Diana Gabaldon Quotes, Thoughts and images

Man's sense of Morality tends to decrease as his Power increases

There aren't any answers, only choices

Lord, ye gave me a rare woman, and God! I loved her well.

forgiveness is not a single act, but a matter of constant practice

You dinna need to understand me, Sassenach," he said quietly. "So long as you love me.

If I die before I say 'I love you' it's because I didn't have the time.

The past is gone-the future is not come. And we are here together, you and I.

Knowing that everything is possible suddenly nothing is necessary.

It has always been forever, for me, Sassenach

I can bear pain myself, he said softly, but I couldna bear yours. That would take more strength than I have.

Well, I can't remember not being able to read. I was told I could read by myself very well at the age of three.

When you're reading, you're not where you are; you're in the book. By the same token, I can write anywhere.

Your face is my heart Sassenach, and the love of you is my soul

An Englishman thinks a hundred miles is a long way; and American thinks a hundred years is a long time

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.

Scots have long memories, and they're not the most forgiving of people.

The most irritating thing about cliches, I decided, was how frequently they were true.

All I want, is for you to love me. Not because of what I can do or what I look like, or because I love you - just because I am.

To see the years touch ye gives me joy", he whispered, "for it means that ye live.

Boldness in battle is nothing out of the way... but to face down fear in cold blood is rare in any man.

He's a man and that's no small thing to be.

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.

Torn between the impulse to stroke his head, and the urge to cave it in with a rock, I did neither.

Ye werena the first lass I kissed," he said softly. "But I swear you'll be the last.

Lord that she might be safe. She and my children.

I thought I could make out Jamie's Highland screech, but that was likely imagination; they all sounded equally demented.

It's only that ye looked so beautiful, wi' the fire on your face, and your hair waving in the wind. I wanted to remember it.

Not for the first time, I reflected that intimacy and romance are not synonymous.

If ye loved him, he must ha' been a good man.' 'Yes, he...was.' 'Then I shall do my best to honor his spirit by serving his wife.

Then let amourous kisses dwell On our lips, begin and tell A Thousand and a Hundred score A Hundred and a Thousand more

Oh, Claire, ye do break my heart wi' loving you.

That's for calling your father a fool. It may be true, but it's disrespectful. Brian Fraser to teenage Jamie

And if your life is a suitable exchange for my honor, why is my honor not a suitable exchange for your life?

So remember it, lad. If your head thinks up mischief, your backside's going to pay for it. Brian Fraser to young Jamie

That's what marriage is good for; it makes a sacrament out of things ye'd otherwise have to confess. Jamie Fraser

I'll scream!" "Likely. If not before, certainly during. I expect they'll hear ye at the next farm; you've got good lungs.

A general cry of "What book? What book? Let us see this famous book!