I understood very well just then, why it is that men measure time. They wish to fix a moment, in the vain hope that doing so will keep it from departing.
Diana GabaldonHe's a man...and that's no small thing to be.
Diana GabaldonIt's a terrible thing, to think it might be me that would be the threat, that I could kill you with my love-but it's true.
Diana GabaldonHe had learned early on the trick of living separately in a crowd, private in his mind when his body could not be. But he was born a mountain-dweller, and had learned early, too, the enchantment of solitude, and the healing of quiet places.
Diana GabaldonA child was a temptation of the flesh, as well as of the spirit; I knew the bliss of that unbounded oneness, as I knew the bittersweet joy of seeing that oneness fade as the child learned itself and stood alone.
But I had crossed some subtle line. Whether it was that I was born myself with some secret quota embodied in my flesh, or only that I knew my sole allegiance must be given elsewhere now...I knew. As a mother, I had the lightness now of effort completed, honor satisfied. Mission accomplished.
If needs must, she could do those things for herself-or find another man. And yet...she needed him-would mourn his loss if it came. Perhaps forever. In his present vulnerable mood, that knowledge seemed a great gift.
Diana GabaldonThe past is gone-the future is not come. And we are here together, you and I.
Diana Gabaldon...but there came a point when one abandoned hope for faith, and trusted fate for charity.
Diana GabaldonDid that mean she had not cared deeply for any of her husbands? I wondered. Or only that she was a woman of great strength, capable of overcoming grief, not once, but over and over again?
Diana GabaldonMoney might not buy happiness, I reflected, but it was a useful commodity, nonetheless.
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