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  • QOTD for Thursday, July 19, 2012 -- Lady Linda, 17:30:13 07/18/12 Wed
    The following quote is taken from The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 40, Duncan’s Secret, Copyright © 2001 by Diana Gabaldon, All Rights Reserved.

           He put an arm around my waist and swung me off my feet, turning round so that his back was to the house, screening me with his body. His long fingers deftly ruffled up the skirt of my gown, then the two petticoats beneath, and even more deftly, slid between my bare legs.

           “Hush,” he murmured in my ear. “Ye dinna want folk to hear, do ye?” He set his teeth gently in the curve of my ear, and proceeded about his business in a workmanlike way, ignoring my intermittent—and admittedly rather feeble—struggles.

    I was more than ready and he knew what he was doing. It didn’t take long.

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  • OUTLANDER as a TV series! -- Karen Henry, 05:07:34 07/18/12 Wed
    I just updated the FAQ on my blog with current information about yesterday's announcement of an upcoming OUTLANDER TV series.

    This is a summary of what we know right now:

    http://outlandishobservations.com/p/faq.html#movie

    Karen

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  • QOTD for Wednesday, July 18, 2012 -- Lady Linda, 17:56:11 07/17/12 Tue
    The following quote is taken from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 13, An Examination of Conscience, Copyright © 1997 by Diana Gabaldon, All Rights Reserved.

           “Actually, it’s your kilt that makes me want to fling you to the floor and commit ravishment,” I told him. “But you don’t look at all bad in your breeks.”

           He did laugh then, and bending, kissed me thoroughly, his hands carefully exploring the outlines of my rear, snugly confined in buckskin. He squeezed gently, making me squirm against him.

           “Take them off,” he said, pausing for air.

           “But I—”

           “Take them off,” he repeated firmly. He stepped back and tugged loose the lacing of his flies. “Ye can put them back on again after, Sassenach, but if there’s flinging and ravishing to be done, it’ll be me that does it, aye?”

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  • QOTD for Sunday, July 15, 2012 -- Lady Linda, 17:49:00 07/14/12 Sat
    The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 18, Raiders in the Rocks, Copyright © 1991 by Diana Gabaldon, All Rights Reserved.

           “Jamie,” I panted. He pushed his kilt out of the way and pressed my hand against him.

           “Bloody Christ,” I said, impressed despite myself. My sense of propriety slipped another notch.

           “Fighting gives ye a terrible cockstand, after. Ye want me, do ye no?” he said, pulling back a little to look at me. It seemed pointless to deny it, what with all the evidence at hand. He was as hard as a brass rod against my thigh.

           “Er . . . yes . . . but . . .”

           He took a firm grip on my shoulders with both hands.

           “Be quiet, Sassenach,” he said with authority. “It isna going to take verra long.”

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  • QOTD for Tuesday, July 17, 2012 -- Lady Linda, 17:25:45 07/16/12 Mon
    The following quote is taken from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 25, House of Joy, Copyright © 1994 by Diana Gabaldon, All Rights Reserved.

           “Oh, Claire,” he whispered. “Oh, God, Claire.”

           And his release began, deep inside me, without his moving, shivering through his body so that his arms trembled, the ruddy hairs quivering in the dim light, and he dropped his head with a sound like a sob, his hair hiding his face as he spilled himself, each jerk and pulse of his flesh between my legs rousing an echo in my own.

           When it was over, he held himself over me, still as stone for a long moment. Then, very gently, he lowered himself, pressed his head against mine, and lay as if dead.

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  • QOTD for Monday, July 16, 2012 -- Lady Linda, 17:47:57 07/15/12 Sun
    The following quote is taken from Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 46, Timor Mortis Conturbat Me, Copyright © 1992 by Diana Gabaldon, All Rights Reserved.

           I ran toward the opening in the wall, heart in my throat, as he turned back to the doorway, hand on his sword. I stopped, just for a moment, for the last sight of him. He turned his head, caught sight of me, and suddenly he was with me, pushing me hard against the wall in an agony of desperation. He gripped me fiercely to him. I could feel his erection pressing into my stomach and the hilt of his dagger dug into my side.

