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  • QOTD for Tuesday, April 9, 2013 -- LisaW, 20:46:02 04/08/13 Mon

    The following quote is taken from Dragonfly In Amber by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 29 "To Grasp the Nettle". Copyright (c) 1992 by Diana Gabaldon. All
    rights reserved.

       " "Ye said you wanted to hurt me. Well, the thought of you lying with the
    King hurt worse than the brand on my breast, or the cut of the lash on my
    naked back. But the knowledge that ye thought ye couldna trust me to love
    you is like waking from the hangman's noose to feel the gutting knife sunk in
    my belly. Claire--" His mouth opened soundlessly, then closed tight for a
    moment, until he found the strength to go on.
       "I do not know if the wound is mortal, but Claire--I do feel my heart's
    blood leave me, when I look at you." "

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  • QOTD for Monday, April 8, 2013 -- LisaW, 19:22:44 04/07/13 Sun
    The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 39 "To Ransom a Man's Soul". Copyright(c)1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.


       " "The heart of a lion," I said, shaking my head, "and the head of an ox. Too
    bad you haven't also got the hide of a rhinoceros." I touched a freshly bloodied
    weal on his shoulder.
       He opened one eye. "What's a rhinoceros?"
       "I thought you were unconscious!"
       "I was. I am. My head's spinning like a top."
       I drew a blanket up over him. "What you need now are food and rest."
       "What you need now," he said, "are clothes." And shutting the eye again,
    he fell promptly asleep. "

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  • QOTD for Sunday, April 7, 2013 -- LisaW, 20:03:56 04/06/13 Sat
    The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 23 "Return to Leoch". Copyright(c)1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.


       " "Och?" He drew back to look me over judiciously. "Well now, these I've
    apologized for," touching my shoulder, "those," slapping my rear lightly, "ye
    deserved, and I'll not say I'm sorry for it, because I'm not."
       "As for these," he said, stroking my thigh, "I'll not apologize for that,
    either. Ye paid me full measure already." He rubbed his shoulder, grimacing. "Ye
    drew blood in at least two places, Sassenach, and my back stings like holy hell."
       "Well, bed with a vixen . . ." I said, grinning. "You won't get an apology
    for that." He laughed in response and pulled me on top of him.
       "I didna say I wanted an apology, did I? If I recall aright, what I said was
    'Bite me again.' " "

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  • Some news from DG regarding Book #8 - The cover has been revealed, the symbol on the cover is called an octothorpe..in simple terms..it's the symbol # - which has 8 points, as Diana is juggling 8 story lines in this book. She describes the book's theme in a word, "Betrayal." The book is due in December...and it's NOT the last one in the series. This info was obtained from an article posted by Entertainment Weekly. -- CarolSR, 08:56:14 04/05/13 Fri
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  • QOTD for Saturday, April 6, 2013 -- CindyG, 22:07:34 04/05/13 Fri
    The following quote is taken from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 64, Bottom of the Ninth. Copyright© 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    "I pushed back the edge of the shift, and with the next push the ring stretched to impossible size, and a head like a Chinese gargoyle popped out, with a flood of amniotic fluid and blood.

    I found myself nose to nose with a waxy-white head with a face like a fist, that grimaced at me in utter fury.

    'What is it? Is it a boy?' Jamie's hoarse question cut through my startlement.

    'I hope so,' I said, hastily thumbing mucous from nose and mouth. 'It's the ugliest thing I've ever seen; God help it if it's a girl.'

    Brianna made a noise that might have started as a laugh, and turned into an enormous grunt of effort. I barely had time to get my fingers in and turn the wide shoulders to help. There was an audible pop, and a long, wet form slithered out onto the soggy quilt, wriggling like a landed trout."

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  • QOTD for Friday, April 5, 2013 -- CindyG, 22:15:02 04/04/13 Thu
    The following quote is taken from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 5, To Us a Child is Given. Copyright© 1994 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    "With hands experienced by years of unclehood, he lifted the tiny package and cuddled it against himself, pushing back the flap of blanket that shaded its face.

    Its eyes were closed tight shut, the lashes not visible in the deep crease of the eyelids. The eyelids themselves lay at a sharp angle above the flushed smooth round of the cheeks, giving promise that it might--in this one recognizable feature, at least--resemble its mother.

    The head was oddly lumpy, with a lopsided appearance that made Jamie think uncomfortably of a kicked-in melon, but the small fat mouth was relaxed and peaceful, the moist pink underlip quivering faintly with the snore attendant on the exhaustion of being born.

    'Hard work, was it?' he said, speaking to the child, but it was the mother who answered him.

    'Aye, it was,' Jenny said."

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  • QOTD for Thursday, April 4, 2013 -- CindyG, 22:07:56 04/03/13 Wed
    The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 24, By the Pricking of My Thumbs. Copyright© 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    "And then suddenly everything worked. A contraction eased, and all at once, everything slid smoothly into place. I waited, not moving, for the next contraction. It came, and a small wet nose popped suddenly out, pushing my hand out with it. The tiny nostrils flared briefly, as though interested in this new sensation, then the nose vanished.

    'Next one will do it!' Alec was almost dancing with ecstasy, his arthritic form capering up and down in the hay. 'Come on, Losgann. Come on, my sweet wee froggie!'

