Donna

“To create, to hoard, to send these things, these fragile documents, down through the years, with only the hope that they would survive and reach those for whom they were intended.”
― Diana Gabaldon, An Echo in the Bone

“Advice? You’re too old to be given it and too young to take it.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Written in My Own Heart's Blood

“Facing something down doesn’t mean you aren’t afraid of it,” I said dryly. “Usually quite the opposite.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Written in My Own Heart's Blood

“Like forgiveness, it was not a thing once learned and then comfortably put aside but a matter of constant practice—to accept the notion of one’s own mortality, and yet live fully, was a paradox worthy of Socrates.”
― Diana Gabaldon, An Echo in the Bone