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Feel free to read through previous quotes. The board is set to no posts due to never ending spam.

Thank you!

QOTD -- Janet, Wed, July 31 2024, 3:57:59
The following quote is taken from Written in My Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 4, Don’t ask Questions You Don’t Want the Answers To. Copyright 2014,All Rights Reserved.

The hands wrapped themselves in his shirt and jerked him to his feet. He managed to stand, and a wisp of air seeped into his lungs. Fraser’s face was an inch from his. Fraser was in fact so close that Grey couldn’t see the man’s expression---only a close-up view of two bloodshot blue eyes, both of them berserk. That was enough. He felt quite calm now. It wouldn’t take long.

“You tell me exactly what happened, ye filthy wee pervert,” Fraser whispered, his breath hot on Grey’s face and smelling of ale. He shook Grey slightly. “Every word. Every motion. Everything.”

Grey got just enough breath to answer.

“No,” he said defiantly. “Go ahead and kill me.”

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- Go Lord John!! What a man 😊❤️👍 (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Wed, July 31 2024, 5:12:36
- What a line for a cliff hanger! I just love Lord John and I want more of him and his off stage adventures (NT) -- kgp, Fri, August 02 2024, 19:41:47
The board is locked - check out these links -- Judie, Fri, November 22 2024, 21:57:08
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Hi, ladies.

I am going to set the board to moderated because all we are getting these days is spam.

If you are looking to discuss the books or TV show, here are some Facebook links.

Ladies of Lallybroch(TM) Stars Outlander Season 7 discussions: https://www.facebook.com/groups/196455687405875

Ladies of Lallybroch main discussions: https://www.facebook.com/groups/85831728896

Ladies of Lallybroch Stars Outlander discussions - all the episodes: https://www.facebook.com/groups/247589332102782

And there is also Karen Henry's website - Outlandish Observations:
https://www.outlandishobservations.com

She has a lot of information there and she posts regularly. I believe you can comment also. :)

We had a great run with the quotes. I'll leave them here so folks can peruse them as they wish. Thanks, gang.

Judie

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- Thank you, Judie! Because the show started last night I thought I’d look and see if anyone was here. And you are with some good options for keeping in touch. Can I add “Outlandish Voices”. I don’t know how to make the http address. Lallyhugs to you ❤️ (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Sat, November 23 2024, 7:33:07
- You can still contact me via the "contact forum admin" link. :) (NT) -- Judie, Sat, November 23 2024, 18:12:23
- Because I was not logged in when I made the main post, I cannot edit it. But here is another link to an Outlander group - Outlandish Voices - on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/outlandishvoices/ (NT) -- Judie, Sun, November 24 2024, 19:52:00
The recent discussion on the future of the Board -- Janet, Thu, August 22 2024, 10:53:17
I find it quite interesting that something as significant as possibly closing the Board has had a total of 4 responses, unless there are more somewhere I'm not seeing them. If anyone else has comments, please, post them!

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- Thanks for following up, Janet. Have all the Ladies gone to facebook? Do any of you that still cone here go there? I haven’t so I’m not familiar with it. (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Fri, August 23 2024, 14:24:10
  - I’m not on facebook, and no intention of signing up. I believe others have gone to another board. I’m going to miss the discussions on a new book but we still have Karen’s board, Outlandish Observations. Not quite a discussions board but we can leave a comment. (NT) -- Margaret, Fri, August 23 2024, 17:54:01
    - I have a Facebook account because so many things take you there to see events but I never post. This board seems safe to say whatever because it’s private, even though we probably have a LOT of Ladies, I trust all of you. I always forget about Karen’s Board and will visit there. (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Sat, August 24 2024, 5:24:27
Quote of the Day discussion -- Judie, Sat, August 17 2024, 19:07:38
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On July 15th, kgp posted the following:

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For our Lovely Lurkers and the few active participants - you beautiful people - a discussion will occur next month as to whether there is enough traffic and interest to keep the Board going. This has been home to a lot of us for a very long time but it might be time to let it go. -- kgp, Mon, July 15 2024, 12:01:08

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Quote of the Day started somewhere around 2000, I think. Someone may have a more accurate record than I do - I'm just guessing. Anyway, if it was 2000 then QOTD has been going for 24 years. I'd say that's a pretty good run.

I think things have dwindled down to about half a dozen diehards these days. KGP did a great job of moderating for the last few years. And I know there are a few ladies who aren't on Facebook and they enjoy coming here to see the quotes.

