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!
In war, government and their armies were a threat, but it was so often the neighbors who damned or saved you
It had occurred to me briefly to wonder why he had worn his kilt this morning, instead of changing to breeks; the crimson tartan might be quite literally a red flag to a bull, flaunted thus before an...
It was another hour before the door opened again, this time to admit the Governor. He was still handsome and neat as a white camellia, but definitely beginning to turn brown round the edges. I set the...
It was in a way a comforting idea; if there was all the time in the world, then the happenings of a given moment became less important.
It was very quiet here on the mountainside,but, quiet in the of hills and forests. A quiet that wasn't silent at all, but composed of constant tiny sounds. It was small buzzing in the gorse bush nearb...
It wasn’t stubbornness, nor even loyalty, that had made Willie insist on staying at the Ridge. It was love of John Grey, and fear of his loss. And it was the same love that made the boy weep in the ni...
It wasn’t the tree of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, after all; it was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Knowledge might be a poisoned gift—but it was still a gift, and few people woul...
It was…hard. I didna call out, or let them see I was scairt, but I couldna keep my feet. Halfway through it, I fell into the post, just—just hangin’ from the ropes, ken, wi’ the blood…runnin’ down my...
I’m honest enough to say that I dinna care what the right and wrong of it may be, so long as you are here wi’ me, Claire, he said softly. If it was a sin for you to choose me … then I would go to the...
Joy. Fear. Fear, most of all. His hand came up and smoothed my curls away from his nose I havena been afraid for a verra long time, Sassenach, he whispered. But now I think I am. For there is somethin...
Last night I dreamed that Roger was leaving. I’ve been dreaming about his going for a week, ever since Da suggested it. Suggested—ha. Like Moses brought down
Let me tell ye in your sleep how much I love you. For there’s no so much I can be saying to ye while ye wake, but the same poor words, again and again. While ye sleep in my arms, I can say things to y...
Madam, he said, speaking very softly into her face. I do not want your money. My wife does not want it. And my son will not have it. Cram it up your hole, aye?
May God make safe to me each step,May God make open to me each pass,May God make clear to me each road,and may He take me in the clasp of His own two hands
Maybe it was the result of gardening, that quiet sense of pleasure in touching growing things, the satisfaction of helping them thrive.
Mmphm. Well, I suppose men can make all the laws they like, he said, but God made hope. The stars willna burn out. He turned and, cupping my chin, kissed me gently. And nor will we.
Mo Nighean donn, he whispered, mo chridhe. My brown lass, my heart.Come to me. Cover me. Shelter me. a bhean, heal me. Burn with me, as I burn for you.
Muchas gracias, my dear, he told her, and bowed low over her hand. Azeel, please tell her that we could not even contemplate this venture without her courage and help. The entire British Navy is in he...
My dear daughter,As you will see if ever you receive this, we are alive. . . .
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