           He spoke hoarsely into my hair. “Once more. I must! But quick!” He pushed me against the wall and I scrabbled up my skirts as he raised his kilts. This was not lovemaking; he took me quickly and powerfully and it was over in seconds.

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  • QOTD for Saturday, July 14, 2012 -- Lady Beth, 18:44:06 07/13/12 Fri
    The following quote is taken from Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 27, An Audience With His Majesty (c) 1992 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved

    "She cannot do that! After all, Madame Fraser is not one of the Court ladies - she is a person of virtue!."

    "Er, thank you," I said politely. "If you don't mind, though...what precisely, would my state of virtue have to do with my seeing the King to ask for Jamie's release?"

    The nun and the singing-master exchanged looks in which horror at my naivete was mingled with a general reluctance to remedy it. At last Mother Hildegarde, braver of the two, bit the bullet.

    "If you go alone to ask such a favor from the King, he will expect to lie with you," she said bluntly.

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  • New hoser -- isisgms, 03:51:11 07/11/12 Wed
    My friend at work borrowed Outlander from me - guess what - as soon as Jamie put his plaid round Claire sitting on the horse when they first met, my friend was smitten with him! And so it begins etc etc.

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  • QOTD for Friday, July 13, 2012 -- Lady Beth, 18:42:48 07/12/12 Thu
    The following quote is taken from Voyager By Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 14, Geneva (c) 1994 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights Reserved.

    He thought he might be sick on the spot, from sheer terror. Did she have any idea how many lives lay in that manicured white hand? His sister, Ian, their six children, all the tenants and families of Lallybroch, perhaps even the lives of the agents who carried messages and money between Scotland and France, maintaining the precarious existence of the Jacobite exiles there.

    He swallowed, once, and then, again before he spoke.

    "All right," he said. A more natural smile broke out on her face, and he realized how very young she was.

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  • QOTD for Thursday, July 12, 2012 -- Lady Beth, 19:06:09 07/11/12 Wed
    The following quote is taken from A Breath Of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 28, Curses (c)2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    The fourth man was neither incompetent nor brutal. He was large and soft-bodied, and he had loved his dead wife. I knew that, because he wept into my hair, and called me by her name at the end. It was Martha.

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  • QOTD for Monday, July 9, 2012 -- Lady Beth, 18:14:21 07/08/12 Sun
    The following quote is taken from An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 95, Numbers (c) 2009 by Diana Gabaldon. All Rights Reserved.

    "Besides, it wasn't me you were making love to," I said, "and both of us know it."

    He looked up, startled, his eyes very blue. The the shadow of a smile crossed his face,and he looked down at the quilted coverlet.

    "No," he said softly. "Nor were you, I think, making love to me. Were you?"

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  • QOTD for Tuesday, July 10, 2012 -- Lady Beth, 19:20:04 07/09/12 Mon
    The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 39, To Ransom a Man's Soul (c) 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    "The ....first time, he was verra careful with me. He used oil and took a long time, rubbing it all over me...touchin' me gentle in all my parts. I could no more stop myself rising to his touch than I could stop myself bleeding when he cut me."

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  • Leaf on the Wind -- isisgms (Not read, when published???), 02:27:46 07/04/12 Wed
    I haven't read this book - didn't know it was published.

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  • QOTD for Wednesday, July 11, 2012 -- Lady Beth, 19:17:13 07/10/12 Tue
    The following quote is taken from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 25, House of Joy (c) 1994 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    Then he moved in me, very slightly, a question of the flesh. It was enough; I convulsed in answer, held helpless under him, and felt the spasms of my release stroke him, stroke him, seize and release him, urging him to join me.

    He reared up on both hands, back arched and head thrown back, eyes closed and breathing hard. Then very slowly, he bent his head forward and opened his eyes. He looked down at me with unutterable tenderness, and the candlelight gleamed briefly on the wetness on his cheek, maybe sweat or maybe tears.

    "Oh, Claire," he whispered. "Oh, God, Claire."

