Voyager : “The most irritating thing about cliches, I decided, was how frequently they were true.”
Jenny Murray : “And if your life is a suitable exchange for my honor, why is my honor not a suitable exchange for your life?”
If it was a sin for you to choose me . . . then I would go to the Devil himself and bless him for tempting ye to it.
The Fiery Cross : “Money might not buy happiness, I reflected, but it was a useful commodity, nonetheless.”
Jamie : God damn you, Sassenach, if you die here now, I swear I’ll kill ye.
You are mine, always, if ye will it or no, if ye want me or nay. Mine, and I willna let ye go.
Voyager :“I know why the Jews and Muslims have nine hundred names for God; one small word is not enough for love.”
“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.”
“The hard-won intimacy of the night seemed to have evaporated with the dew…” then “If we canna talk easy yet without touching, we’ll touch for a bit.”
“For where all love is, the speaking is unnecessary.”
The Fiery Cross : “While the Lord might insist that vengeance was His, no male Highlander of my acquaintance had ever thought it right that the Lord should be left to handle such things without assistance.”
“Even when I’ve just left ye, I want you so much my chest feels tight and my fingers ache with wanting to touch ye again.”
Geillis : We are the chosen, you and I. We have a responsibility to change history.
Forgiveness is not a single act, but a matter of constant practice.
“I canna tell whether ya mean to compliment my virility Sassenach, or insult my morals, but I dinna care much for either suggestion. Murtaugh told me women were unreasonable, but Jesus God.”
The Fiery Cross : “He was not afraid to die with her, by fire or any other way – only to live without her.”
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.
“No worry, lass. I’ve been hurt by much worse, and by people much less pretty.”
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