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“This wife you have, Bird said at last, deeply contemplative, did you pay a great deal for her?

She cost me almost everything I had, he said, with a wry tone that made the others laugh. But worth it.”

Diana Gabaldon książka A Breath of Snow and Ashes

“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.”

Diana Gabaldon książka Outlander

“As though, knowing that everything is possible, suddenly nothing is necessary.”

Diana Gabaldon książka Outlander

“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.”

Diana Gabaldon książka Drums of Autumn

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

Diana Gabaldon książka Dragonfly in Amber

“And you, my Sassenach? What were you born for? To be lady of a manor, or to sleep in the fields like a gypsy? To be a healer, or a don's wife, or an outlaw's lady?"

"I was born for you," I said simply, and held out my arms to him.”

Diana Gabaldon książka Outlander

“D'ye ken that the only time I am without pain is in your bed, Sassenach? When I take ye, when I lie in your arms-my wounds are healed, then, my scars forgotten.”

Diana Gabaldon książka The Fiery Cross

“I am a coward, damn you! I couldna tell ye, for fear ye would leave me, and unmanly thing that I am, I thought I couldna bear that!”

Diana Gabaldon książka Voyager

“A tall, straight-bodied, and by no means ill-favored young Highlander at close range is breath-taking.”

Diana Gabaldon książka Outlander

“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.”

Diana Gabaldon książka Dragonfly in Amber

“I'll leave it to you, Sassenach," he said dryly, "to imagine what it feels like to arrive unexpectedly in the midst of a brothel, in possession of a verra large sausage.”

Diana Gabaldon książka Dragonfly in Amber

“Ye always carry your women wi ye into battle, Ian Og. They're the root of your strength, man.”

Diana Gabaldon książka Written in My Own Heart's Blood

“Thy life’s journey lies along its own path, Ian,” she said, “and I cannot share thy journey—but I can walk beside thee. And I will.”

Diana Gabaldon książka Written in My Own Heart's Blood

“When God closes a door, he opens a window. Yeah. The problem was that this particular window opened off the tenth story, and he wasn't so sure God supplied parachutes.”

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“Well I am still not drunk" I straightened up against the pillows as best I could. "You told me once that if you could still stand up, you weren't drunk."
You aren't standing up." he point out.
You are.”

Diana Gabaldon książka Voyager

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

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“There is an oath upon her," he said to Arch, and I realized dimly that he was still speaking in Gaelic, though I understood him clearly. "She may not kill, save it is for mercy or her life. It is myself who kills for her.”

Diana Gabaldon książka A Breath of Snow and Ashes

“Between hell now, and hell later, Sassenach," he said, his speech measured and precise, "I will take later, every time.”

Diana Gabaldon książka Dragonfly in Amber

“And when my body shall cease, my soul will still be yours, Claire--- I swear by my hope of heaven, I will not be parted from you. --Jamie”

Diana Gabaldon książka Drums of Autumn

“Are you alright?"
"No, I bumped my head." Rubbing the spot, I looked dazedly around the bare hallway.
"What did I bang it on?" I demanded ungrammatically.
"head." he said, rather grumpily, I thought.”

Diana Gabaldon książka Outlander

“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.”

Diana Gabaldon książka Outlander

“Are some people destined for a great fate, or to do great things? Or is it only that they're born somehow with that great passion -- and if they find themselves in the right circumstances, then things happen? It's the sort of thing you wonder…”

Diana Gabaldon książka Voyager

“And Finally I put down the last and the best advice I knew, on growing older. 'Stand up straight and try not to get fat.”

Diana Gabaldon książka Voyager

“What possessed ye, woman, to hit me in the heid wi' a fish whilst I was fighting for my life?”

Diana Gabaldon książka Drums of Autumn

“He was dead. However, his nose throbbed painfully, which he thought odd in the circumstances.”

Diana Gabaldon książka Voyager

“Why d'ye talk to yourself?'
'It assures me of a good listener.”

Diana Gabaldon książka A Breath of Snow and Ashes

“I always wake when you do, Sassenach; I sleep ill without ye by my side.”

Diana Gabaldon książka The Fiery Cross

“Hodie mihi cras tibi, said the inscription. Sic transit gloria mundi. My turn today, yours tomorrow. And thus passes away the glory of the world.”

Diana Gabaldon książka Dragonfly in Amber

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

Diana Gabaldon książka Outlander