Diana Gabaldon Quotes

Despair dragged at me like an anchor, pulling me down. I closed my eyes and retreated to some dim place within, where there was nothing but an aching grey blankness…

~ Diana Gabaldon

...knowing what o'clock it is gives ye the illusion that ye have some control over your circumstances.

~ Diana Gabaldon

Lying on the floor, with the carved panels of the ceiling flickering dimly above, I found myself thinking that I had always heretofore assumed that the tendency of eigh­teenth-century ladies to swoon was due to tight stays; now I rather thought it might be due to the idiocy of eighteenth-century men.

~ Diana Gabaldon

At the best of times, Father Bain's face resembled a clenched fist.

~ Diana Gabaldon

Roger speaking to Brianna: It's too important. You don't forget having a dad.You do remember your father?No. I remember yours.

~ Diana Gabaldon

If she was broken, she would slash him with her jagged edges, reckless as a drunkard with a shattered bottle.

~ Diana Gabaldon

...seeking refuge from a world in which huge and mysterious forces were let loose to destruction.

~ Diana Gabaldon

He wasn't a whole person any longer, but only half of something not yet made.

~ Diana Gabaldon

Now, me lord, you know you oughtn’t talk like that at this hour of the morning. Yougot to pardon his lordship, sir,” he said apologetically to Jones. “His father—theduke, you know—had him schooled in logic. He can’t really help it, like.” Spoken by a most loyal valet, Tom Bryd, in defense of the inherit workings of the mind of his employer, Lord John Grey

~ Diana Gabaldon

That's the best thing I can think of. Having a good hold on your arse always makes me feel steady.

~ Diana Gabaldon

God, don't laugh! Jamie said, alarmed. I didna mean to make ye laugh! Christ, Jenny will kill me if ye cough up a lung and die out here!

~ Diana Gabaldon

After all, I thought, what were days and weeks in the presence of eternity?

~ Diana Gabaldon

Still less could I be afraid of those ghosts who touch my thoughts in passing. Any library is filled with them. I can take a book from dusty shelves, and be haunted by the thoughts of one long dead, still lively as ever in their winding sheet of words.

~ Diana Gabaldon

Like plumbing, medicine is a profession where you learn early on not to put your fingers in your mouth.

~ Diana Gabaldon

Jamie reached across and took my right hand in his, his fingers linking with mine, and the silver of my ring shone red in the glow of the flames. I looked up into his face and saw the promise spoken in his eyes, as it was in mine.“As long as we both shall live.

~ Diana Gabaldon

For the moment, everything had disappeared: the church, the battle, the screams and shouts and the rumble of limber wheels along the rutted road through Freehold. There wasn't anything but her and him, and he opened his eyes to look on her face, to fix it in his mind forever.

~ Diana Gabaldon

...sitting and waiting is one of the most miserable occupations known to man - not that it usually is known to men, women do it much more often.

~ Diana Gabaldon

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

~ Diana Gabaldon

Intimacy and romance are not synonymous.

~ Diana Gabaldon

Ian, man, I didna tell ye because I didna wish to lose you too. My brother was gone, and my father. I didna mean to lose my own heart's blood as well. For you are dearer to me even than home and family, love.'She cast a lopsided smile at Jamie. 'And that's saying quite a bit.

~ Diana Gabaldon

Blessed are those who eat greens, for they shall keep their teeth. Blessed are those who wash their hands after wiping their arses, for they shall not sicken. Blessed are those who boil water, for they shall be called saviors of mankind.

~ Diana Gabaldon

It's a good country for myths. Things seem to take root here.

~ Diana Gabaldon

Snapped abruptly to a realization of how rudely I had been staring, I blushed and said without thinking, I was just wondering if you've ever been kissed by a beautiful young girl? I went still redder as he shouted with laughter. With a broad grin, he said Many times, madonna. But alas, it does not help. As you see. Ribbit.

~ Diana Gabaldon

#Outlander QOTD Claire and Master Raymond.Snapped abruptly to a realization of how rudely I had been staring, I blushed and said without thinking, I was just wondering if you've ever been kissed by a beautiful young girl? I went still redder as he shouted with laughter. With a broad grin, he said Many times, madonna. But alas, it does not help. As you see. Ribbit.

~ Diana Gabaldon

A peaceful refuge in which to rediscover each other, we thought not realizing that, while golf and fishing are Scotland's most popular outdoor sports, gossip is the most popular indoor sport.

~ Diana Gabaldon

What underlies great science is what underlies great art, whether it is visual or written, and that is the ability to distinguish patterns out of chaos.

~ Diana Gabaldon

For months, people have been asking my views about the Scottish independence referendum, and I've been saying, 'It's not my country; I don't live here. Much as I love Scotland, I think it would be inappropriate to express a personal opinion regarding Scottish politics'.

~ Diana Gabaldon

I stagger out of bed, take the dogs outside, and then I'll get a Diet Coke and a couple of dog biscuits and go upstairs. By the time I've consumed my Diet Coke and had a quick run through the morning email and Twitter feed, I will probably be compos mentis enough to work.

~ Diana Gabaldon

When I turned 35, I thought, 'Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: I'm going to start writing a book on my next birthday.' I thought historical fiction would be easiest because I was a university professor and know my way around a library, and it seemed easier to look things up than make them up.

~ Diana Gabaldon

Mid-afternoon, I'll go out and do the household errands, come home, do my gardening, go for an evening walk.

~ Diana Gabaldon