But, to be honest, it seems that interest has really waned. There haven't been any quotes for over a week and I've only had one inquiry about that.

I guess the question would be is there still interest? And then the second question would be who wants to take on the job of organising quoters?

I'll leave this here and see what the responses are.

Another option could be to move it to a Facebook group but that would leave out those who are not on Facebook. I think FB is just an easier way to do things, but there may not even be interest in that. 24 years is a long time for something to continue, but people change and interests change.

Hey - throw out your thoughts. :)

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- I agree, interest in the board has waned, but not our love for the books. I was a lurker for years, then started doing some quotes, it was fun. As much as I love this site, I think it is time to say goodbye unless someone steps up and takes charge. Unfortunately, that won't be me. I'll check back in a day or two and see what the sense of the group is. (NT) -- Janet, Sun, August 18 2024, 9:08:58
  - Time to say goodbye -- Margaret, Sun, August 18 2024, 10:02:12
- I'm also a permanent lurker. I love the daily quotes but I have to admit I can't be arsed to post them myself. (NT) -- Susannah, Mon, August 19 2024, 6:39:19
- I love this board and the extras of the card and ornament exchange and cards for Ladies that need them. I don’t want it to end but I’ve been lax about posting and taking a week too. Could we keep some form? Remember Polls & Surveys, Social Board and the Kirk, besides QOTD. I love the thoughts and opinions here; not Facebook but a common place online. When the new book and season come out we’ll have a lot to discuss. (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Mon, August 19 2024, 9:20:51
QOTD for Wednesday, August 7, 2024 -- kgp, Wed, August 07 2024, 16:13:18
The following quotation is from Seven Stones To Stand Or Fall by Diana Gabaldon Copyright 2017 All Rights Reserved Besieged

“What did you mean, Mother, when you said, ‘It’s come to that already’? Because you didn’t know about the invasion, did you?”

She glanced up at him sharply, ceasing to stir. Then she took a deep breath, like one marshaling her mental forces, visibly made a decision, and put down the quill and ink.

“No,” she said, turning to him. “George told me such a thing was being quietly discussed - but I left England with Olivia in September. War with Spain hadn’t yet been declared, though anyone could have seen that it was coming. No,” she repeated, and looked at him intently. “I meant the slave revolt.”

John stared at his mother for the space of thirty seconds or so, then slowly sank onto a wooden pew that ran along the side of the room. He closed his eyes briefly, shook his head, and opened them.

“Is there anything to drink in this establishment, Mother?”

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- I do love the Gray Family. They are all witty, honorable, and practical. All of them seem to share a wry sense of humor. (NT) -- DianaH, Thu, August 08 2024, 9:25:18
  - I agree!! and don't forget resilient! I keep meaning to count up all the injuries Lord John has suffered, from having his arm broken by Jamie to needing trepanation after helping Brianna. They made men of sterner stuff then! (NT) -- Janet, Thu, August 08 2024, 10:38:34
QOTD for Tuesday, August 6, 2024 -- kgp, Tue, August 06 2024, 11:45:01
The following quotation is from Seven Stones To Stand Or Fall by Diana Gabaldon Copyright 2017 All Rights Reserved Besieged

“She’s in Havana,” General Stanley said. “Minding your cousin Olivia.”

This seemed like a moderately respectable thing for an elderly lady to be doing, and Grey relaxed slightly. But only slightly.

“Is she ill?”

“I hope not. She said in her last letter that there was an outbreak of some sort of ague in the city but that she herself was in good health.”

“Fine.” Tom had come back with the brandy bottle, and John poured himself a small glass. “I trust she’s enjoying the weather.” He raised an eyebrow at his stepfather, who sighed deeply and put his hands on his knees.

“I’m sure she is. The problem, my boy, is that the British Navy is on its way to lay siege to the city of Havana, and I really think it would be a good idea if your mother wasn’t in the city when they get there."

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QOTD for Monday, August 5, 2024 -- kgp, Mon, August 05 2024, 17:43:52
The following quotation is from Seven Stones To Stand Or Fall by Diana Gabaldon Copyright 2017 All Rights Reserved Besieged

“Me lord! It’s General Stanley!”

“Who?” Grey said blankly. His mind, occupied with the details of imminent escape refused to deal with anything that might interfere with said escape, but “Stanley” did ring a distant, small bell.

“Might be as he’s your mother’s husband, me lord?” Tom said. With a becoming diffidence.

