Diana Gabaldon: Trending quotes

“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.”

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

“No matter how ugly the manner in which a man dies, it’s only the presence of a suffering human soul that is horrifying, once gone, what is left is only an object.”

“I kissed his cheek, damp and salty. I could feel his heart beating against my ribs, and wanted nothing more than to stay there forever, not moving, not making love, just breathing the same air.”

“He turned his head to look full at me, his hair fire-struck with the setting sun, face dark in silhouette. "Twenty-four years ago today, I married ye, Sassenach," he said softly. "I hope ye willna have cause yet to regret it." -Jamie Fraser”

“For where all love is, the speaking is unnecessary”

“Any piece of good music is in essence a love song.”

“Do ye not understand?"he said, in near desparation. "I would lay the world at your feet, Claire-and I have nothing to give ye!"
He honestly thought it mattered.”

“If I die," he whispered in the dark, "dinna follow me. The bairns will need ye. Stay for them. I can wait.”

“Ye werena the first lass I kissed,” he said softly. “But I swear you’ll be the last.” And he bent his head to my upturned face.”

“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.”

“There aren't any answers, only choices”

“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.”

“Does it ever stop? The wanting you?" "Even when I've just left ye. I want you so much my chest feels tight and my fingers ache with wanting to touch ye again.”

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

“It has always been forever, for me, Sassenach,” he said simply.”

“We are bound, you and I, and nothing on this earth shall part me from you.”

“Sometimes our best action result in things that are most regrettable.”

“Forgiveness is not a single act, but a matter of constant practice.”