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  • QOTD for Saturday June 30 -- RedheidedLass, 12:30:33 06/30/12 Sat
    The following quote is taken from An Echo in The Bone by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 93, A Series of Short, Sharp Shocks. Copyright © 2009 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.
    ""…His own ship survived and limped in, badly damaged, but he saw the Euterpe swamped by a broaching wave, he said—I have no notion of what that is –” He waved away his own digression, annoyed. “She went down before his eyes. The Roberts – his ship – hung about in hopes of picking up survivors.” He swallowed. “There were none.”
    “None,” I said blankly. I heard what he said but took no meaning from the words.
    “He is dead,” Lord John said softly, and let go of my arm. “He is gone.”
    From the kitchen came the smell of burning porridge."

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  • QOTD for Sunday, July 8, 2012 -- Lady Beth, 18:45:44 07/07/12 Sat
    The following quote is taken from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 6, Being Now Justified by His Blood, (c)1994 by Diana Gabaldon. All Rights Reserved.

    "For I saw your lady, and I know how it was between the two of ye. I never had that," she added in a softer voice, "not wi' either of the two men I wed. But I know the look of true love, and it's not in my mind to make you feel you have betrayed it."

    The touch, feather-light, moved to his cheek, and a work-worn thumb traced the groove that ran from nose to mouth.

    "What I want," she said quietly, "is to give ye something different.

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  • QOTD for Saturday, July 7, 2012 -- CarolSR, 17:29:12 07/06/12 Fri
    The following quote is taken from A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright (c) 2010 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “He shoved with all his might, but couldn’t get past, couldn’t reach them. Dolly looked up, and he saw her jaw set hard again, her eyes blaze with determination. She shoved the man in front of her, who stumbled and fell down a step, squashing into the people in front of him. She swung Roger down into the little space she’d made, and with a twist of shoulders and the heave of her whole body, hurled the little boy up, over the rail—toward Jerry.”

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  • QOTD for Friday, July 6, 2012 -- CarolSR, 16:50:39 07/05/12 Thu
    The following quote is taken from A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright (c) 2010 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “He looked down from the growing crack, to see who was below it—the people still on the stair. The crowd at the bottom was too thick to move, everyone stopped still by horror. And then he saw her, partway up the stair.

    Dolly. She’s cut her hair, he thought. It was short and curly, black as soot—black as the hair of the little boy she held in her arms, close against her, sheltering him. Her face was set, jaw clenched. And then she turned a bit, and saw him.

    Her face went blank for an instant and then flared like a lit match, with a radiant joy that struck him in the heart and flamed through his being.”

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  • QOTD for Thursday, July 5, 2012 -- CarolSR, 16:46:41 07/04/12 Wed
    The following quote is taken from A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright (c) 2010 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “Dolly,” he whispered, trying to summon up a vision of his wife. “Dolly. Dolly help me!”
    He took a hesitant step toward the stones. Another. One more. Then nearly bit his tongue off as a hand clamped down on his shoulder. He whirled, fist up, but the dark man’s other hand seized his wrist.
    “I love you,” the dark man said, his voice fierce. Then he was gone again, with the shoof-shoof sounds of boots in dry grass, leaving Jerry with his mouth agape.”

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  • QOTD for Wednesday, July 4, 2012 -- CarolSR, 17:23:21 07/03/12 Tue
    The following quote is taken from A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright (c) 2010 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “She woke up slow and sleepy, and he loved the way she scooped her tangled curly black hair off her face, peering out slit-eyes, like a small sweet mole blinking in the light. He’d sit her up and put the tray on the table beside her, and then he’d shuck his own clothes and crawl in bed, too, cuddling close to her soft, warm skin. Sometimes sliding down in the bed, and her pretending not to notice, sipping tea or putting marmite on her toast while he burrowed under the covers and found his way up through the cottonly layers of sheets and nightie. He loved the smell of her, always, but especially when he’d made love to her the night before, and she bore the strong musky sent of him between her legs.

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  • QOTD for Tuesday, July 3, 2012 -- CarolSR, 17:03:58 07/02/12 Mon
    The following quote is taken from A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright (c) 2010 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “He cried when he left me.” She muttered the secret into the folds of the tea towel. “He didn’t want to go.” Her shoulders heaved with a convulsive, unexpected sob and she pressed the towel hard against her eyes, whispering to herself, “You said you’d come back, Jerry. You said you’d come back.”

