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Diana Gabaldon Biography

Diana J. Gabaldon (born January 11, 1952) is an American author, known for the Outlander series of novels. Her books merge multiple genres, featuring elements of historical fiction, romance, mystery, adventure and science fiction/fantasy. A television adaptation of the novels called Outlander premiered on Starz in 2014.

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What a mystery blood was -- how did a tiny gesture, a tome of voice, endure through generations like the harder verities of flesh? He had seen it again and again, watching his nieces and nephews grow, and accepted without thought the ehoes of parent and grandparent that appeared for brief moments. the shadow of a face looking back through the years -- that vanished again into the face that was now.

Blood, Face, Grandparent, Niece, Verities, Voice

Tell him I hate him to his guts and the marrow of his bones!

Bones, Guts, Hate, Marrow, Tell

Any piece of good music is in essence a love song.

Essence, Music, Piece, Pieces, Song

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.

Advice, Growing, Older, Stand, Trying

If I die," he whispered in the dark, "dinna follow me. The bairns will need ye. Stay for them. I can wait.

Dark, Dinna, Follow, Needs, Wait, Waiting

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.

Arrive, Imagine, Like, Midst, Sausage

He reached forward then took me in his arms, held me close for a moment, the breath of snow and ashes cold around us. Then he kissed me, released me, and I took a deep breath of cold air, harsh with the scent of burning.

Air, Ashes, Harsh, Kissed, Released, Snow

There was a feeling, not sudden, but complete, as though I had been given a small object to hold unseen in my hands. Precious as opal, smooth as jade, weighty as a river stone, more fragile than a bird's egg. Infinitely still, live as the root of Creation. Not a gift, but a trust. Fiercely to cherish, softly to guard. The words spoke themselves and disappeared into the groined shadows of the roof.

Eggs, Fiercely, Object, Precious, Rivers, Roots

For where all love is, the speaking is unnecessary

Love, Love Is, Speaking, Sweet Love, Unnecessary

With that height, plus a face of an ugliness so transcendant as to be grotesquely beautiful, it was obvious why she had embraced a religious life--Christ was the only man from whom she might expect embrace in return.

Beautiful, Men, Plus, Religious

I prayed all the way up that hill yesterday, he said softly. Not for you to stay; I didna think that would be right. I prayed I'd be strong enough to send ye away. He shook his head, still gazing up the hill, a faraway look in his eyes. I said 'Lord, if I've never had courage in my life before, let me have it now. Let me be brave enough not to fall on my knees and beg her to stay. ' He pulled his eyes away from the cottage and smiled briefly at me. Hardest thing I ever did, Sassenach.

Briefly, Enough, Eye, Fall, Head, Strong

Do ye want me?" he whispered. "Sassenach, will ye take me - and risk the man that I am, for the sake of the man ye knew?

Men, Risk, Sassenach, Take, Want

As usual, the note occupied less than a page and included neither salutation nor closing, Uncle Hal's opinion being that since the letter had a direction upon it, the intended recipient was obvious, the seal indicated plainly who had written it, and he did not waste his time in writing to fools.

Included, Note, Seal, Uncles, Usual, Writing

The most irritating thing about cliches, I decided, was how frequently they were true.

Cliche, Clichés, Decided, Irritating, Thing

Why, what's the matter wi' the poor child?" she demanded of Jamie. "Has she had an accident o' some sort?" "No, it's only she's married me," he said, "though if ye care to call it an accident, ye may.

Call, Care, Child, Children, Matter, May

We are bound, you and I, and nothing on this earth shall part me from you.

Bound, Bounds, Earth, Nothing, Part

…but Sassenach—I am the true home of your heart, and I know that. ” He lifted my hands to his mouth and kissed my upturned palms, one and then the other, his breath warm and his beard-stubble soft on my fingers. “I have loved others, and I do love many, Sassenach—but you alone hold all my heart, whole in your hands,” he said softly. “And you know that.

Breath, Hands, Heart, Home, Lifted, Said

For I had come back, and I dreamed once more in the cool air of the Highlands. And the voice of my dream still echoed through ears and heart, repeated with the sound of Brianna's sleeping breath. "You are mine," it had said. "Mine. And I will not let you go.

Back, Dream, Heart, Sleep, Sleeping

You could tell from the books whether a library was meant for show or not. Books that were used had an open, interested feel to them, even if closed and neatly lined up on a shelf in strict order with their fellows. You felt as though the book took as much interest in you as you did in it and was willing to help when you reached for it.

Book, Library, Open, Order, Tell, Took

Torn between the impulse to stroke his head, and the urge to cave it in with a rock, I did neither.

Caves, Impulse, Rock, Rocks, Stroke, Torn

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