“Oh . . . that General Stanley. Why didn’t you say so?” John hastily grabbed his coat from it’s hook and shrugged into it, brushing crumbs off his waistcoat as he did so. “Show him in, by all means!”

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A couple of light hearted pieces to start the week

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QOTD for Sunday August 4, 2024 -- kgp, Mon, August 05 2024, 17:42:55
The following quotation is from Seven Stones To Stand Or Fall by Diana Gabaldon Copyright 2017 All Rights Reserved Besieged

Lord John Grey Dipped a finger gingerly into the little stone pot, withdrew it, glistening, and sniffed cautiously.

“Jesus!”

“Yes, me lord. That’s what I said.” His valet, Tom Byrd, face carefully averted, put the lid back on the pot. “Was you to run yourself with that stuff, you’d be drawing flies in their hundreds, same as if you were summat that was dead. Long dead,” he added, and muffled the pot in a napkin for additional protection.

“Well, in justice,” Grey said dubiously, “I suppose the whale is long dead.” He looked at the far wall of his office. There were a number of flies resting along the wainscoting, as usual, fat and black as currants against the white plaster. Sure enough, a couple of them had already risen into the air, circling lazily toward the pot of whale oil.

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QOTD -- Janet, Sat, August 03 2024, 3:17:55
Quote of the Day for Saturday, August 3, 2024

The following quote is taken from Written in My Own Heart’s Blood, Chapter 7, The Unintended Consequences of Ill-Considered Actions. Copyright 2014, All Rights Reserved.

This quote is going to be long, but I needed all of it to get to a conclusion…..

“What the devil did you tell me for, ye wee idiot?” he said under his breath, urging his horse up into a gallop. “What did ye think I’d do?”

Just what you damn well did was the answer. John hadn’t resisted, hadn’t fought back. “Go ahead and kill me,” the wee bugger had said. A fresh spurt of rage curled Jamie’s hands as he imagined all too well doing just that. Would he have gone ahead and done it, if that pissant Woodbine and his militia hadn’t shown up?

No. No, he wouldn’t. Even as he longed momentarily to go back and choke the life out of Grey, he was beginning to answer his own question, reason fighting its way through the haze of fury. Why had Grey told him? There was the obvious---the reason he’d hit the man by sheer reflex, the reason he was shaking now. Because Grey had told him the truth.

“We were both fucking you.” He breathed hard and deep, fast enough to make him giddy, but it stopped the shaking and he slowed a little; his horse’s ears were laid back, twitching in agitation.

Hope you enjoyed a week of the first seven chapters of MOBY as much as I did bringing them to you!

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- For sure!! Thanks Janet ❤️. “Because Grey had told him the truth.” Jamie’s wrestling thoughts after that acknowledgment are so real. (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Sat, August 03 2024, 3:43:56
QOTD -- Janet, Fri, August 02 2024, 10:22:00
Quote of the Day for Friday, August 2, 2024

The following quote is taken from Written in My Own Heart’s Blood, Chapter 6, Under My Protection. Copyright 2014, All Rights Reserved.

“No,” I said definitely, putting the cork back in and shoving vial and box into my pocket. “That won’t help. Purse you lips and blow out.” His eyes bulged a bit, but he did it; I could feel the slight movement of air on my own perspiring face.

“Right. Now, relax, don’t gasp for air, just let it come. Blow out to the count of four. One…two…three….four…let it come in, count of two…yes, good. Now don’t worry; you aren’t going to suffocate, you can keep doing that all day.” I smiled encouragingly at him, and he managed to nod. I straightened up and looked round; we were near Locust Street, and Peterman’s ordinary was no more than a block away.

And so we meet the Duke of Pardlow. As a physical therapist I have worked with people with asthma, and while it’s very scary, if you can get them to control their breath it really does help! (But the drugs were have now are much, much better!!!)

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- Janet, you're making me want to pull MOBY off the shelf for a re-read. Thanks for these terrific quotes. (NT) -- DianaH, Fri, August 02 2024, 10:40:17
  - I've listened to it a number of times and each is better than the last. (NT) -- kgp, Fri, August 02 2024, 19:43:06
    - I never used audio books until Outlander and what a great discovery! Listening to them after reading brought them even more alive, if possible. I have to reread and listen to Ashes and Moby. Thanks for bringing these special times back to me this week, Janet! (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Sat, August 03 2024, 3:40:54
QOTD -- Janet, Thu, August 01 2024, 10:35:39
The following quote is taken from Written in My Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 5, The Passions of Young Men. Copyright 2014, All Rights Reserved.

