Emily

“I’m not entirely sure the Scots realize they lost that one,” I interrupted, sitting up and trying to subdue my hair. “I distinctly heard the barman at that pub last night refer to us as Sassenachs.” “Well, why not?” said Frank equably. “It only means ‘Englishman,’ after all, or at worst, ‘outlander,’ and we’re all of that.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander

“What we think or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do.”
― James C. Hunter, The Culture: Creating Excellence With Those You Lead

“No matter how ugly the manner in which a man dies, it’s only the presence of a suffering human soul that is horrifying; once gone, what is left is only an object.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander

“COVID-19's forcing the whole world to transition - from 'becoming to being'!
Isn’t it amazing? Don’t you see what’s happening? The whole world has surrendered; it has been forced, in fact, to capitulate – to jump off the becoming treadmill, to being home, just being!”
― AVIS Viswanathan