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  • QOTD for Thursday June 28 -- RedheidedLass, 23:47:40 06/27/12 Wed
    The following quote is taken from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 61, The Office of a Priest. Copyright (c) 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.
    “I – canna stay long, Uncle, “ Ian said. He looked pale, under the lines of tattooing, but stood erect. “I said they must let me come to say goodbye.”
    Jamie had gone white to the lips.
    “Jesus, Ian,” he whispered.
    “The naming ceremony is tonight,” Ian said, trying not to look at us. “They say that after that I will be Indian, and I must not speak any tongue but the Kahnyen’kehaka; I canna speak again in English, or the Gaelic.” He smiled painfully. “And I ken ye didna have much Mohawk.”
    “Ian, ye canna be doing this!”
    “I’ve done it, Uncle Jamie,” Ian said softly. He looked at me then.

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  • QOTD for Monday, July 2, 2012 -- CarolSR, 16:34:46 07/01/12 Sun
    The following quote is taken from A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright (c) 2010 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “She wanted to go crawl in next to him, longing for his warmth, longing to keep touching him for as long as they had. He’d need to go at eight, to catch the train back; it would barely be light then. Some puritanical impulse of denial kept her hovering there, though cold and wakeful in the dark. She felt as though if she denied herself, her desire, offered that denial as sacrifice, it would strengthen the magic, help to keep him safe and bring him back.”

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  • QOTD for Sunday, July 1, 2012 -- CarolSR, 17:27:50 06/30/12 Sat
    The following quote is taken from A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright (c) 2010 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “On fire, but terrified of bailing out into a sky filled with smoke, bullets, and random explosions, he’d ridden his burning plane down, both of them screaming as they fell out of the sky, Dolly I’s metal skin so hot it had seared his left forearm through his jacket, his right foot squelching in the blood that filled his boot as he stamped the pedal. Made it, though, and had been on the sick and hurt list for two months. He still limped very noticeably, but he didn’t regret his smashed patella; he’d had his second month’s sick leave at home—and wee Roger had come along nine months later.”

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  • Friday Fun Facts -- Karen Henry, 03:56:14 06/29/12 Fri
    Before I leave for Scotland (in about 3 hours!!), I wanted to post one last round of Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books. I hope you enjoy them!

    I won't be blogging while I'm away, but look for the FFFs to resume after I get back, probably in mid-July.

    Karen

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  • QOTD for Friday June 29 -- Reheidedlass, 08:06:29 06/29/12 Fri
    The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 28, Curses. Copyright© 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.
    “Now I did, and momentarily welcomed the shooting pains that outlined each nail with liquid fire, for distraction from the deadly stiffness spreading down my neck and through my shoulder.
    The muscles of my neck jumped and spasmed; I gasped, lost my air, and arched my body bowlike, fingers dug into the binding ropes as I fought to get it back.
    A hand came down on my arm. I hadn’t heard him approach. I turned blindly, butting at him with my head. I didn’t care who he was or what he wanted, provided he would remove the gag. Rape seemed a perfectly reasonable exchange for survival, at least at the moment.”

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  • QOTD for Tuesday June 26 -- RedheidedLass, 21:59:09 06/25/12 Mon
    The following quote is taken from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 23, The Skull Beneath the Skin. Copyright (c) 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “Aye, he carried on so that the spittle flew from his jaws and I was sure he’d gone truly mad. I thought he’d do us an injury, so I bade Ian unbolt the door and let him be gone.” Jamie sat back on his heels and frowned at my foot, then picked a dead leaf off my instep.
    “Well, and was the Devil outside?” I asked flippantly.
    Jamie shook his head.
    “We searched the clearing, from the penfold to the spring, and didna find a thing –except these.” He reached into his sporran and drew out my shoes. He looked up into my face, his own quite expressionless.
    “They were sitting on the doorstep, side by side.”