    As though in answer, there was a convulsive grunt from the mare. Her hindquarters flexed sharply and the foal slid smoothly onto the clean hay in a slither of knobbly legs and big ears.

    I sat back on the hay, grinning idiotically. I was covered with soap and slime and blood, exhausted and aching, and smelt strongly of the less pleasant aspects of horse. I was euphoric."

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  • QOTD for Wednesday, April 3, 2013 -- CindyG, 22:12:10 04/02/13 Tue
    The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 35, Laminaria. Copyright 2005 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

    "Giggles came from behind the closed door, accompanied by a massive creaking and rustling.

    'He's no going to--' Jamie began, and stopped abruptly, looking incredulous. 'Is he?'

    Evidently so, judging from the faint rhythmic creaks that began to be heard from the surgery.

    I felt a slight warmth wash through me, along with a mild sense of shock -- and a slightly stronger urge to laugh.

    'Well. . .er. . .I have heard that. . .um. . .it does sometimes seem to bring on labor. If a child was overdue, the maitresses sage femme in Paris would sometimes tell women to get their husbands drunk and. . .er-hum.'

    Jamie gave the surgery door a look of disbelief, mingled with grudging respect.

    'And him with not even a dram taken. Well, if that's what he's up to, the wee bugger's got balls, I'll say that for him.'"

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  • QOTD for Tuesday, April 2, 2013 -- CindyG, 21:42:05 04/01/13 Mon
    The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 77, The Eighteenth of April. Copyright 2005 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

    "Lizzie sat up in a blood-smeared bower of furs, blinking with amazed stupefaction at a small, round, blood-smeared baby, who was regarding her with the exact same expression of open-mouthed astonishment.

    Jo and Kezzie were clutching at each other, too excited and afraid to speak. From the corner of her eye, Brianna saw their mouths opening and closing in syncopation, and wanted to laugh, but instead followed her mother to the bedside.

    'He just popped out!' Lizzie was saying, glancing momentarily at Claire, but then jerking her fascinated gaze back to the baby, as though she expected him -- yes, it was a him, Brianna saw -- to disappear as suddenly as he had arrived."

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  • QOTD for Monday, April 1, 2013 -- CindyG, 21:52:23 03/31/13 Sun
    The following quote is taken from Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 17, In Which a Marriage Takes Place, among Other Things. Copyright© 2007 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    "Suddenly Olivia slid down, pressing back against Percy so hard that Grey heard his grunt above the music. Percy gripped her by the shoulders, bracing her disheveled head against his chest. Grey felt a sort of subterranean shudder go through her body, rather like the waves of sound that beat on them, and looked down involuntarily.

    There was a crash nearby as the outer doors were flung open, and to the clash of swords and the cheers of soldiers, a long purple object slithered out into Grey's hands, accompanied by a gush of fluids that did his cream silk breeches no good at all."

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  • QOTD for Sunday, March 31, 2013 -- CindyG, 22:29:33 03/30/13 Sat
    The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 32, Hard Labor. Copyright© 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    "I put my hands above Mrs. Martins's on Jenny's belly, and at her signal, all three of us pushed together. There was a deep, victorious grunt from Jenny, and a slimy blob swelled suddenly between her thighs. She straightened her thighs against the mattress and pushed once more, and Margaret Ellen Murray shot into the world like a greased pig."

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  • QOTD for Saturday, March 30th, 2013 -- Cait, 05:54:32 03/30/13 Sat
    The following quote is taken from An Echo In The Bone by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 101, Redivivus . Copyright © 2009 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “Who are you?” he said hoarsely, wheeling on Jamie.
    I saw Jamie draw himself slowly upright, ignoring the noise below
    “James Fraser,” he said. His eyes were fixed on William with a burning intensity, as thought to absorb every vestige of a sight he would not see again. “Ye kent me once as Alex MacKenzie. At Helwater.”
    William blinked, blinked again, and his gaze shifted momentarily to John.
    “And who—who the bloody hell am I?” he demanded, the end of the question rising to a squeak.
    John opened his mouth but it was Jamie who answered.
    “You’re a stinking Papist,” he said, very precisely, “and your baptismal name is James.” The ghost of regret crossed his face and then was gone. “It was the only name I had a right to give ye,” he said quietly, eyes on his son. “I’m sorry.”

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  • Kegels -- LP, 09:18:35 03/30/13 Sat
    Do you all do these exercises? I am still having bladder troubles, so I am trying to train myself, but I just can't remember to do them every day. If you do them regularly, what is your secret?

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  • Oh oh! -- Judie, 22:45:31 03/22/13 Fri
    .
    .
    Running out of quoters again.............. Who's up for it? :D

    E-mail me to get your week. Click on "contact forum admin" above and let's make it happen. :D

    Judie

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  • QOTD for Friday, March 29th, 2013 -- Cait, 04:15:31 03/29/13 Fri
    The following quote is taken from An Echo In The Bone by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 94, The Paths of Death. Copyright © 2009 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “The Mark was still visible on the mound at the base of my thumb. A faint white “J”, the mark he’d left on me on the eve of Culloden, when we first faced the stark knowledge of death and separation.

    I traced the thin white line with the tip of the knife and felt the seductive whisper of metal on my skin. I’d wanted to die with him then, and he had sent me on with a firm hand. I carried his child; I could not die.