I shook my head, dismissing the dozen things I could do nothing about. During this minor reverie, Jenny and Mrs. Figg appeared to have been discussing William and his abrupt departure from the scene.

“Where would he go to, I wonder?” Mrs. Fig looked worriedly toward the wall of the stairwell, pocked with blood smeared dents left by William”s fist.

“Gone to find a bottle, a fight, or a woman,” said Jenny, with the authority of a wife, sister, and the mother of sons. “Maybe all three.”

This makes me smile every time I read it. Jenny is nothing if not pragmatic! I often wonder what she would have done if she found Young Ian in the brothel in Edinburgh instead of Old Ian…..

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- The exact same thing happened to me Janet! A huge smile. I wish I could be as succinct and right as Jenny. Lol. If she found Ian in a brothel she’d probably have something snarky to say, but after how many kids?, she’s unflappable. (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Thu, August 01 2024, 11:19:25
- I know lots of folks dislike Jenny because of grabbing Jamie by the balls in Outlander, and how she treated Claire when she returned in Voyager, but I've always been a fan of hers. (NT) -- DianaH, Fri, August 02 2024, 10:39:02
QOTD -- Janet, Tue, July 30 2024, 4:07:57
The following quote is taken from Written in My Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 3, In Which the Women, As Usual, Pick up the Pieces. Copyright 2014, All rights reserved.

Jenny Murray had entered the house on the heels of William’s departure, and while the sight of her was a lessor shock than any of the others so far, it left me speechless. I goggled at my erstwhile sister-in-law---though, come to think, she still was my sister-in-law…..because Jamie was alive. Alive.

He’d been in my arms not ten minutes before, and the memory of his touch flickered through me like lightening in a bottle. I was dimly aware I was smiling like a loon, despite massive destruction, horrific scenes, William’s distress---if you could call an explosion like that “distress”---Jamie’s danger, and a faint wonder as to what either Jenny or Mrs. Figg, Lord John’s cook and housekeeper, might be about to say.

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- This was such a crazy, crazy scene but made me so happy for Claire - Mrs Figg be damned!!! (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Wed, July 31 2024, 5:11:09
QOTD -- Janet, Mon, July 29 2024, 4:25:02
Quote of the Day for, Monday, July 29, 2024. The following quote is taken from Written in My Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon. Chapter 2, Dirty Bastard. Copyright 2014, All Rights Reserved

“Bastard!” he said out loud, and shouted, “Bastard, bastard, bastard!” at the top of his lungs, hammering at the brick wall next to him with a clenched fist.

“Who’s a bastard?” said a curious voice behind him. He swung round to see a young woman looking at him with some interest. Her eyes moved slowly down his frame, taking note of the heaving chest, the bloodstains on the facings of his uniform coat, and the green smears of goose shit on his breeches. Her gaze reached his silver buckled shoes and returned to his face with more interest.

“I am,” he said, hoarse and bitter.

“Oh really?” She left the shelter of the doorway in which she’d been lingering and came across the alley to stand right in front of him. She was tall and slim and had a very fine pair of high young breasts---which were clearly visible under the thin muslin of her shift, because, while she had a silk petticoat, she wore no stays. No cap, either—her hair fell loose over her shoulders. A whore.

“I’m partial to bastards myself,” she said, and touched him lightly on the arm. “What kind of bastard are you? A wicked one? An evil one?”

“A sorry one,” he said, and scowled when she laughed. She saw the scowl, but didn’t pull back.

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- This storyline is an odd one. I'm never sure how I feel about Jane. (NT) -- kgp, Mon, July 29 2024, 13:34:52
  - I think Jane helped William through a very difficult time, and gave him a chance to prove he was a man in his own right, not Lord John's step son or Jamie's bastard.... (NT) -- Janet, Tue, July 30 2024, 4:11:00
QOTD -- Janet, Sun, July 28 2024, 10:42:23
I thought I'd do QOTD, and happened to pick up MOBY. I opened to the first page, and found a great scene. Then I turned to the Second Chapter, and found another. Then the third.....I don't know where the quotes will take me, but I find it fascinating to take the trip

Quote of the day for Sunday, July 28, 2024

Written in My Own Heart's Blood, by Diana Gabaldon. Chapter 1, A Hundredweight of Stones. Copyright 2014, All Rights Reserved

Even as he did so, he found himself shaking his head. No, it had to be two cairns. His mam and Uncle Jamie were brother and sister, and the family could mourn them here together---but there were others he might bring, maybe, to remember and pay their respects. And those were the folks who would have known Jamie Fraser and loved him well but wouldn't ken Jenny Murray from a hole in the---

The image of his mother in a hole in the ground stabbed him like a fork, retreated with the recollection that she wasn't after all in a grave, and stabbed again all the harder for that.

