Because I wanted you." He turned from the window to face me. "More than I ever wanted anything in my life," he added softly. I continued staring at him, dumbstruck. Whatever I had been expecting, it wasn't this. Seeing my openmouthed expression, he continued lightly. "When I asked my da how ye knew which was the right woman, he told me when the time came, I'd have no doubt. And I didn't. When I woke in the dark under that tree on the road to Leoch, with you sitting on my chest, cursing me for bleeding to death, I said to myself, 'Jamie Fraser, for all ye canna see what she looks like, and for all she weighs as much as a good draft horse, this is the woman'" I started toward him, and he backed away, talking rapidly. "I said to myself, 'She's mended ye twice in as many hours, me lad; life amongst the MacKenzies being what it is, it might be as well to wed a woman as can stanch a wound and set broken bones.' And I said to myself, 'Jamie, lad, if her touch feels so bonny on your collarbone, imagine what it might feel like lower down...'" He dodged around a chair. "Of course, I thought it might ha' just been the effects of spending four months in a monastery, without benefit of female companionship, but then that ride through the dark together"--he paused to sigh theatrically, neatly evading my grab at his sleeve--"with that lovely broad arse wedged between my thighs"--he ducked a blow aimed at his left ear and sidestepped, getting a low table between us--"and that rock-solid head thumping me in the chest"--a small metal ornament bounced off his own head and went clanging to the floor--"I said to myself..." He was laughing so hard at this point that he had to gasp for breath between phrases. "Jamie...I said...for all she's a Sassenach bitch...with a tongue like an adder's ...with a bum like that...what does it matter if she's a f-face like a sh-sh-eep?" I tripped him neatly and landed on his stomach with both knees as he hit the floor with a crash that shook the house. "You mean to tell me that you married me out of love?" I demanded. He raised his eyebrows, struggling to draw in breath. "Have I not...just been...saying so?
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DIANA GABALDON There's not a lot of pictorial evidence from the Highlands, because only the very wealthy had th... DIANA GABALDON As usual, the note occupied less than a page and included neither salutation nor closing, Uncle Hal'... DIANA GABALDON Still, he was pleased to know that he could recall so much of the play and passed the rest of the jo... DIANA GABALDON I drew a deep breath, trying to think of something to say, then pulled a handkerchief from my pocket... DIANA GABALDON I drew a deep breath, trying to think of something to say, then pulled a handkerchief from my pocket... DIANA GABALDON While you certainly will recognize 'Outlander' if you've been reading the books, there... DIANA GABALDON No matter how ugly the manner in which a man dies, it’s only the presence of a suffering human sou... DIANA GABALDON What is it about ye, Sassenach, I wonder?” he said conversationally, eyes still fixed on Myers. DIANA GABALDON I thought he said you weren’t drunk if you could find your arse with both hands.” He ... DIANA GABALDON Whenever anything bubbles up, I have to put it down, DIANA GABALDON I learned just recently, in fact, that a lot of people who read do not form a visual image from what... DIANA GABALDON Some people are just mad about the historical aspects; they feel as though they're living in a diffe... DIANA GABALDON All romance novels are courtship stories, and I'm not really interested in that, DIANA GABALDON [Claire travels in time. And while she and Jamie do fall in love, their story is not so much the stu... DIANA GABALDON Nobody had ever told me how to do these things, ... I didn't want anyone giving me advice until I ha... DIANA GABALDON My husband gets up at around 5.30 A.M., so I'll tuck him in around 9.30 P.M. or 10 P.M., and the... DIANA GABALDON There's always a temptation, I think, among some historical writers to shade things toward the m... DIANA GABALDON How did you keep this by you?" Grey demanded abruptly. "You were searched to the skin when you were ... DIANA GABALDON My sixth book, 'A Breath of Snow and Ashes', was nominated for a number of book awards, one ... DIANA GABALDON You have lost your mind,"Jamie said coldly, the shock receding slightly. "Or I should think you had,... DIANA GABALDON I don't plot the books out ahead of time, I don't plan them. I don't begin at the beginn... DIANA GABALDON Roger speaking to Brianna: It's too important. You don't forget having a dad." You do rem... DIANA GABALDON I thought the force of my wanting must wake ye, surely. And then ye did come. . ." He stopped, looki... DIANA GABALDON To see the years touch ye gives me joy", he whispered, "for it means that ye live. DIANA GABALDON When I asked my da how ye knew which was the right woman, he told me when the time came, I'd have no... DIANA GABALDON What . . . fellow?” The wind was cool, but I could see sweat trickling down the back of Jamie’s ... DIANA GABALDON The position of sun and moon on the Feast of Beltane" is one, with a list if two hundred paired figu... DIANA GABALDON For my sake,” he said firmly, addressing the air in front of him as though it were a tribunal, “... DIANA GABALDON If I were marooned here till it suited my overbearing, domineering, pig-headed jackass of a husband ... DIANA GABALDON And what's wrong wi' the way ye smell?' he said heatedly. 