An Echo in the Bone (Outlander, #7)

by Diana Gabaldon

“Aye, well, it’s a wise man who kens what he doesna know—and I learn fast, a nighean.”

“Oh, dear Lord,” said Mrs. Graham under her breath beside me. “He’s a-doing it again.” I hadn’t time to ask her what he was a-doing, before he a-did it.

“I’ve heard it said that a man’s reach must exceed his grasp—or what’s a heaven for?”