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

For where all love is, the speaking is unnecessary

Overall, the library held a hushed exultation, as though the cherished volumes were all singing soundlessly within their covers.

Oh, aye, Sassenach. I am your master . . . and you're mine. Seems I canna possess your soul without losing my own.

Gentle he would be, denied he would not.

My father liked me, when I wasna being an idiot. And he loved me, too -- enough to beat the daylights out of me when I was being an idiot. Jamie Fraser

Ye are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone, I give ye my Body, that we Two might be One.I give ye my Spirit, 'til our Life shall be Done.

No matter how ugly the manner in which a man dies, it’s only the presence of a suffering human soul that is horrifying, once gone, what is left is only an object.

He has cat blood, I reflected sourly, no doubt that was how he managed to sneak up on me in the darkness.

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…

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

Rascals are always sociable, and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others company.

The spirit of Christmas is found when we lift the load of others.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.- Aristotle

Some writers hate to go to trials, but I love trials.

moral indignation is a pleasure, often the only pleasure, in many lives. It's also one of the few pleasures people feel obliged to force on other people.

I started cooking when I was about 10. I have memories like when I was 6 or 7 with my mom, and when I was 12 I started getting real serious about cooking.

It remains unbelievable to me that I have any readers beyond my own blood relations - it's a crazy, wild gift.

I grew up in South Central Los Angeles, where people are in cars.

I don't think the victims should be babied, but there should be a counselor to teach them coping mechanisms. The bully needs counseling too.

Everyone is in love with the impossible; the impossible gives you neverending dreams and neverending hopes.