    I carried her no longer—but she was still there. Perhaps reachable. I sat motionless for what seemed like a long time, then sighed and put the knife back on the table carefully.

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  • QOTD for Thursday, March 28th, 2013 -- Cait, 04:58:31 03/28/13 Thu
    The following quote is taken from An Echo In The Bone by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 62, One Just Man. Copyright © 2009 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “I’m sorry for your man,” I said. “But my man lies here. Get away, I said!” I raised the sword, and the woman stepped back hastily, dragging the boy by the arm.

    She turned and went, muttering curses at me over her shoulder, but I paid no attention to what she said. The boy’s eyes stayed fixed on me as he went, dark coals in the dim light. He would know me again—and I him.

    They vanished in the mist, and I lowered the sword, which suddenly weighed too much to hold. I dropped it on the grass and fell to my knees besides Jamie.

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  • QOTD for Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 -- Cait, 04:51:39 03/27/13 Wed
    The following quote is taken from An Echo In The Bone by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 50, Exodus. Copyright © 2009 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “You,” he said, and I saw his throat move as he swallowed. He crooked the index finger of his free hand at me.

    “Come here.”

    “I—“

    “Now.”

    Mesmerized, I slid away from the wall and took two steps toward him. Before I could say or do anything else, there was a flurry of kilt and large, hot hand was gripping me by the scruff of the neck. Then I was lying on my back in the long grass and wild tobacco, Jamie solidly inside me, and the hand was over my mouth—good thing, I realized dimly, as there were voices coming toward us along the alley on the other side of the garden wall.

    “Play wi’ fire and ye might get singed, Sassenach,” he whispered in my ear.

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  • QOTD for Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 -- Cait, 18:10:58 03/25/13 Mon
    The following quote is taken from An Echo In The Bone by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 60, Deserter Game, Round Two. Copyright © 2009 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “It was twilight, but they were by now no more than fifty yards away; there was no mistaking it. He hadn’t seen the boy since he was twelve, but he had memorized every moment they’d spent in each others presence: the way he carried himself, the quick graceful movement--that’s from his mother, he thought in a daze of shock, seeing the tall young officer make a gesture of the hand that was Geneva Dunsany to the life—the shape of his back, his head and ears, though the slender shoulders had thickened to a man’s. Mine, he thought, with a surge of pride that shocked him nearly as much as William’s sudden appearance had. .”

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  • QOTD for Monday, March 25th, 2013 -- Cait, 19:40:11 03/24/13 Sun
    The following quote is taken from An Echo In The Bone by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 70, Sanctuary. Copyright © 2009 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “Can I help you?” Roger asked, taking a grip on the shovel he’d been using. The man wasn’t threatening but was roughly dressed and dirty—a tramp, perhaps—and there was something indefinable about him that made Roger uneasy.

    “It’s a church, aye?” the man said, and grinned, though no hint of warmth touched his eyes. “Suppose I’ve come to claim sanctuary, then.” He moved suddenly into the light, and Roger saw his eyes more clearly. Cold, and a deep, striking green.

    “Sanctuary,” William Buccleigh MacKenzie repeated. “And then, Minister dear, I want ye to tell me who ye are, who I am—and what in the name of God almighty are we?”

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  • QOTD for Sunday, March 24th, 2013 -- Cait, 05:58:36 03/24/13 Sun
    The following quote is taken from An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 24, Joyeux Noel. Copyright (c) 2009 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    "I rose yesterday to discover Captain Randall-Isaacs had decamped during the Night, leaving me with a brief Note stating that he had urgent Business, had enjoyed my Company and valuable Assistance, and that I was to remain here until either his Return or the arrival of new Orders.

    The snow is deep, more may come at any Moment, and Business must be urgent indeed which could compel a man to venture any Distance. I am of course somewhat disturbed at Captain Randall-Isaacs abrupt Departure, curious as to what might have happened to cause it, and somewhat anxious as to his Welfare."

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  • QOTD for Saturday, March 23, 2013 -- Lady Tori, 19:28:06 03/22/13 Fri
    The following quote is taken from An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 11, Transverse Lie. Copyright (c) 2009 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    " 'Do that again,' he whispered in her ear. 'Make that noise again for me.'

    She made a better one, one he'd never heard before, and jerked under him, quivering and whimpering.

    He pulled out the finger and guddled her, light and quick, all along the slick deep parts, feeling his own cock under his fingers, big and slippery, stretching her...

    He made a terrible noise himself--like a dying cow--but was too happy to be shamed."

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  • Friday Fun Facts -- Karen Henry, 03:39:08 03/22/13 Fri
    My latest collection of Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books has been posted on my blog, Outlandish Observations. I hope you enjoy them, and please come back next week for more!

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  • QOTD for Friday, March 22, 2013 -- Lady Tori, 19:05:29 03/21/13 Thu
    The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 41, From the Womb of the Earth. Copyright© 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    " 'Not yet. We've 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 though your heart would break, and scream with the wanting, and at last to cry out in my arms, and I shall know that I've served ye well.' "

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  • QOTD for Thursday, March 21, 2013 -- Lady Tori, 18:39:40 03/20/13 Wed
    The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 41, From the Womb of the Earth. Copyright© 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    "The intrusion was startling. Hot and slippery as our skins were, we drifted over each other with barely a sensation of touching or pressure, but his presence within me was solid and intimate, a fixed point in a watery world, like an umbilical cord in the random driftings of the womb. I made a brief sound of surprise at the small inrush of hot water that accompanied his entrance, then settled firmly onto my fixed point of reference with a little sign of pleasure.

