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Date Posted: Fri, June 03 2022, 4:41:51
Author: Kathy in PA
Subject: QOTD for Friday June 3, 2022 from Dragonfly In Amber by Diana Gabaldon



Chapter 33
THY BROTHERS KEEPER

(At this point Ian was the only person other than Claire who knew what Jack Randall had done to Jamie at Wentworth.)


"He’s only a year older than me. When I was growing, he was always there. Until I was fourteen, there wasna a day went by when I didna see Ian. And even later, after I’d gone to foster wi’ Dougal, and to Leoch, and then later still to Paris, to university--when I’d come back, I’d walk round a corner and there he would be, and it would be like I’d never left. He’d just smile when he saw me, like he always did, and then we’d be walkin’ away together, side by side, ower the fields and the streams, talkin’ of everything.” He sighed deeply, and rubbed a hand through his hair.

“Ian…he’s the part of me that belongs here, that never left,” he said, struggling to explain. “I thought…I must tell him; I didna want to feel…apart. From Ian. From here."



This friendship fills me with good feelings about humanity. Are you fortunate to have someone “guarding your right side?”

Diana’s title is, I think, another gentle nod to her faith. The Cain and Abel brothers - so totally opposite of Jamie and Ian. Is blood thicker than water? Not for these two.

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[> I have a few people guarding my weak side and i hope they feel the same of me. -- kgp, Fri, June 03 2022, 7:31:04


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[> [> I’m sure they do. I’ve been bemoaning the lack of communication, the old fashioned kind where you looked people in the eye when you talked - not on the phone or a screen. I feel like we’re isolating more and more, for so many reasons, and I don’t think it’s good. I guess it makes me wonder about the strong bonds of friendship - can they survive and thrive because they’re so important -- Kathy in PA, Sat, June 04 2022, 4:43:35


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