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.

If ye loved him, he must ha' been a good man.' 'Yes, he...was.' 'Then I shall do my best to honor his spirit by serving his wife.

That's for calling your father a fool. It may be true, but it's disrespectful. Brian Fraser to teenage Jamie

He gave you to me," she said, so low I could hardly hear her. "Now I have to give you back to him, Mama.

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.

Lord that she might be safe. She and my children.

Your face is my heart Sassenach, and the love of you is my soul