Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2)

by Diana Gabaldon

“it’s only the essence of a thing that counts. When time strips everything else away, it’s only the hardness of the bone that’s left.”

“The writers, the singers, the tellers of tales. It’s them that take the past and re-create it to their liking. Them that could take a fool and give you back a hero, take a sot and make him a king.”