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“I didn't want to tell the story of what makes two people come together, although that's a theme of great power and universality. I wanted to find out what it takes for two people to stay together for fifty years -- or more. I wanted to tell not the story of courtship, but the story of marriage.”

Book:The Outlandish Companion (Revised and Updated): Companion to Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, and Drums of Autumn

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The Outlandish Companion (Revised and Updated): Companion to Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, and Drums of Autumn

This companion book serves as a detailed reference for fans of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, offering insights into the characters, settings, and historical context of the novels Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, and Drums of Autumn. more

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Diana Gabaldon

Diana Gabaldon is a renowned American author, best known for her historical fantasy novel series 'Outlander'. Her works blend elements of history, love, adventure, and science fiction, captivating readers worldwide. more

“I know my fate. One day my name will be associated with the memory of something tremendous — a crisis without equal on earth, the most profound collision of conscience, a decision that was conjured up against everything that had been believed, demanded, hallowed so far. I am no man, I am dynamite.”

Knows Men Earth Names Memories Decision Fate One Day Equal Conscience Crisis Profound Collision Dynamite

Book:On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo

Source: On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo

“If you loved someone, you couldn’t let lies come between you. No matter what happened—even if you’d already lost each other forever—you owed each other the truth.”

Ifs Love Matter Romance Lying Lost Forever Happened No Matter What Inspirational Love

Author:Claudia Gray

“As a precocious teen I dreamed of being Graham Greene. Well, as it turned out, I never wrote a great novel, sadly, and I never converted to Catholicism, happily, but I did do one thing he did. That is, in middle age I moved to a seaside town and got into a right barney with the local powers-that-be.”

Wells Age Novel One Thing Middle Towns Moved Locals Catholicism Middle Ages Precocious Great Novels

Book:Made in Brighton: From the Grand to the Gutter: Modern Britain as Seen from Beside the Sea

Source: Made in Brighton: From the Grand to the Gutter: Modern Britain as Seen from Beside the Sea

“There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, 'Yes, I've got dreams, of course I've got dreams.' Then they put the box away and bring it out once in awhile to look in it, and yep, they're still there. These are great dreams, but they never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold them up and say, 'How good or how bad am I?' That's where courage comes in.”