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Date Posted: Mon, January 09 2023, 19:06:33
Author: CindyG
Subject: QOTD for Tuesday, January 10, 2023

The following quote is from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 16, “The First Law of Thermodynamics.” Copyright 1997 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

“‘D’ye believe in signs at all, Sassenach?’
‘What sorts of signs?’ I asked guardedly.
In answer, he bent, plucked a sprig from the ground, and dropped it into my hand—the dark green leaves like small round Chinese fans, a pure white flower on a slender stem, and on another a half-ripe berry, its shoulders pale with shade, blushing crimson at the tip.
‘This. It’s ours, d’ye see?’ he said.
‘Ours?’
‘The Frasers’, I mean,’ he explained. One large, blunt finger gently prodded the berry. ‘Strawberries ha’ always been the emblem of the clan—it’s what the name meant, to start with, when a Monsieur Fréselière came across from France wi’ King William that was—and took hold of land in the Scottish mountains for his trouble.’”

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[> Thanks for doing the quotes, Cindy!! Drums is right up at the top for my favorite and these quotes are the best. I’ve thought of each of them SO many times over the years when life would remind me of them. -- Kathy in PA, Tue, January 10 2023, 13:09:23


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