The thought process here, mourning his mam and Uncle Jamie and how Ian's thoughts jump around remind me of times when I lost people who were special to me.

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- Thank you for taking the week. There's no shortage of quotable moments. What I love here is when I first read it I realized that I had forgotten about Jenny believed to be dead as well. The ending of the previous book was so focused on Jamie's return. I felt awful that I had forgotten that Ian believed himself to be orphaned. (NT) -- kgp, Mon, July 29 2024, 13:32:34
QOTD for Saturday, July 20, 2024 -- CindyG, Fri, July 19 2024, 20:41:01
The following quote is from Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 8, “Visitations.” Copyright ©️ 2021 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

“‘Both, then,’ Roger said. ‘Two holes for the family, and a separate privy for visitors—or rather, for the surgery. Say it’s for convenience. Ye dinna want to seem highfalutin by not letting people use your own privy.’
‘No, that wouldna do at all.’ Jamie vibrated briefly then stilled, but stayed for a moment, looking down, a half smile still on his face. The smells of damp, fresh-dug earth and newly sawn wood rose thick around them, mingling with the scent of the fire, and Roger could almost imagine that he felt the house solidifying out of the smoke.
Jamie left off what he was thinking, then, and turned his head to look at Roger. ‘I missed ye, Roger Mac,’ he said.
Roger opened his mouth to reply, but his throat had closed as hard as if he’d swallowed a rock, and nothing came out but a muffled grunt.”

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- I love it when they get like this. Fun week, thank you. (NT) -- kgp, Sat, July 20 2024, 16:47:28
QOTD for Thursday, July 18, 2024 -- CindyG, Wed, July 17 2024, 19:29:29
The following quote is from Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 1, “The MacKenzies are Here.” Copyright ©️ 2021 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

“‘I wanted…’ he whispered. ‘I wanted you. Had to have ye. But once I was inside ye, I wanted…’
He sighed then, deep, and moved deeper.
‘I thought I’d die of it, then and there. And I wanted to. Wanted to go—while I was inside ye.’ His voice had changed, still soft but somehow distant, detached—and I knew he’d moved away from the present moment, gone back to the cold stone dark and the panic, the fear and overwhelming need.
‘I wanted to spill myself into ye and let that be the last I ever knew, but then I started, and I kent it wasna meant to be that way—that I’d live, but that I would keep myself inside ye forever. That I was givin’ ye a child.’”

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- This echos a few times through the books, a warriors instinct to leave a part of themself in case they don't come back from battle. Even Lord John considers it at some point. (NT) -- kgp, Thu, July 18 2024, 8:52:13
  - Thanks. I didn’t think of that. I guess I’m old enough to just be considering how cold it was! L (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Thu, July 18 2024, 17:34:00
    - And mosquitoes (NT) -- kgp, Fri, July 19 2024, 10:18:49
  - Excellent point, kgp. (NT) -- DianaH, Fri, July 19 2024, 10:37:55
QOTD for Friday, July 19, 2024 -- CindyG, Thu, July 18 2024, 20:40:28
The following quote is from Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 6, “Home is the Hunter, Home From the Hill.” Copyright ©️ 2021 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

“He turned his head, casting a look toward the distant mountain, where the sun was coming slowly down through a scatter of fat little clouds, painting their bellies with soft gold.
We both sighed a little at the sight, and he turned back and took my hand. ‘What I want ye to do, Sassenach, is sit wi’ me here for a moment—and tell me I’m no dreaming. She’s really here? She and the bairns and Roger Mac?’
I squeezed his hand and felt the same bubbling joy I could see in his face.
‘It’s real. They’re here. Right there, in fact.’”

