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“Because I wanted you." He turned from the window to face me. "More than I ever wanted anything in my life," he added softly.

I continued staring at him, dumbstruck. Whatever I had been expecting, it wasn't this. Seeing my openmouthed expression, he continued lightly. "When I asked my da how ye knew which was the right woman, he told me when the time came, I'd have no doubt. And I didn't. When I woke in the dark under that tree on the road to Leoch, with you sitting on my chest, cursing me for bleeding to death, I said to myself, 'Jamie Fraser, for all ye canna see what she looks like, and for all she weighs as much as a good draft horse, this is the woman'"

I started toward him, and he backed away, talking rapidly. "I said to myself, 'She's mended ye twice in as many hours, me lad; life amongst the MacKenzies being what it is, it might be as well to wed a woman as can stanch a wound and set broken bones.' And I said to myself, 'Jamie, lad, if her touch feels so bonny on your collarbone, imagine what it might feel like lower down...'"

He dodged around a chair. "Of course, I thought it might ha' just been the effects of spending four months in a monastery, without benefit of female companionship, but then that ride through the dark together"--he paused to sigh theatrically, neatly evading my grab at his sleeve--"with that lovely broad arse wedged between my thighs"--he ducked a blow aimed at his left ear and sidestepped, getting a low table between us--"and that rock-solid head thumping me in the chest"--a small metal ornament bounced off his own head and went clanging to the floor--"I said to myself..."

He was laughing so hard at this point that he had to gasp for breath between phrases. "Jamie...I said...for all she's a Sassenach bitch...with a tongue like an adder's ...with a bum like that...what does it matter if she's a f-face like a sh-sh-eep?"

I tripped him neatly and landed on his stomach with both knees as he hit the floor with a crash that shook the house.

"You mean to tell me that you married me out of love?" I demanded. He raised his eyebrows, struggling to draw in breath.

"Have I not...just been...saying so?”
― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander

“Character, I think, is the single most important thing in fiction. You might read a book once for its interesting plot—but not twice.”
― Diana Gabaldon

“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

“No one but myself knows the anxiety I go through and the trouble I give myself…”
― Claude Monet

“Not the scream of a startled little girl, mind you, but a manly scream: the scream of a fellow who has caught his enormous dong in a revolving door while charging”
― Christopher Moore, Noir

“The relationship might have meant nothing to him, but it was my first. I hadn’t known it was necessary to guard myself against committing completely. I didn’t realize it was doomed from the start. I just fell in love.”
― Ilona Andrews, Emerald Blaze

“Leon had pestered me during dinner one night, I lost control, and the black wings made their debut. The family was stunned into silence for a whole thirty seconds. And then everyone called me Goth Princess for a week and Arabella kept leaving vampire novels by my door.”
― Ilona Andrews, Emerald Blaze

“Neither did I, but unlike Leon, I would be highly unlikely to shoot each of them through the left eye “for symmetry reasons.”
― Ilona Andrews, Emerald Blaze

“Life is full of surprises,” he said. “Try to cope with grace.”
― Ilona Andrews, Emerald Blaze

“As it happened so often with our species, logical reasoning was discarded in favor of the overpowering need to be right, facts and consequences be damned.”
― Ilona Andrews, Emerald Blaze

“To you, I’m a better man. I’m the man I could be.”
― T.S. Joyce, The Fall of Promise

“Putting golden frames around my scars, that's who I am.”
― Talia Hibbert, Take a Hint, Dani Brown

“Hey Eeyore, why don't you take a second to be proud of yourself? You can poke holes in it later.”
― Talia Hibbert, Take a Hint, Dani Brown

“Major or minor, if something keeps you human when pressure makes you feel like a volcano, hold on to that thing by whatever means necessary.”
― Talia Hibbert, Take a Hint, Dani Brown

“Zaf wouldn’t know what to do with a one-time thing if it showed up with a fifty-page instruction manual and slapped him on the dick.”
― Talia Hibbert, Take a Hint, Dani Brown

“Zaf burst out laughing. “What the hell did you find in the bathroom? Cocaine?”
― Talia Hibbert, Take a Hint, Dani Brown

“People who live in glass houses should shut the fuck up.”
― Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

“Being human totally sucks most of the time. Videogames are the only thing that make life bearable.”
― Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

“You’re evil, you know that?” I said.
She grinned and shook her head. “Chaotic Neutral, sugar.”
― Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

“For a bunch of hairless apes, we've actually managed to invent some pretty incredible things.”
― Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

“You could shove it up your ass and pretend you're a corn dog."

COURTESY VIOLATION-RESPONSE MUTED-VIOLATION LOGGED”
― Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

“You know you've totally screwed up your life when your whole world turns to shit and the only person you have to talk to is your system agent software!”
― Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

“Like most gunters, I voted to reelect Cory Doctorow and Wil Wheaton (again). There were no term limits, and those two geezers had been doing a kick-ass job of protecting user rights for over a decade.”
― Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

“as terrifying and painful as reality can be, it’s also the only place where you can find true happiness.”
― Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

“Sir, the only problem is that you’re a complete fucking moron,” I said.”
― Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

“Out of all the people on Earth, he wanted to murder her the least.”
― T.S. Joyce, Red Havoc Bad Cat

“Ryder squared up to her, hands on her hips and head ducked down. He lowered his voice. “I want to high five your pelvis with my pelvis.” “Ryder,” she warned, trying hard for a straight face. “I want to touch belly buttons.” “Stop.” Now she had to bite her lip hard not to laugh. Ryder lowered his voice to a seductive whisper. “Let’s make our nipples kiss.”
― T.S. Joyce, Air Ryder

“Oh, right. Anyways, I figured I would give you reasons to come back to the pack. One, I miss you. No one makes fun of me, and I ain’t been called a dick-nosed sphincter socket in two days. My self-esteem is soaring, and I don’t know what to do with all this confidence—”
― T.S. Joyce, Lift Her Up

“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”
― Mark Twain