'At least ye smelt like a woman, not a dam... DIANA GABALDON One dictum I had learned on the battlefields of France in a far distant war: You cannot save the wor... DIANA GABALDON Some enterprising rabbit had dug its way under the stakes of my garden again. One voracious rabbit c... DIANA GABALDON I know what it felt . . . like when I . . . thought you were dead, and-" A small gasp for breath, an... DIANA GABALDON (...) When I asked my Da how ye knew which was the right woman, he told me when the time came, I'd h... DIANA GABALDON Really love him, I mean," Geilie persisted. "Not just to bed him; I know you want that, and he does ... DIANA GABALDON My own eyes went to Jamie, who had come to join Fergus and Ian by the sideboard. Still here, thank G... DIANA GABALDON Take off your shirt," I said, sitting up and pulling at the hem of the garment. "Why?" he... DIANA GABALDON Jaime, you must be half-dead" He laughed tiredly, holding me close with one large warm ha... DIANA GABALDON ...well, if women's work was never done, why trouble about how much of it wasn't being accomplished ... DIANA GABALDON For so many years, for so long, I have been so many things, so many different men. But here," he sai... DIANA GABALDON Aye, well, he'll be wed a long time," he said callously. "Do him no harm to keep his breeches on for... DIANA GABALDON Grey sat in his bedchamber, unshaven and attired in his nightshirt, banyan, and slippers, drinking t... DIANA GABALDON I stagger out of bed, take the dogs outside, and then I'll get a Diet Coke and a couple of dog b... DIANA GABALDON When you're reading, you're not where you are; you're in the book. By the same token, I ... DIANA GABALDON I regarded him gently over my own bowl of stew. He was very large, solid, and beautifully formed. An... DIANA GABALDON When the day shall come that we do part," he said softly, and turned to look at me, "if my last word... DIANA GABALDON Scots have long memories, and they're not the most forgiving of people. DIANA GABALDON I am a sassenach, after all,” I said, seeing it. He touched my face briefly with a rueful smile. �... DIANA GABALDON Hodie mihi cras tibi, said the inscription. Sic transit gloria mundi. My turn today, yours tomorrow.... DIANA GABALDON I fought back the memory of our wedding night. He was a virgin; his hands trembled when he touched m... DIANA GABALDON Reading is of course dry work, and further refreshment was called for and consumed. DIANA GABALDON A general cry of "What book? What book? Let us see this famous book! DIANA GABALDON Lord, he’d said. Let me be enough. That prayer had lodged in my heart like an arrow when I’d hea... DIANA GABALDON Let me be enough, DIANA GABALDON When a man dies, it’s only him,” he said. “And one is much like another. Aye, a family needs a... DIANA GABALDON Come to bed, a nighean. Nothing hurts when ye love me.” He was right; nothing did. DIANA GABALDON Perhaps it was only that the sense of reaching out to something larger than yourself gives you some ... DIANA GABALDON Where d'ye think he is now?" Jenny said suddenly. "Ian, I mean." He glanced at the house, then ... DIANA GABALDON That dog is a wolf, is he not?' 'Aye, well, mostly.' A small flash of hazel to... DIANA GABALDON When God closes a door, he opens a window. Yeah. The problem was that this particular window opened ... DIANA GABALDON For a long time," he said at last, "when I was small, I pretended to myself that I was the bastard o... DIANA GABALDON A man’s life had to have more purpose than only to feed himself each day. DIANA GABALDON Oh, foisted, is it?" cried Mr. Ormiston in righteous indignation. "Such a word! And if it means what... DIANA GABALDON When a man dies, it’s only him,” he said. “And one is much like another. Aye, a family needs a... DIANA GABALDON I feel maybe like you did,” he whispered to her, too low to wake her. “When ye came through the ... DIANA GABALDON Does your knee still hurt, Sassenach?” he asked, seeing me rub it. It hadn’t ever quite recovere... DIANA GABALDON This is the thin time, when the beloved dead draw near. The world turns inward, and the chilling air... DIANA GABALDON You do mean it, then,” I said. “You feel … er … betrothed to her?” “Well, of course ... DIANA GABALDON And in the end, it does not matter. I am what God has made me, and must deal with the Times in which... DIANA GABALDON Men are made in God's image, or so I am told. Likewise that we differ from the animals in having rea... DIANA GABALDON Do ye not understand?"he said, in near desparation. "I would lay the world at your feet, Claire-and ... DIANA GABALDON Family is the most important thing in the world. PRINCESS DIANA It's the first time I have returned to my roots - like going back to be a trio. The fans really ... DIANA ROSS The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it. DIANA VREELAND I'm not really on a mission to tell anybody anything. I'd rather be figured out. DIANA KRALL Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal. DIANA VREELAND I don't even know how to use a parking meter, let alone a phone box. PRINCESS DIANA What must it be like for a little boy to read that daddy never loved mummy? PRINCESS DIANA