I'm afraid that my wife picked up a number of colorful expressions from the Yanks and such, Frank offered, with a nervous smile. True, I said, gritting my teeth as I wrapped a water-soaked napkin about my hand. Men tend to be very colorful when you're picking shrapnel out of them.
Diana GabaldonAll 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.
Diana Gabaldon