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  • QOTD for Wednesday, June 27 -- RedheidedLass, 08:01:27 06/27/12 Wed
    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 Monday, June 25 -- RedheidedLass, 22:25:50 06/24/12 Sun
    The following quote is taken from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 39, Lost, and by the Wind Grieved. Copyright (c) 1994 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    …for just then a second man came up the far slope of the island and into sight.
    This one was carrying Young Ian. He had the boy’s half-naked body slung carelessly over one shoulder. It swung head down, arms dangling with a limpness that made it clear the boy was unconscious or dead.
    “Ian!” Jamie’s hand clamped over my mouth before I could shout again.
    “Hush!” He dragged me to my knees to keep me out of sight. We watched, helpless, as the second man heaved Ian carelessly into the boat, then took hold of the gunwales to run it back into the water. There wasn’t a chance of making the descent down the chimney and the swim to the island before they succeeded in making their escape. But escape to where?

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  • QOTD for Sunday June 24, 2012 The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 35 Wentworth Prison. Copyright (c) 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved. -- RedheidedLass, 21:46:57 06/23/12 Sat
    His mouth was warm against my ear. “Claire, I’m to hang in the morning. What happens to me between now and then doesna matter to anyone.” I drew back and stared at him.
    “It matters to me!” The strained lips quivered in what was almost a smile, and he raised his free hand and laid it against my wet cheek.
    “I know it does, mo duinne. And that’s why you’ll go now. So I’ll know there is someone still who minds for me.” He drew me close again, kissed me gently and whispered in Gaelic, “He will let you go because he thinks you are helpless. I know you are not.” Releasing me, he said in English, “I love you. Go now.”

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  • QOTD for Saturday, June 23, 2012 -- TerriC, 17:24:24 06/22/12 Fri
    The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 68, Savages. Copyright© 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “And after all,” he added logically, “I dream of the past; why should I not dream of the future?”

    There was no good answer to a thoroughly Celtic remark of that nature.

    “Well, you would, I suppose,” I said. I rubbed dubiously at my lower lip. How old was I, in this dream of yours?”

    He looked surprised, then uncertain, and peered closely at my face, as though trying to compare it with some mental vision.

    “Well…I dinna ken,” he said, sounding for the first time unsure. “I dinna think anything about it–I didna notice that ye had white hair, or anything of the sort–it was just…you” He shrugged, baffled, then looked down at the stone in my hand.

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  • QOTD for Friday, June 22, 2012 -- TerriC, 17:38:15 06/21/12 Thu
    The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 68, Savages. Copyright© 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “I dinna recall, exactly,” he said slowly. “But I knew it was then, by the light.” His brow cleared suddenly. “That’s it. Ye were sitting at a desk, with something in your hand, maybe writing. And there was light all round ye, shining on your face, on your hair. But it wasna candlelight, nor yet firelight or sunlight. And I recall thinking to myself as I saw ye, Oh, so that’s what electric light is like.”

    I stared at him, open-mouthed.

    “How can you recognize something in a dream that you’ve never seen in real life?”

    He seemed to find that funny.

    “I dream of things I’ve not seen all the time, Sassenach–don’t you?”

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  • Friday Fun Facts -- Karen Henry, 03:39:55 06/22/12 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 Wednesday, June 20, 2012 -- TerriC, 20:30:29 06/19/12 Tue
    The following quote is taken from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 11, The Torremolinos Gambit. Copyright (c) 1994 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    He dreamed of Claire that night. She lay in his arms, heavy-limbed and fragrant. She was with child; her belly round and smooth as a muskmelon, her breasts rich and full, the nipples dark as wine, urging him to taste them.

    Her hand cupped itself between his legs, and he reached to return the favor, the small, fat softness of her filling his hand, pressing against him as she moved. She rose over him, smiling, her hair falling around her face, and threw her leg across him.
    _______________________________________
    Happy summer!!

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  • QOTD for Thursday, June 21, 2012 -- TerriC, 20:02:49 06/20/12 Wed
    The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 121, Across the Abyss. Copyright© 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “Were they happy?” I asked at last, very quietly.