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- What a devil of a trek it took for the Mackenzies to get back. I would need to sleep for a month, not get up at crack of stupid to go hunting. (NT) -- kgp, Fri, July 19 2024, 10:22:19
- So many emotions with the return of the Mackenzies - sheer joy, relief, terror, curiousity, and the ever present concerns of the practical - housing, feeding & clothing them, plus explaining where they've been. (NT) -- DianaH, Fri, July 19 2024, 10:37:01
QOTD for Wednesday, July 17, 2024 -- CindyG, Tue, July 16 2024, 20:15:53
The following quote is from Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 1, “The MacKenzies are Here.” Copyright ©️ 2021 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

“‘It was me freezing, at the abbey. I’d worn myself out tryin’ to walk, and ye wouldna let me eat anything, so I was starving to death, and—‘
‘Oh, you know that’s not true! You—‘
‘Would I lie to ye, Sassenach?’
‘Yes, you bloody would,’ I said. ‘You do it all the time. But never mind that now. You were freezing and starving, and suddenly decided that instead of asking Brother Paul for a blanket or a bowl of something hot, you should stagger naked down a dark stone corridor and get in bed with me.’
‘Some things are more important than food, Sassenach.’ His hand settled firmly on my arse. ‘And finding out whether I could ever bed ye again was more important than anything else just then. I reckoned if I couldn’t, I’d just walk on out into the snow and not come back.’”

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- This has so many levels...the amount of love he has for Claire and how he needs to be able to serve her, and foreshadowing of when he sends her away forever (he thinks) yet still is able to live without the physical love. Powerful (and yes, I know Diana might not have known she would go back to her time, but this still foreshadows what might happen...) (NT) -- Janet, Wed, July 17 2024, 11:14:02
  - Yes! It’s easy to look back and see things but there are SO many things that kind of defy explanation in Diana’s writing. I like them remembering the scene not living it. I had no idea how many books there would be and it seemed like Jamie might die. (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Wed, July 17 2024, 18:01:36
    - If I remember he thought he did for a bit. That amount of stress on a weakened heart is probably not recommended on WebMD. (NT) -- kgp, Wed, July 17 2024, 18:04:29
QOTD for Tuesday, July 16, 2024 -- CindyG, Mon, July 15 2024, 19:43:22
The following quote is from Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 1, “The MacKenzies are Here.” Copyright ©️ 2021 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

“‘I want ye, a nighean,’ he said softly. ‘Will ye lie wi’ me? It may be the last time we have any privacy for some while.’
I opened my mouth to say, ‘Of course!’ and instead yawned hugely.
I clapped a hand to my mouth, removing it to say, ‘Oh, dear. I really didn’t mean that.’
He was laughing, almost soundlessly. Shaking his head, he straightened out the rumpled quilt I’d been sitting on, knelt on it, and stretched up a hand to me.
‘Come lie wi’ me and watch the stars for a bit, Sassenach. If ye’re still awake in five minutes, I’ll take your clothes off and have ye naked in the moonlight.’
‘And if I’m asleep in five minutes?’ I kicked off my shoes and took his hand.
‘Then I won’t bother takin’ your clothes off.’”

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- Lol That’s our Jamie. Very sexy but also very determined and practical. (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Tue, July 16 2024, 2:52:43
- Considering the variety of nocturnal animals on the Ridge I'm not sure I'd be comfortable being, erm, so exposed. (NT) -- kgp, Wed, July 17 2024, 18:02:46
QOTD for Monday, July 15, 2024 -- CindyG, Sun, July 14 2024, 20:18:30
The following quote is from Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 1, “The MacKenzies are Here.” Copyright ©️ 2021 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

“‘Aye,’ he said again after a long moment. ‘I ken what ye’re saying, Sassenach. I thought my heart would burst when I saw Brianna and kent it was really her, and the bairns…but for all the joy of it…see, I missed them cruelly, but I could take comfort in thinking they were safe. Now—‘
He stopped and I felt his heart beating against me, slow and steady. He took a deep breath, and the fire popped suddenly, a pocket of pitch exploding in sparks that disappeared into the night. A small reminder of the war that was rising, slowly, all around us.
‘I look at them,’ he said, ‘and my heart is suddenly filled with…’
‘Terror,’ I whispered, holding tight to him. ‘Sheer terror.’
‘Aye,’ he said. ‘That.’”

