses, for they shall not sicken. Blessed are those who boil water, for the...
Aye, I believe ye, Sassenach. But it would ha’ been a good deal easier if you’d only been a witch.
As a mother, I had the lightness now of effort complete, honor satisfied. Mission accomplished.
And when my body shall cease, my soul will still be yours. Claire – I swear by my hope of heaven, I will not be parted from you.
And when my body shall cease, my soul will still be yours, Claire? I swear by my hope of heaven, I will not be parted from you.The wind stirred the leaves of the chestnut trees nearby, and the scents...
And suddenly it was all simple. He held out his arms to her. She stepped into them and found that she had been wrong; he was as big as she’d imagined—and his arms were as strong about her as she had e...
And so he began haltingly to speak—in Gaelic, as it was the only tongue that didn’t seem to require any effort. He understood that he was to speak of what filled his heart, and so began with Scotland—...
And so he and Ian—who, it turned out, could also knit and was prostrated by mirth at my lack of knowledge—had taught me the simple basics of knit and purl, explaining, between snorts of derision over...
And it was, as Dougal explained, convenient to the pillory, a homely wooden contraption that stood on a small stone plinth in the center of the square, adjacent to the wooden stake used—with thrifty e...
And in the shadow of the square below, a small movement betrayed the presence of a man. Waiting. Roger closed his eyes, cold rising from his bare feet up his body, seeing in his mind the sudden vision...
And below, the notebook filled with fine cursive script, laying out in strict order conclusion and delusion, mingling myth and science, drawing from learned men and legends, all of it based on the pow...
And I tell you what, L.J.; you see all these people you haven't seen for twenty years, and there's this split second when you meet somebody you used to know, and you think 'My God, he's changed!,'and...
And Finally I put down the last and the best advice I knew, on growing older. 'Stand up straight and try not to get fat.