I was crying for joy, my Sassenach,' he said softly. He reached out slowly and took my face between his hands. "And thanking God that I have two hand….

At last I took one big, callused hand and slid forward so I knelt on the boards between his knees. I laid my head against his chest, and felt his bre….

If I die before I say 'I love you' it's because I didn't have the time..

And I mean to hear ye groan like that again. And to moan and sob, even though you dinna wish to, for ye canna help it. I mean to make you sigh as tho….

I wept bitterly, surrendering momentarily to my fear and heartbroken confusion, but slowly I began to quiet a bit, as Jamie stroked my neck and back,….

forgiveness is not a single act, but a matter of constant practice.

Man's sense of Morality tends to decrease as his Power increases.

Does it ever stop? The wanting you?" "Even when I've just left ye. I want you so much my chest feels tight and my fingers ache with wanting to touch ….

There aren't any answers, only choices.

I meant it, Claire,' he said quietly. 'My life is yours. And it's yours to decide what we shall do, where we go next. To France, to Italy, even back ….

Knowing that everything is possible suddenly nothing is necessary..

I will find you," he whispered in my ear. "I promise. If I must endure two hundred years of purgatory, two hundred years without you - then that is m….

...well, if women's work was never done, why trouble about how much of it wasn't being accomplished at any given moment?.

Overall, the library held a hushed exultation, as though the cherished volumes were all singing soundlessly within their covers..

When the day shall come that we do part," he said softly, and turned to look at me, "if my last words are not 'I love you'-ye'll ken it was because I….

The past is gone-the future is not come. And we are here together, you and I..

For so many years, for so long, I have been so many things, so many different men. But here," he said, so softly I could barely hear him, "here in th….

You dinna need to understand me, Sassenach," he said quietly. "So long as you love me..

There were moments, of course. Those small spaces in time, too soon gone, when everything seems to stand still, and existence is balanced on a perfec….

I 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….

Lord, ye gave me a rare woman, and God! I loved her well..