Alyssa

“Is thee afraid of me, Rachel?” he whispered. “I am,” she whispered back, and closed her hand on his wounded shoulder, lightly but hard enough for him to feel the hurt of it. “And I am afraid for thee, as well. But there are things I fear much more than death—and to be without thee is what I fear most.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Written in My Own Heart's Blood

“marriage is made not in ritual or in words but in the living of it.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Written in My Own Heart's Blood

“The law's a necessary evil--we canna be doing without it--but do ye not think it a poor substitute for conscience?”
― Diana Gabaldon, Written in My Own Heart's Blood

“I have loved others, and I do love many, Sassenach—but you alone hold all my heart, whole in your hands,” he said softly. “And you know that.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Written in My Own Heart's Blood