    'Oh, I like that one,' he said appreciatively."

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  • QOTD for Wednesday, March 20, 2013 -- Lady Tori, 17:13:14 03/19/13 Tue
    The following quote is taken from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 52, A Wedding Takes Place. Copyright (c) 1994 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    " 'And then,' he said, interrupting, 'since ye will, according to the plan, be naked, and--provided I've done it right so far--possibly willing as well--'

    'Oh, just possibly,' I said. My lips were still tingling from step one.

    '--then I shall spread open your thighs, take down my breeks, and--' He paused, waiting.

    'And?' I said, obligingly.

    The grin widened substantially.

    'And we'll see what sort of noise it is ye don't make then, Sassenach.' "

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  • "A Plague of Zombies" standalone e-book coming April 15 -- Karen Henry, 03:40:19 03/20/13 Wed
    The standalone e-book version of Diana Gabaldon's novella, "A Plague of Zombies", will be released on April 15 in the US and Canada. Look here for more information.

    Karen

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  • QOTD for Tuesday, March 19, 2013 -- Lady Tori, 18:48:30 03/18/13 Mon
    The following quote is taken from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 52, A Wedding Takes Place. Copyright (c) 1994 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    " 'So much for step one,' I said, wiping soapsuds from my mouth. 'What then?'

    'Then I shall lay ye down upon the quilt, twist your hair up in my hand and taste your face and throat and ears and bosom wi' my lips,' he said. 'I thought I would do that until ye start to make squeaking noises.'

    'I don't make squeaking noises!'

    'Aye, ye do,' he said. 'Here, hand me the towel, aye?' "

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  • QOTD for Monday, March 18, 2013 -- Lady Tori, 19:06:18 03/17/13 Sun
    The following quote is taken from The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 49, In Vino Veritas. Copyright (c) 2001 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    "I made a noise, and he clapped a hand over my mouth. Speared as neatly as a landed trout, I was just as helpless, pinned flapping against the wall.

    He took his hand away and replaced it with his mouth, engulfing mine. I could feel the small urgent growls he was making in his throat, and felt another one, much louder, rising in mine."

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  • QOTD for Sunday, March 17, 2013 -- Lady Tori, 18:47:56 03/16/13 Sat
    The following quote is taken from An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 11, Transverse Lie. Copyright (c) 2009 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    " 'Do that again,' he said, and bending, stuck his tongue in her cold ear for the pleasure of hearing her shriek. She wriggled and arched her back, but didn't--he noticed--actually turn her head away. He took her earlobe gently between his teeth and began to worry it, rogering her slowly and laughing to himself at the noises she made.

    It had been a long time of making silent love."

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  • QOTD for Saturday, March 16, 2013 -- Lady Allison, 20:32:45 03/15/13 Fri
    The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 27, The Last Reason . Copyright (c) 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “I remembered the small snake, carved of cherrywood, that he had drawn from his sporran to show me.
    “Willie gave it me for my fifth birthday,” he had said, finger gently stroking the sinuous curves. It was a comical little snake, body writhing artistically, and its head turned back to peer over what would have been its shoulder, if snakes had shoulders.
    Jamie handed me the wooden object, and I turned it over curiously.
    “What’s this scratched on the underside? S-a-w-n-y. Sawny?”
    “That’s me, Jamie said, ducking his head as though mildly embarrassed. “It’s a pet name, like, a play on my second name, Alexander. It’s what Willie used to call me.”’

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  • Friday Fun Facts -- Karen Henry, 03:04:56 03/15/13 Fri
    My latest collection of Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books has been posted on my blog, Outlandish Observations. I hope you enjoy them, and please come back next week for more!

    Karen

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  • QOTD for Friday, March 15, 2013 -- Lady Allison, 21:14:46 03/14/13 Thu
    The following quote is taken from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 8, Man of Worth . Copyright (c) 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    ‘“No. I shouldna like to have that on my conscience; there’s enough without. But that’s not why I wished to buy ye a present.”
    “Why, then?” The box was heavy; a gracious, substantial, satisfying weight across my legs, its wood a delight under my hands. He turned his head to look full at me, then, his hair fire-struck with the setting sun, face dark in silhouette.
    “Twenty-four years ago today, I married ye, Sassenach,” he said softly. “I hope ye willna have cause yet to regret it.”’

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  • QOTD for Thursday, March 14, 2013 -- Lady Allison, 23:04:05 03/13/13 Wed
    The following quote is taken from Dragonfly In Amber by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 33, Thy Brother’s Keeper . Copyright (c) 1992 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    ‘“Amber, he said, with satisfaction, as I turned the irregular lump over with a forefinger. It seemed warm to the touch, and I closed my hand over it, almost unconsciously.
    “It needs polishing, of course,” he explained. “But I thought it would make ye a bonny necklace.” He flushed slightly, watching me. It’s … it’s a gift for our first year of marriage. When I saw it, I was minded of the bit of amber Hugh Munro gave ye, when we wed.”
    “I still have that,” I said softly, caressing the odd little lump of petrified tree sap. Hugh’s chunk of amber, one side sheared off and polished into a small window, had a dragonfly embedded in the matrix, suspended in eternal flight.”

