Michelle Deerwester-Dalrymple > Michelle's Quotes

“. . . this time he was gentle and light, and Meg lost herself in the wonder of such a kiss. Then he pulled away, smiling down at her upturned face.”
― Michelle Deerwester-Dalrymple

“We are beautiful in the gifts God gives us,” Meg could hear her mother’s voice echo in her head.”
― Michelle Deerwester-Dalrymple, To Dance In The Glen

“Don't be afraid. There's the two of us now.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander

“Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.”
― William Howard Taft

“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”
― Stephen King

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Perchance this trip to the Isles could be an opportunity for a new life, a rebirth, to become the man he knew he could be, not the broken, disturbed man he left behind in the Highlands.”
― Michelle Deerwester-Dalrymple, The Exile of the Glen

“Robbie took her hand, leading her toward their shared bedchamber.
“When Scotland needs them, they will be there. I have faith in that.”
“Ye always did have more faith than anyone,” she sighed, following her lover to the warmth of their bed.”
― Michelle Deerwester-Dalrymple, The Exile of the Glen

“She grasped his head with her hands, drawing him to her, and kissed him with all the emotion she could muster. If he had no solace in his childhood, he would now find solace with her.”
― Michelle Deerwester-Dalrymple, The Lady of the Glen

“How different this view was from her parent’s croft, where her evening vantage from the doorway was peppered with trees. From there, north of the village and off the main road, she would hear sheep baying the night, and some nights, if the breeze was just right, she could catch the smell of the sea she had never seen. How different this life was than the one she had grown up in. She still worked hard, cooked, cleaned, and sewed, but something else persisted. Here she was in the center of the MacLeod’s, where everything bustled in a way nonexistent at the remote croft of her parents.”
― Michelle Deerwester-Dalrymple, To Dance In The Glen

“Is Love such a Common Thing that we, mere men in this God’s World, should deign to turn our Backs to it when it appears before us?”
― Michelle Deerwester-Dalrymple, To Dance In The Glen

“They clung to each other as a breakwater against a raging sea, only their love for each other keeping them from drowning in the world.”
― Michelle Deerwester-Dalrymple, The Warrior of the Glen