I don't plot the books out ahead of time, I don't plan them. I don't begin at the beginning and end at the end. I don't work with an outline and I don't work in a straight line.

I talk to you as I talk to my own soul," he said, turning me to face him. He reached up and cupped my cheek, fingers light on my temple. "And Sassenach," he whispered, "Your face is my heart.

Ye werena the first lass I kissed," he said softly. "But I swear you'll be the last.

There aren't any answers, only choices

......what I was born does not matter, only what I will make of myself, only what I will become.

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.

This wife you have, Bird said at last, deeply contemplative, did you pay a great deal for her? She cost me almost everything I had, he said, with a wry tone that made the others laugh. But worth it.