Don't be afraid. There's the two of us now.

She sounded as though love were an unfortunate but unavoidable condition.

All I want, is for you to love me. Not because of what I can do or what I look like, or because I love you - just because I am.

Has he come armed, then?” she asked anxiously. “Has he brought a pistol or a sword?” Ian shook his head, his dark hair lifting wildly in the wind. “Oh, no, Mam!” he said. “It’s worse. He’s brought a lawyer!

It has always been forever, for me, Sassenach

Healing comes from the healed; not from the physician.

I had kissed my share of men, particularly during the war years, when flirtation and instant romance were the light-minded companions of death and uncertainty. Jamie, thought, was something different. His extreme gentleness was in no way tentative; rather it was a promise of power known and held in leash; a challenge and a provocation the more remarkable for its lack of demand. I am yours, it said. And if you will have me, then.