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Date Posted: 18:14:48 11/05/09 Thu
Author: kgp
Subject: QOTD for Friday, November 6, 2009

The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 84. Among The Lettuces. Copyright© 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.



"I glanced at the open gate, ready to run - but saw nothing. The ruined hive lay just as I'd seen it, the wax combs broken and squashed, the smell of honey thick in the air. But the combs were not scattered; shattered pillars of wax still stuck to the exposed wooden base of the hive.

A bee zoomed menacingly past my ear and I ducked, but didn't run. It was quiet. I tried to stop panting, trying to hear over the thunder of my own racing pulse. Bears weren't quiet; they didn't need to be. I should hear snufflings and gulping noises, at least - rustlings of broken foliage, the lap of a long tongue. I didn't.

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[> Prickles on the back of my neck if this happened to me . . . . . with good reason, happening in this case. I find this so evocative and bittersweet, full of If Onlies . . . . -- Gayle, 21:46:30 11/05/09 Thu


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[> Claire, turn around and run! 'Jason' is behind the door! -- Jayn, 03:22:27 11/06/09 Fri


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[> There is no way she would have ever left Malva there, but if she had only gotten someone from the house. Your right Gayle, full of If's. -- LisaW, 06:38:29 11/06/09 Fri


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[> This is another freaky part. I considered it for my spooky quotes. Scary for sure -- Cherie, 06:53:26 11/06/09 Fri


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[> I am amazed that Claire mourned her for so long. Could she see beyond the machinations, or did she have rose tinted glasses? -- Margy, 12:11:47 11/06/09 Fri


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