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- More responsibility for Jamie - more souls to worry about. But I'm glad they're back. Can't wait to see what happens next. (NT) -- kgp, Mon, July 15 2024, 11:58:03
- Sometimes ignorance really is bliss. (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Mon, July 15 2024, 14:03:50
For our Lovely Lurkers and the few active participants - you beautiful people - a discussion will occur next month as to whether there is enough traffic and interest to keep the Board going. This has been home to a lot of us for a very long time but it might be time to let it go. -- kgp, Mon, July 15 2024, 12:01:08
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QOTD for Saturday, July 13, 2024 -- kgp, Sat, July 13 2024, 5:29:53
The following quotation is from Written In Me Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright 2005 All Rights Reserved. Chapter 78 In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time

Ian’s left eye was stinging badly and his vision was cloudy; a cut in his eyebrow was bleeding. He groped in the small bag at his waist and found the handkerchief wrapped around the smoked ear he carried. The cloth was a small one, but big enough to tie round his brow.

He wiped his knuckles over his mouth, already longing for more water. What ought he to do? He could see the standard now being vigorously waved, flapping heavily in the thick air, summoning troops to follow. Plainly Lee was headed over the bridge; he knew where he was going, and his troops with him. No one would - or could - stop to climb down a ravine to aid a wounded British soldier.

Ian shook his head experimentally and, finding that his brains didn’t seem to rattle, set off toward the southwest. With luck, he’d meet La Fayette or Uncle Jamie coming up, and maybe get another mount. With a horse, he could get William out of the ravine alone. And whatever else might happen today, he’d settle the hash of those Abenaki bastards.

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- Thank you for the Young Ian week! That boy gets into trouble, but is so likable and fun. Great week. (NT) -- Janet, Sat, July 13 2024, 11:06:35
- William could owe Ian so many times for saving his butt, but Ian doesn’t feel that way- which probably makes it even more infuriating for William. (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Sun, July 14 2024, 12:44:36
QOTD for Sunday, July 14, 2024 -- CindyG, Sat, July 13 2024, 19:45:05
The following quote is from Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 1, “The MacKenzies are Here.” Copyright ©️ 2021 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

“‘I just asked Daddy if he remembered a Gathering we went to, years ago. The clans were all called at a big bonfire and I handed Daddy a burning branch and told him to go down to the fire and say the MacKenzies were there.’
‘Oh.’ Jem blinked once, then twice, looked at the fire blazing in front of us, and a slight frown formed between his soft red brows. ‘Where are we now?’
‘Home,’ Roger said firmly, and his eyes met mine, then passed to Jamie. ‘For good.’
Jamie let out the same breath I’d been holding since the afternoon, when those four figures had appeared suddenly in the clearing below, and we had flown down the hill to meet them. There had been one moment of joyous, wordless explosion as we all flung ourselves at one another, and then the explosion had widened as Amy Higgins came out of her cabin, summoned by the noise, to be followed by Bobby, then Aidan—who had whooped at sight of Jem and tackled him, knocking him flat—with Orrie and little Rob.”

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- A joyous occasion! (NT) -- kgp, Sat, July 13 2024, 19:53:11
- I was so happy they came back. (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Sun, July 14 2024, 12:42:21
QOTD for Friday, July 12, 2024 -- kgp, Fri, July 12 2024, 4:55:51
The following quotation is from An Echo In The Bone by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright 2005 All Rights Reserved. Chapter 100 Lady In Waiting

“Let her go,” said Ian, hoarse with running. His chest heaved and sweat was running down his face; she could smell him, even above the old man’s musty reek. She jerked her hand out of Arch Bug’s clasp, speechless with horror.

“Don’t kill him,” she said, to both of them. Neither of them listened.

“I told ye, did I not? Arch said to Ian. He sounded reasonable, a teacher pointing out the proof of a theorem. Quod erat demonstrandum. Q.E.D.

“Get away from her,” Ian said.

His hand hovered above his knife, and Rachel, choking on the words, said, “Ian! Don’t. Thee must not, Please!”

Ian gave her a look of furious confusion, but she held his eyes, and his hand dropped away. He took a deep breath and then a quick step to the side. Bug whirled to keep him in range of the ax, and Ian slid fast in front of Rachel. Screening her with his body. .”

“Kill me, then,” he said, deliberately to Bug. “Do it.”

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- Stuff I never thought of. Worse to kill someone you love. The range of emotions in these books floor me. Today I was thinking about “Bees” and I can’t remember who was gone? (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Fri, July 12 2024, 18:53:57
  - Amy Higgins, for one. She was attacked by a bear. (NT) -- kgp, Sat, July 13 2024, 19:54:15
QOTD for Thursday, July 11, 2024 -- kgp, Wed, July 10 2024, 18:48:48
The following quotation is from A Breath Of Snow And Ashes by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright 2005 All Rights Reserved. Chapter 36 Winter Wolves

Ian stood a moment longer, looking toward the house where his Emily was. His face felt hot, fevered with urgency. He burned harsh and bright, like a coal, but he could feel the heat seeping out of him into the cold sky, and his heart turning slowly black. Finally, he slapped his palm against his thigh and turned away into the forest, walking fast, the dog padding big and soundless by his side.

