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 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 I don’t recommend murder as a way of settling difficult situations. It tends to lead to complications—but not nearly as many as marriage.
Act as though this one patient is the only person in the world—because to do otherwise is to lose that one, too. One at a time, that’s all you can do. And you learn not to despair over all the ones yo...
According to the vicar, many of the local folk thought the War was due in part to people turning away from their roots and omitting to take proper precautions, such as burying a sacrifice under the fo...
A trained surgeon is also a potential killer, and an important bit of the training lies in accepting the fact. Your intent is entirely benign—or at least you hope so—but you are laying violent hands o...
A man who had never spoken love to me, who had never needed to, for I knew he loved me, as surely as I knew I lived. For where all love is, the speaking is unnecessary. It is all. It is undying. And i...
A hedgehog? And just how does a hedgehog make love? he demanded. No, I thought. I won't. I will not. But I did. Very carefully, I replied, giggling helplessly. So now we know just how old that one is,...
Still I dinna expect anything to happen to me. But if it should...If it does, then I want there to be a place for you; I want someone for you to go to if I am...not there to care for you. If it canna...
. . what I was born does not matter, only what I will make of myself, only what I will become.
¿Es verdad.., que no lo olvidaré?Estaba arrodillado a su lado y esperó un momento antes deresponder.-Sí, es verdad -dijo suavemente-, Pero también es verdad que con eltiempo no te importará.-¿No? -Est...
Una vez que hayas escogido a un hombre, no trates de cambiarlo. No se puede. Pero lo más importante es no permitir que trate de cambiarte a ti. Tampoco se puede, pero los hombres siempre lo intentan.
The curious alchemy of cookery, that process of making the transfer of life from one being to another palatable.
People will treat with disdain such phenomena as are proved by the evidence of the senses, and commonly experienced—while they will defend to the death the reality of a phenomenon which they have neit...
It was an act of trust to sleep in the presence of another person. If the trust was mutual, simple sleep could bring you closer together than the joining of bodies.
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You are blood of my blood, he said softly, and bone of my bone. I claim thee as my son before all men, from this day forever. He looked up at Jamie, challenging. After a long moment, Jamie gave the sl...
Ye need not be scairt of me, he said softly. Nor anyone here, so long as I'm with ye. - Jaime