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“There's no place on earth with more of the old superstitions and magic mixed into its daily life than the Scottish Highlands.”

Book:Outlander

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Outlander

In 'Outlander,' author Diana Gabaldon weaves a tale of adventure, love, and historical intrigue. The story follows Claire Randall, a World War II nurse, who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743. In this new world, she encounters the dashing Jamie Fraser, a Scottish Highlander, and becomes entangled in a dangerous web of political intrigue and forbidden romance. The novel combines elements of historical fiction, romance, and science fiction, offering readers a richly detailed and emotionally charged narrative. more

Author

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

“Here I first mounted a little Highland steed; and if there had been many spectators, should have been somewhat ashamed of my figure in the march. The horses of the Islands, as of other barren countries, are very low: they are indeed musculous and strong, beyond what their size gives reason for expecting; but a bulky man upon one of their backs makes a very disproportionate appearance.”

Scotland Horses Highlands Hebrides

Book:A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

Source: A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

“It feels like Scotland." "Have you ever been?" "Mmmm. Twice. Have you?" "No." "You should. It's your roots. You'll be surprised how much they tug at you when you breathe the air in the Highlands or look out at a lowland loch.”

Romance Scotland Highlands Roberts Macgregors

Book:Robert & Cybil

Source: Robert & Cybil

“Then she says, You don't read women authors do ya? At least that's what I think I hear her say. Well, I said, how would you know and what would it matter anyway. Well, she says you just don't seem like you do. I said you're way wrong. She says which ones have you read then. I say I've read Erica Jong.”

Highlands

Author:Bob Dylan

“The Hotel dining-room, like most of the others I was to find in the Highlands, had its walls covered with pictures of all sorts of wild game, living or in the various postures of death that are produced by sport. Between these pictures the walls were alert with the stuffed heads of deer, furnished with antlers of every degree of magnificence. A friend of mine has a theory that these pictures of dying birds and wounded beasts are intended to whet the diner's appetite, and perhaps they did in the more lusty age of Victoria; but I found they had the opposite effect on me, and had to keep my eyes from straying too often to them. In one particular hotel this idea was carried out with such thoroughness that the walls of its dining room looked like a shambles, they presented such an overwhelming array of bleeding birds, beasts and fishes. To find these abominations on the walls of Highland hotels, among a people of such delicacy in other things, is peculiarly revolting, and rubs in with superfluous force that this is a land whose main contemporary industry is the shooting down of wild creatures; not production of any kind but wholesale destruction. This state of things is not the fault of the Highlanders, but of the people who have bought their country and come to it chiefly to kill various forms of life.”