“Hail Mary, full of grace . . . “ He paid no attention to where he was going, praying under his breath, but aloud, for the comfort of his own voice in the silent dark.

Ought he be praying to one of the Mohawk spirits, he wondered? Would they be angry that he spoke to his old God, to God’s mother? Might they take revenge for such a slight, on his wife and child?

The child is dead already. He had no notion where that knowledge came from, but he knew it was so, as surely as if someone had spoken the words to him aloud. The knowledge was dispassionate, not yet food for grief; only a fact he knew to be true - and was appalled to know it.

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- I wonder if Ian knew the child was already dead because it had happened before, or it because, like his mother, he has a bit of "The Sight." (NT) -- DianaH, Thu, July 11 2024, 10:59:17
  - I always felt one of the women told him and told him to go, at least for that moment. And then it became obvious the tribe thought he WAS the problem and abandoned him. I was really, really glad his story with the Fraser’s wasn’t done. (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Thu, July 11 2024, 12:38:12
    - And forgot to add, I do think he has the sight (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Thu, July 11 2024, 12:39:38
- I think it was on his heart when Emily was taken by the other women. It was too early. (NT) -- kgp, Thu, July 11 2024, 19:10:58
  - When I reread it more carefully I agree with you. He was still praying for both; and the way the words were written in italics and “he didn’t know where the thought came from”. (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Fri, July 12 2024, 3:18:34
QOTD for Wednesday, July 10, 2024 -- kgp, Tue, July 09 2024, 17:22:09
The following quotation is from The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright 2001 All Rights Reserved. Chapter 109 The Voice of Time

Jamie laughed in gratified surprise, and Ian grinned broadly back. His face was weathered to a deep brown, and the dotted lines of his Mohawk tattoos ran in fierce crescents from nose to cheekbones - but for a moment, I saw his hazel eyes dance with mischief, and saw again the lad we had known.

“I used to say things over in my mind,” he said, the grin fading a little. “I’d look at things, and say the words in my mind - ‘Avbhar,’ ‘Coire,’ Skirlie’ - so as not to forget.” He glanced shyly at Jamie. “Ye did tell me to remember, Uncle.”

Jamie blinked, and cleared his throat.

“So I did, Ian,” he murmured, “I’m glad of it.” He squeezed Ian’s shoulder hard - and then they were embracing fiercely, thumping each other’s backs with wordless emotion.

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- This scene is always a favorite - the terror of the pig with Roger & Jemmy, the relief of it being killed, the joy of Ian's return. (NT) -- DianaH, Wed, July 10 2024, 12:50:21
  - Yes!! I remember the joy I felt the first time I read this passage. So many emotions - ever since “Old Yeller” I’ve been terrified of wild boars. This was so real and terrifying and then Ian not only saved the day, he was back ❤️ (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Wed, July 10 2024, 16:33:11
QOTD for Tuesday, July 9, 2024 -- kgp, Tue, July 09 2024, 6:48:05
The following quotation is from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright 1997 All Rights Reserved. Chapter 50 In Which All Is Revealed

“Ian,” I said, torn between exasperation and tenderness, “are you doing this because of Brianna’s baby?”

The white of his eyes flashed as he glanced at me, startled. He nodded, shifting his shoulders uncomfortably inside the stiff coat.

“Aye, of course,” he said, as though surprised that I should ask.

“Then you’re not in love with her?” I knew the answer quite well, but thought we had better have it all out..”

“Well . . . no,” he said, the painful blush renewing itself. “But I’m no promised to anyone else,” he hastened to add. “So that’s all right.”

“It is not all right,” I said firmly. “Ian, that’s a very kind notion of yours, but - “

“Oh, it’s not mine,” he interrupted, looking surprised. “Uncle Jamie thought of it.”

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- An unexpected, forced marriage worked for Jamie, right? Lol. I loved Ian, with all his young, blushing innocence willing to step up. (NT) -- Kathy in PA, Tue, July 09 2024, 11:40:05
  - Imagine how different all their lives would have been. (NT) -- kgp, Tue, July 09 2024, 17:46:11

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