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41 " It's a terrible thing, to think it might be me that would be the threat, that I could kill you with my love-but it's true. "
― Diana Gabaldon , The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5)
42 " Sometimes a shadow rises, and death lies nameless in the dark. "
43 " Once a man has lived under arms, I suspect he is marked for life.In fact I have heard it remarked that old soldiers never die; they just fade away. "
44 " What he felt, though, was the echo of her flesh, and the reverberations of their farewell, with all its doubts and pleasures. "
45 " Feelings aren’t truth, "
46 " Turd-eating son of a flying tortoise "
47 " That is what God is for. Worry doesna help—prayer does. Sometimes, "
48 " I like ye fat, Sassenach,” he said softly. “Fat and juicy as a plump wee hen. I like it fine. "
49 " 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 didna have time. "
50 " Your aunt’s a handsome woman, Fraser, but she could freeze the ballocks off the King o’ Japan, and she wanted to. "
51 " Strength of bone and fire of mind, all wrapped around a core of steel-hard purpose that would make him a deadly projectile, once set on any course. "
52 " Not a hothouse flower, this daughter of Leoch, despite her surroundings. "
53 " I hadn't spent so much time in bemused contemplation of a penis since I was sixteen or so, and here I was, preoccupied with three of the things. "
54 " Roger wondered if this was the sort of way you felt after a battle; the sheer relief of finding yourself alive and unwounded made you want to laugh and arse about, just to prove you still could. "
55 " Ye ken how to pick a good lass, MacKenzie? Start at the bottom and work your way up! "
56 " The world and each day in it is a gift, mo chridhe—no matter what tomorrow may be. "
57 " Jealousy had nothing to do with logic. "
58 " Madam,” he said, speaking very softly into her face. “I do not want your money. My wife does not want it. And my son will not have it. Cram it up your hole, aye? "
59 " Besides,” he added cynically, “a pair of ballocks may bring a man more sorrow than joy—though I havena met many who’d wish them gone, for all that. "
60 " I didn’t want to … to have to ask him to defend me.” He stared at her, his face blank with incomprehension. He shook his head slowly, not taking his eyes away from her. “What in God’s name d’ye think a man is for?” he asked at last. "