And if your life is a suitable exchange for my honor, why is my honor not a suitable exchange for your life?
Diana GabaldonHe was dead. However, his nose throbbed painfully, which he thought odd in the circumstances.
Diana GabaldonOverall, the library held a hushed exultation, as though the cherished volumes were all singing soundlessly within their covers.
Diana GabaldonI do know it, my own. Let me tell ye in your sleep how much I love you. For there's no so much I can be saying to ye while ye wake, but the same poor words, again and again. While ye sleep in my arms, I can say things to ye that would be daft and silly waking, and your dreams will know the truth of them. Go back to sleep, mo duinne.
Diana Gabaldon