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  • QOTD for Wednesday, March 13, 2013 -- Lady Allison, 21:15:47 03/12/13 Tue
    The following quote is taken from The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 18, No Place Like Home. Copyright© 2001 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    ‘“Ye might have told me, Sassenach.” Jamie glowered at the table near the bedroom window, where I’d set his bouquet in a cup of water. The bright, blotchy red of the poison ivy glowed, even in the dimness of the firelight. “And ye might get rid of it, too. D’ye mean to mock me”
    “No, I don’t,” I said, smiling as I hung my apron from the peg and reached for the laces of my gown. “But if I’d told you when you gave it to me, you’d have snatched it back. That’s the only posy you’ve ever given to me, and I don’t imagine I’ll get another; I mean to keep it.”’

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  • QOTD for Tuesday, March 12, 2013 -- Lady Allison, 22:16:14 03/11/13 Mon
    The following quote is taken from The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 6, For Auld Lang . Copyright© 2001 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “He cleared his throat suddenly.
    “I – ah – I was going to give ye this tonight. But maybe … well.” He reached into the inner pocket of his coat and handed her a soft bundle, wrapped in cloth.
    “Sort of a wedding present, aye?” He was smiling, but she could see the uncertainty in his eyes.
    She opened the cloth, and a pair of black button eyes looked up at her. The doll wore a shapeless smock of green calico, and red-yarn hair exploded from its head. Her heart beat heavily in her chest, and her throat tightened.
    “I thought the wean might like it – to chew on, perhaps.”’

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  • QOTD for Sunday, March 10, 2013 -- Lady Allison, 20:30:53 03/09/13 Sat
    The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 41, From the Womb of the Earth . Copyright (c) 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    ‘“Come to think of it, I’ve a wee giftie for ye, myself, Sassenach,” he said, smoothing my hair. I sniffed and wiped my nose on my skirt, having nothing else handy.
    “I’m sorry I haven’t got anything to give you,” I said, watching as he stood up and began to dig though the tumbled bedclothes. Probably looking for a handkerchief, I thought, sniffing some more.
    “Aside from such minor gifts as my life, my manhood, and my right hand?” he asked dryly. “They’ll do nicely, mo duinne.”’

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  • QOTD for Monday, March 11, 2013 -- Lady Allison, 22:22:37 03/10/13 Sun
    The following quote is taken from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 18, Unseemly Lust. Copyright (c) 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “She held a silver circle, a bracelet, a flat silver band, with words etched round it. He took it from her and slipped it over her hand, onto her wrist. She turned it slowly, reading the words.
    “Je t’aime… un peu… beaucoup… passionnement… pas du tout. I love you… a little… a lot… passionately… not at all.”
    He gave the band a quarter turn more, completing the circle.
    “Je t’aime,” he said, and then with a twist of fingers, sent it spinning on her wrist. She laid a hand on it, stopping it.
    “Moi aussi,” she said softly, looking not at the band but at him.”

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  • QOTD for Saturday, March 9, 2013 -- LisaW, 23:07:31 03/08/13 Fri
    The following quote is taken from An Echo In The Bone by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 21, "THE MINISTER"S CAT" Copyright (c) 2009 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

       "For an instant, she heard her father's voice, full of exasperated resignation
    at encountering another unexpected chore. She glanced round at him, smil-
    ing, then stopped, realization and longing sweeping over her in waves.
       "Oh, Da," she said softly. She walked on, more slowly, suddenly seeing not
    the albatross of a big, semi-decayed house, but the living organism that was
    Lallybroch, and all those of her blood who had been part of it--who still
    were.
       The Frasers and the Murrays who had put their own sweat and blood and tears
    into its buildings and soil, woven their lives into its land.Uncle Ian, Aunt
    Jenny-- the swarm of cousins she had known so briefly. Young Ian. All of
    them dead now... but,curiously enough, not gone. "

    Lallybroch was my theme, if you didn't notice. A lovely place of home, comfort and love. Happy Saturday!

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  • Friday Fun Facts -- Karen Henry, 03:17:01 03/08/13 Fri
    My latest collection of Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books has been posted on my blog, Outlandish Observations. I hope you enjoy them, and please come back next week for more!

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  • QOTD for Friday, March 8, 2013 -- LisaW, 20:25:11 03/07/13 Thu
    The following quote is taken from The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 38 "Redux". Copyright (c) 2011 by Diana Gabaldon. All
    rights reserved.


    "JAMIE WAS SURPRISED at how quickly Helwater reabsorbed
    him, though he supposed he shouldn't have been. A farm--and
    Helwater was a working farm, for all its grand manor house--has
    a life of its own, with a great, slow-beating heart, and everything
    on a farm listens to that beat and lives to its rhythm.
       He knew that, for the rhythm of Lallybroch was deep in his
    bones, always would be.That knowledge was both sorrow and
    comfort, but more of the latter, for he knew that should he ever
    go back, that familiar heartbeat would still be there. "

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  • Has anyone else read "The Space Between?" I enjoyed it and it was interesting to get some more detail on a few characters we've come to know. Question for you, without giving it much thought what color hair do you picture Michael Murray having? Joan MacKimmie? I guessed wrong. :) -- CarolSR, 06:12:33 02/21/13 Thu
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  • Quoters needed -- Judie, 18:37:02 03/07/13 Thu
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  • QOTD for Thursday, March 7, 2013 -- LisaW, 22:44:01 03/06/13 Wed
    The following quote is taken from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 34 "Lallybroch". Copyright (c) 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All
    rights reserved.


