Lord, he’d said. Let me be enough. That prayer had lodged in my heart like an arrow when I’d heard it and thought he asked for help in doing what had to be done. But that wasn’t what he’d meant at all—and the realization of what he had meant split my heart in two. I took his face between my hands, and wished so much that I had his own gift, the ability to say what lay in my heart, in such a way that he would know. But I hadn’t.
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EARNESTINE REED His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from... JAMES JOYCE I paused to pat the truck’s hood gently in apology when someone put his hand on my shoulder. ... PATRICIA BRIGGS
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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 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