Diana Gabaldon Quotes

There are things that I canna tell you, at least not yet. And I’ll ask nothing of ye that ye canna give me. But what I would ask of ye—when you do tell me something, let it be the truth. And I’ll promise ye the same. We have nothing now between us, save—respect, perhaps. And I think that respect has maybe room for secrets, but not for lies. Do ye agree?

The greatest thing in a man’s life is to lie wi’ a woman he loves.

It’s a lot easier to get punched in the face at three-and-twenty than to have your bum strapped in public at sixteen. Bruised pride hurts worse than anything, and it bruises easy then.

It has always been forever, for me, Sassenach.

I stood still, vision blurring, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the snapping of a flower’s stem.

Don’t be afraid. There’s the two of us now.

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

You’ve known forever who you are. Do you realize at all how unusual it is to know that?

You know what scholars are like; no conscience at all when it comes to their own field, let alone a sense of social delicacy.

You are my courage, as I am your conscience. You are my heart—and I your compassion. We are neither of us whole, alone. Do ye not know that, Sassenach?

Ye werena the first lass I kissed. But I swear you’ll be the last.

Ye have a moment of surprise, lass. Use it!