       " "Madame," he said. "Might I assist ye?"
       She took off her own hat and smiled at him.
       "I hope so," she said. "Is this place Lallybroch?"
       He nodded, wariness now added to his surprise as he heard her
    odd accent.
       "It is, so. Will ye be having some business here?"
       "Yes," she said firmly. "I will." She drew herself up straight
    in the saddle and took a deep breath. "I'm Brianna. . . Fraser."
    It felt odd to say it aloud; she had never used the name before. It
    seemed strangely right, though. "

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  • Diana's 25th writing anniversary! -- Karen Henry, 04:39:53 03/06/13 Wed
    Today, March 6, 2013, marks 25 years to the day since Diana Gabaldon started writing,"for practice", the novel that would become OUTLANDER. Congratulations, Diana!! Wishing you many more happy, productive, and successful years of writing to come!

    Karen

    blogging at Outlandish Observations

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  • QOTD for Wednesday, March 6, 2013 -- LisaW, 22:08:40 03/05/13 Tue
    The following quote is taken from Dragonfly In Amber by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 21 "Untimely Resurrection". Copyright (c) 1992 by Diana Gabaldon. All
    rights reserved.

       " Tentatively, I laid a hand on his chest, stroking lightly back and forth until
    the nipple stood up, a tiny nub of desire. He laid his hand over mine, stilling it.
    I was afarid he would push me away, and he did, but only so that he could roll
    toward me.
       The light was growing stronger, and he spent a long time just looking
    down at my face, stroking it from temple to chin, drawing his thumb down the
    line of my throat and out along the wing of my collarbone.
       "God, I do love you," he whispered, as though to himself. He kissed me,
    preventing response, and circling one breast with his maimed right hand, pre-
    pared to take me. "

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  • QOTD for Tuesday, March 5, 2013 -- LisaW, 21:04:07 03/04/13 Mon
    The following quote is taken from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 4 "The Dunbonnet". Copyright (c) 1994 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    "The deer was limp and cooling, it's stiff,
    soft hair scratching against the back of his neck, and his own sweat cooling in
    the breeze, as though he shared his prey's fate.
       It was only as the lights of Lallybroch manor came into view that he felt at
    last the mantle of hunanity fall upon him, and mind and body joined as one
    again as he prepared himself to greet his family. "

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  • QOTD for Monday, March 4, 2013 -- LisaW, 21:26:43 03/03/13 Sun
    The following quote is taken from Dragonfly In Amber by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 30 "Lallybroch". Copyright (c) 1992 by Diana Gabaldon. All
    rights reserved.

       " "Good-sister," he said in formal greeting. Then he smiled, the warmth of
    it lighting his soft brown eyes. "Claire." Impulsively, he kissed my fingers, and
    I squeezed his hand.
       "Jenny's gone daft wi' cleaning and cooking," he said, still smiling at me.
    "You'll be lucky to have a bed to sleep in tonight; she's got all the mattresses
    outside, being beaten."
       "After three nights in the heather, I wouldn't mind sleeping on the floor,"
    I assured him. "Are Jenny and the children all well?"
       "Oh, aye. She's breeding again," he added. "Due in February."
       "Again?" Jamie and I spoke together, and a rich blush rose in Ian's lean
    cheeks. "

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  • QOTD for Saturday, March 2, 2013 -- CarolSR, 17:19:57 03/01/13 Fri
    The following quote is taken from Dragonfly In Amber by Diana Gabaldon CHAPTER 46, TIMOR MORTIS CONTURBAT ME. Copyright (c) 1992 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “He brought me again and again to the peaks of sensation, holding back himself, stopping, gasping and shuddering on the brink. Until at last I touched his face, twined my fingers in his hair, pressed him tight and arched my back and hips beneath him, urging, forcing.
    “Now,” I said to him, softly. “Now. Come with me, come to me, now. Now!
    He yielded to me, and I to him, despair lending edge to passion, so the echo of our cries seemed to die away slowly, ringing in the darkness of the cold stone hut.”

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  • QOTD for Sunday, March 3, 2013 -- LisaW, 22:39:22 03/02/13 Sat
    The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 25 "Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch to Live". Copyright (c) 1991 by Diana
    Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

       " "Hardest thing I ever did, Sassenach." He turned in the saddle, and reined
    the horse's head toward the east. It was a rare bright morning, and the early sun
    gilded everything, drawing a thin line of fire along the edge of the reins, the
    curve of the horse's neck, and the broad planes of Jamie's face and shoulders.
       He took a deep breath and nodded across the moor, toward a distant pass
    between two crags.
       "So now I suppose I can do the second-hardest thing." He kicked the horse
    gently, clicking his tongue. "We're going home, Sassenach. To Lallybroch." "

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  • QOTD for Friday, March 1, 2013 -- CarolSR, 16:37:57 02/28/13 Thu
    The following quote is taken from Dragonfly In Amber by Diana Gabaldon CHAPTER 46, TIMOR MORTIS CONTURBAT ME. Copyright (c) 1992 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “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 my punishment, which I have earned for my crimes. For I have lied, and killed, and stolen; betrayed and broken trust. But there is the one thing that shall lie in the balance. When I shall stand before God, I shall have one thing to say, to weigh against the rest.”