    “Aye. Brianna and the lad–they had some shadows to their faces, but I could see they were glad nonetheless. They all sat down to eat–Brianna and her lad close together, leaning on each other–and wee Jem stuffed his face wi’ cakes and cream.” He smiled at the picture, teeth a brief gleam in the darkness.

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  • QOTD for Monday, June 18, 2012 -- TerriC, 18:54:38 06/17/12 Sun
    The following quote is taken from An Echo in the Bone, Chapter 22, Flutterby, by Diana Gabaldon, © 2009. All rights reserved.

    “What?” I demanded. “What happened?”

    He shrugged, still frowning.

    “Nothing, Sassenach. I saw Jem and the wee lass–“ A smile came over his face at that. “God, she’s a feisty wee baggage! She minds me o’ you, Sassenach."

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  • QOTD for Tuesday, June 19, 2012 -- TerriC, 17:43:29 06/18/12 Mon
    The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 121, Across the Abyss. Copyright© 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “No,” he said, sounding half-surprised. “Not at all. I dreamed of her–of our lassie–and the bairns.”

    My heart gave an odd little hop, the consequence of startlement and what might almost have been envy.

    “You dreamed about Brianna and the children? What happened?”

    He smiled, face tranquil and abstracted in the moonlight, as though he still saw some part of the dream before him.

    “It is all right,” he said. “They are safe. I saw them in a town–it seemed like Inverness, but it was different, somehow. They walked up the step of a house–Roger Mac was with them,” he added, offhand.

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  • At first, I thought I read this wrong, -- LadyStormwing, 15:00:34 06/18/12 Mon
    ...because it's impossible for sausages to be used to attack people twice in fact or fiction:

    http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/06/brockton_cyclist_attacked_by_m.html

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  • QOTD for Sunday, June 17, 2012 -- TerriC, 20:06:41 06/16/12 Sat
    The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 24, By the Pricking of My Thumbs, (c) 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved. Page 513

    He was wide awake, sitting on a stool by the side of the bed, his plaid flung around him for warmth.

    “It’s only…well, I dreamed you were lost, and I couldna find ye. It woke me, and…I wanted to look at ye, is all. To fix ye in my mind, to remember while I’m gone. I turned back the quilt; I’m sorry if you were chilled.”

    “It’s all right.” The night was cold, and very quiet, as though we were the only two souls in the world.

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  • Friday Fun Facts -- Karen Henry, 03:11:30 06/15/12 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 Saturday June 16th. -- Helka, 23:43:19 06/15/12 Fri
    The following quote is taken from
    Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 34, Lallybroch.
    Copyright (c) 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.


    There was something else; some current of joy that ran among the
    members of the family, unseen but lively as electricity.
    She realized only slowly what it was; a remark from Ian brought it into focus.

    “We didna think that Jamie would ever have a bairn of his own.
    Ian’s smile across the table was warm enough to melt ice.
    “You’ll have never seen him, though?”
    She shook her head, swallowing the remains of the last bite,
    smiling back in spite of her full mouth.
    That was it, she thought; they were delighted with her not so much for her sake but for Jamie’s.
    They loved him and they were happy not for themselves but for him.

    ***
    Thank you all, I loved to share some quotes that I've enjoyed while reading The Books. Helka, writing from summer cabin, listening to birds and watching the lake.

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  • Jog my memory? -- jayn, 11:51:05 06/15/12 Fri
    Inside the first answer.

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  • QOTD for Friday June 15th. -- Helka, 22:08:49 06/14/12 Thu
    The following quote is taken from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 27, Trout Fishing in America. Copyright (c) 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.


    The realization went through him like a sword trust. The boy’s mother was dead.
    Not just his real mother, who’d died the same day he was born−but the woman he’d called mother all his life since.
    And now his father− or the man he called father, Jamie thought with an unconscious twist of his mouth−was lying sick with that illness that had killed another man before the lad’s eyes no more than days before.

    No, it wasn’t fright that made the lad greet by himself in the dark.
    It was grief, and Jamie Fraser, who’d lost a mother in childhood himself, ought to have known that from the beginning.

