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...and, Now I have this overwhelming compulsion to read it again.. I may just have to do that.
I actually read a lot of them when trying to decide whether to keep reading Outlander. The beginning was boring to me and my friend who lent me the book said to go to the LOL website and read the “Jamie-isms” to get a sense of the series and the writing style. I was blown away and never looked back! I’ve re-read them lately and they are so much better now that I have some context, ha ha! I also like the “Condensed Gabaldon” where they give you the gist of the book in about a minute of so of quotes. So funny…. but the postings on the site are not up to date, so hopeful someone is taking care of that!
Shell wrote: "...and, Now I have this overwhelming compulsion to read it again.. I may just have to do that."Thanks for the memories....
Robin wrote: "Shell wrote: "...and, Now I have this overwhelming compulsion to read it again.. I may just have to do that."Thanks for the memories...."
Np Robin
Judy wrote: "I need a cold shower now."Lol.
Ohhh Shell, thanks for those! They are great!
Following are a few of my favorites.
"When I woke, I was trussed up in the wagon wi' the chickens, jolting down the road toward Fort William."
"I see," I said quietly. "I'm sorry. It must have been terrible for you."
He smiled suddenly, the haze of fatigue gone. "Oh aye. Chickens are verra poor company, especially on a long journey."
Chapter 4: I Come to the Castle - Page 90
I had one last try.
"Does it bother you that I'm not a virgin?" He hesitated a moment before answering.
"Well, no," he said slowly, "so long as it doesna bother you that I am." He grinned at my drop-jawed expression, and backed toward the door.
"Reckon one of us should know what they're doing," he said. The door closed softly behind him; clearly the courtship was over.
Chapter 13: A Marriage is Announced - Page 255
"Where did you learn to kiss like that?" I said, a little breathless. He grinned and pulled me close again.
"I said I was a virgin, not a monk," he said, kissing me again. "If I find I need guidance, I'll ask."
Chapter 15: Revelations of the Bridal Chamber - Page 282
"Not as dead as you look, I hope?" said the voice, coming nearer. I arched upward with an inarticulate sound as exquisitely sensitive tissues were firmly parted in a fresh assault.
"Jesus Christ," I said. There was a faint chuckle near my ear.
"I only said I felt like God, Sassenach," he murmured. "I never said I was."
Chapter 17: We Meet a Beggar - Page 331
"Murtagh was right about women. Sassenach, I risked my life for ye, committing theft, arson, assault, and murder into the bargain. In return for which ye call me names, insult my manhood, kick me in the ballocks and claw my face. Then I beat you half to death and tell ye all the most humiliating things have ever happened to me, and ye say ye love me." He laid his head on his knees and laughed some more. Finally he rose and held out a hand to me, wiping his eyes with the other.
"You're no verra sensible, Sassenach, but I like ye fine. Let's go."
Chapter 22: Reckonings - Pages 629-410
"You're mine, mo duinne," he said softly, pressing himself into my depths. "Mine alone, now and forever. Mine, whether ye will it or no." I pulled against his grip, and sucked in my breath with a faint "ah" as he pressed even deeper.
"Aye, I mean to use ye hard, my Sassenach," he whispered. "I want to own you, to possess you, body and soul." I struggled slightly and he pressed me down, hammering me, a solid, inexorable pounding that reached my womb with each stroke. "I mean to make ye call me 'master', Sassenach." His soft voice was a threat of revenge for the agonies of the last minutes. "I mean to make you mine."
Chapter 23: Return to Leoch - Page 436
"I prayed all the way up that hill yesterday," he said softly. "Not for you to stay; I didna think that would be right. I prayed I'd be strong enough to send ye away." He shook his head, still gazing up the hill, a faraway look in his eyes.
"I said 'Lord, if I've never had courage in my life before, let me have it now. Let me be brave enough not to fall on my knees and beg her to stay.'" He pulled his eyes away from the cottage and smiled briefly at me.
"Hardest thing I ever did, Sassenach."
Chapter 25: Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch to Live - Pages 563-56
"Sassenach?"
"Yes?"
"Ye know the fortress I told ye of, the one inside me?"
"I remember."
He smiled without opening his eyes, and reached out a hand for me.
"Well, I've a lean-to built, at least. And a roof to keep out the rain."
Chapter 62: Absolution - Page 832
"Not yet, mo duinne." His hands came hard around my waist, settling and slowing me, pressing me down until I did groan.
"Not yet. We've time. And I mean to hear ye groan like that again. And to moan and sob, even though you dinna wish to, for ye canna help it. I mean to make you sigh as though your heart would break, and scream with the wanting, and at last to cry out in my arms, and I shall know that I've served ye well."
Chapter 41: From the Womb of the Earth - Page 848