    His voice dropped, nearly to a whisper, and his arms tightened around me.
    “Lord, ye gave me a rare woman, and God! I loved her well.”

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  • Friday Fun Facts -- Karen Henry, 03:38:40 03/01/13 Fri
    My latest collection of Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books has been posted on my blog, Outlandish Observations.

    There are a couple of items on this week's list from Diana's latest story, "The Space Between", but nothing too spoilerish.

    I hope you enjoy them, and please come back next week for more!

    Karen

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  • QOTD for Thursday, February 28, 2013 -- CarolSR, 16:03:23 02/27/13 Wed
    The following quote is taken from Dragonfly In Amber by Diana Gabaldon, CHAPTER 45, DAMN ALL RANDALLS. Copyright (c) 1992 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “Damn you! He knocked the brandy glass from my hand—accidentally, I think—pulled me to him and kissed me hard.

    He drew back enough to shake me again.

    “You’re mine, damn ye, Claire Fraser! Mine, and I willna share ye, with a man or a memory, or anything whatsoever, so long as we both shall live. You’ll no mention the man’s name to me again. D’ye hear? He kissed me fiercely to emphasize the point.”

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  • QOTD for Wednesday, February 27, 2013 -- CarolSR (HUMP DAY!), 16:30:20 02/26/13 Tue
    The following quote is taken from Dragonfly In Amber by Diana Gabaldon, CHAPTER 29, TO GRASP THE NETTLE. Copyright (c) 1992 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “He moved his hips against me in imperious command, and I felt my legs open for him, my gates thrown wide to welcome ravishment.

    “Never,” he whispered to me. “Never. Never another but me! Look at me! Tell me! Look at me, Claire!” He moved in me, strongly, and I moaned and would have turned my head, but he held my face between his hands, forcing me to meet his eyes, to see his wide, sweet mouth, twisted in pain.

    “Never,” he said, more softly. For you are mine. My wife, my heart, my soul.”

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  • QOTD for Monday, February 25, 2013 -- CarolSR, 16:44:54 02/24/13 Sun
    The following quote is taken from Dragonfly In Amber by Diana Gabaldon, CHAPTER 13, DECEPTIONS. Copyright (c) 1992 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “His lips fastened gently on one nipple, and I groaned myself, arching slightly to encourage him to take it deeper into the warmth of his mouth. My breasts were growing fuller, and more sensitive by the day; my nipples ached and tingled sometimes under the tight binding of my gowns, wanting to be suckled.

    “Will ye let me do this later?” he murmured, with a soft bite. “When the child’s come, and your breasts fill wi’milk? Will ye feed me, too, then next to your heart?”

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  • QOTD for Tuesday, February 26, 2013 -- CarolSR, 16:42:34 02/25/13 Mon
    The following quote is taken from Dragonfly In Amber by Diana Gabaldon, CHAPTER 17, POSSESSION. Copyright (c) 1992 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “Claire. To feel the small bones of your neck beneath my hands, and that fine, thin skin on your breasts and your arms…Lord, you are my wife, whom I cherish and I love wi’ all my life, and still I want to kiss ye hard enough to bruise your tender lips, and see the marks of my fingers on your skin.”

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  • QOTD for Saturday, February 23, 2013 -- TerriC, 17:58:35 02/22/13 Fri
    The following quote is taken from The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 111, And Yet Go Out to Meet It. Copyright© 2001 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    Jamie’s hand still lay on mine. It tightened a little, and I glanced at him, but his eyes were fixed somewhere past the dooryard; past the mountains, and the distant clouds. His grip tightened further, and I felt the edges of my ring press into my flesh.

    “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.”

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  • QOTD for Sunday, February 24, 2013 -- CarolSR, 16:58:46 02/23/13 Sat
    The following quote is taken from Dragonfly In Amber by Diana Gabaldon, CHAPTER 6, MAKING WAVES. Copyright (c) 1992 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “His breath rose in a faint cloud as he turned back the quilt and spread the front of the nightdress to expose my breasts. Bending his head, he kissed each one, touching the nipple delicately with his tongue, so it rose as though by magic, a swelling dark pink against the white skin of my breast.

    “God, they’re so lovely” he murmured, repeating the process on the other side. He cupped both breasts, admiring them.”

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  • QOTD for Friday, February 22, 2013 -- TerriC, 18:52:32 02/21/13 Thu
    The following quote is taken from The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 49, In Vino Veritas. Copyright© 2001 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “Hold up your hands,” he said.

    “What?” I said stupidly.

    “Your hands. Put them up.”

    In complete bewilderment, I held them up, and felt him take hold of the left one, fumbling. Pressure and warmth, and the faint light from the open door shone on my gold wedding ring. Then he seized my right hand, shoved my silver ring onto my finger, the metal warm from the heat of his body. He raised my hand to his mouth, and bit my knuckles, hard.