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  • QOTD for Wednesday June 13th. -- Helka, 21:32:40 06/12/12 Tue
    The following quote is taken from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 25, House of Joy. Copyright (c) 1994 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.



    Do it, I thought, in an agony of apprehension. For God’s sake, do it now and don’t be gentle.
    I couldn’t say it.
    I saw the need of it on his face, but he couldn’t say it, either; it was both too soon and too late for such words between us.

    But we had another language, and my body still recalled it. I pressed my hips against him sharply, grasping his, the curves of his buttocks clenched hard under my hands.
    I turned my face upward urgent to be kissed, at the same moment he bent abruptly to kiss me.

    ****
    Have a Happy Hump Day, everyone :)

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  • QOTD for Thursday June 14th. -- Helka, 23:37:01 06/13/12 Wed
    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 hear you married very quickly.”
    Did you wed my brother for his land and money?

    “Yes it was quick. I didn’t even know Jamie’s true surname until just before the ceremony.”
    I didn’t know he was a laird of this place; I can only have married him for himself.”

    And so it went through the morning, a light luncheon, and into the hours of the afternoon, as we exchanged small talk, tidbits of information, opinions, small and hesitant jokes, taking each other’s measure.


    ***
    This passage was too long to take along as a whole, but this exchange really did impress me. It was not an easy place to be at Jenny's parlor, but Claire was the person to go through successfully.
    As a weaver, I loved the way earlier in this scene DG links Jamie, Jenny and Ian together in a pattern of fabric and how Claire would be a new thread in the pattern.

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  • QOTD for Tuesday June 12th. -- Helka, 22:47:00 06/11/12 Mon
    The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 18, Raiders in the Rocks. Copyright (c) 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.


    Suddenly I felt his body tense. He put a hand on my neck, warning me to keep still.
    I looked around the campsite, and could see nothing amiss, but I caught the air of tension, running from man to man as though transmitted by wireless.


    Looking in Rupert’s direction, I saw him nod frantically as he caught Dougal’s eye, though he went on with the story imperturbably.

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  • "I 'squelched' up the path to my wedding." (See "Outlander" discussion below.) -- Lemora, 23:33:41 06/09/12 Sat
    I'm reading a biography of Vita Sackville-West. In direct quote from a letter written in about 1930. she writes to her husband, Harold, that the earth in a part of their garden has gone 'soft and squelchy.' So, in her research about English colloquialisms of that era, DG must have come across this usage to describe soft, moistened ground, after a rain. I thought everyone might like to know this. Someone else pointed out the double meaning, that Claire's autonomy and free will were indeed "squelched" in this situation. Interesting.

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  • Will there be a Book 9? -- Karen Henry, 06:06:27 06/05/12 Tue
    Diana Gabaldon made a couple of Very Interesting comments on Twitter in the last 24 hours.

    In reply to someone who asked if there will be a Book 9, Diana said,

    "Oh, I'm pretty sure there will be. <g>"

    And when I reacted to that, Diana said,

    "Well, the book (MOBY, I mean) is starting to Take Shape, to the point that I _almost_ know where it ends. And there's More."

    I'm not surprised, but I'm very glad to hear this, as I'm sure many of you are!

    I thought those of you who are not on Twitter would want to know. <vbg>  It's not official yet, but it sounds like the prospect of a Book 9 is getting more certain all the time.

    Karen

    blogging at Outlandish Observations

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  • QOTD for Monday June 11th. -- Helka, 22:06:15 06/10/12 Sun
    The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 8, An Evening’s Entertainment. Copyright (c) 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.


    “But when you see it yourself, it’s like”− he hesitated, looking for words−“it’s a bit . . . personal, maybe, is what I mean.
    I think . . . if he were to see the scars, he couldna see me anymore without thinking of my back. And I’d be able to see him thinking of it, and that would make me remember it, and−“

    He broke off, shrugging.

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  • Hey, gang - we're going to run out of quoters for a while......... -- Judie, 21:09:39 06/10/12 Sun
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    If some folks don't volunteer pretty quickly - hahahahaha.

    I know summer time is coming up but hopefully we'll still have some peeps here to participate in QOTD.

    Help wanted. :D

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