    Then his hand was on my breast, cold air brushed my thighs, and I felt the scratch of the bricks on my bare backside.

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  • Friday Fun Facts -- Karen Henry, 03:50:28 02/22/13 Fri
    My latest collection of Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books has been posted on my blog, Outlandish Observations. I hope you enjoy them, and please come back next week for more!

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  • QOTD for Thursday, February 21, 2013 -- TerriC, 19:16:50 02/20/13 Wed
    The following quote is taken from The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 46, Quicksilver. Copyright© 2001 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “The gold one,” I said at last, flatly. “Not the silver?” Not his ring; not his mark of ownership.

    “The gold is worth more,” he said, and then, after the briefest hesitation, added, “in terms of money.”

    “I know that.” I turned round to face him. The torch flames fluttered in the wind and cast a moving light across his features that made them hard to read.

    “I meant–hadn’t you better take both of them?” My hands were cold and slippery with sweat; the gold came off easily; the silver was tighter, but I twisted it past my knuckle. I took his hand and dropped the two rings clinking into it.

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  • QOTD for Tuesday, February 19, 2013 -- TerriC, 03:23:57 02/19/13 Tue
    The following quote is taken from The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 13, Beans and Barbecue. Copyright© 2001 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    Jemmy was devouring porridge wit the single-mindedness of a starving piranha; we couldn’t leave quite yet. That was just as well, I thought; let Brianna break the news to her father that she would have her wedding after all–priest or no priest.

    I spread my skirt to dry the damp hem, and the firelight glowed from both my rings. A strong disposition to laugh bubbled up inside me, at the thought of what Jamie would say when he found out, but I suppressed it, not wanting to explain my amusement to the McAllisters.

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  • QOTD for Wednesday, February 20, 2013 -- TerriC, 18:10:41 02/19/13 Tue
    The following quote is taken from The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 14, Happy the Bride the Moon Shines On. Copyright© 2001 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    Jamie reached across and took my right hand in his, his fingers linking with mine, and the silver of my ring shone red in the glow of the flames. I looked up into his face and saw the promise spoken in his eyes, as it was in mine.

    “As long as we both shall live.”

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  • QOTD for Monday, February 18, 2013 -- TerriC, 18:54:20 02/17/13 Sun
    The following quote is taken from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 12, The Return of John Quincy Myers. Copyright (c) 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved

    I wasn’t sure why I had resisted the array of baubles with which she had tried to further bedizen me; perhaps it was mere dislike of fussiness. Or perhaps it was a more subtle objection to being made an object, to be adorned and displayed to Jocasta’s purpose. At any rate, I had refused. I wore no ornament save my wedding ring, a small pair of pearl earbobs, and green velvet ribbon round the stalk of my neck

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  • QOTD for Sunday, February 17, 2013 -- TerriC, 17:41:28 02/16/13 Sat
    The following quote is taken from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 10, Jocasta. Copyright (c) 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved

    There wasn’t a great deal to be done with my hair; I gave it a cursory stab with a comb, then tied it back off my neck, letting the ends curl up as they would. I needn’t trouble about jewelry, I thought ruefully, and rubbed my silver wedding band to make it shine. I still avoided looking at my left hand, so nakedly bare; if I didn’t look, I could still feel the imaginary weight of the gold upon it.

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  • Quote of the day for Saturday, February 16, 2013 -- Lady Elizabeth, 04:15:59 02/16/13 Sat
    The following quote is taken from An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon. Chapter 12 Enough Copyright @2009 by Diana Gabaldon All Rights Reserved.

    "So there you are," I said, accusing. He looked at me with his huge calm eyes of celadon green, and licked a paw. On impulse, I scooped him up and held him against me, feeling the rumble of his purr and the soft, thick fur of his silvery belly.
    He'd be all right; I knew that. The woods were his private game preserve, and Amy Higgins liked him and had promised me to see him right for milk and a warm spot by the fire in bad weather. I knew that. "Go on, then," I said, and set him on the ground. He stood for a moment, tail waving slowly, head raised in search of food or interesting smells, then stepped into the grass and vanished.
    I bent, very slowly, arms crossed, and shook, weeping silently, violently.

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  • Friday Fun Facts -- Karen Henry, 03:17:36 02/15/13 Fri
    My latest collection of Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books has been posted on my blog, Outlandish Observations. I hope you enjoy them, and please come back next week for more!

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  • Quote of the Day for Friday, February 15, 2013 -- Lady Elizabeth, 20:04:50 02/14/13 Thu
    The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon Chapter 124 Property of the King copyright @2005 by Diana Gabaldon All Rights Reserved.

    "What in God's name...?"
    Something was moving at the side of the house. I blinked away the snowflakes, standing on tiptoe to see better.
    "Oh, it can't be!" I said - but it was. With a tremendous upheaval of snow, dirt, and charred wood, the white sow thrust her way into the daylight. Fully emerged, she shook her massive shoulders, then, pink snout twitching irritably, moved purposefully off toward the wood. A moment later, a smaller version likewise emerged - and another, and another.... and eight half-grown piglets, some white, some spotted, and one as black as the timbers of the house, trotted off in a line, following their mother.

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