The Most Popular Passages from the Outlander Book Series

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Drums of Autumn

I’m going, being honest with you all. Out of the entire Outlander series, Drums of Autumn was by far the most difficult to read. We find our beloved twosome starting a new life in America. It’s understandable after 20 years of being separated their personalities would change but in this book almost makes them unrecognizable. Jamie Fraser is our king amongst men and always one step ahead of everyone else. He always knew what was going on and why and had a plan in place to make things go his way. In this book, however, he appears just to be stumbling along like he’s unsure of himself. Claire is timid when she should be bold and overreacts when she should just let something go. Diana Gabaldon does manage to fit in a few great moments between Claire and Jamie, so it’s not surprising it made the list of favorite passages in Drums of Autumn.

"“That only by forgiveness could she forget—and that forgiveness was not a single act, but a matter of constant practice” (Chapter 48, Kindle Loc 6522) “’You are my courage, as I am your conscience,” he whispered. “You are my heart—and I your compassion. We are neither of us whole, alone. Do ye not know that, Sassenach’” (Chapter 16, Kindle Loc 6465). “And when my body shall cease, my soul will still be yours. Claire—I swear by my hope of heaven, I will not be parted from you” (Chapter 16, Kindle Loc 6492). “The difference between an American and an Englishman. An Englishman thinks a hundred miles is a long way; an American thinks a hundred years is a long time” (Chapter 3, Kindle Loc 1439). “‘Whither thou goest,’ ” I said, “ ‘I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried.’ ” Be it Scottish hill or southern forest. “You do what you have to; I’ll be there’” (Chapter 13, Kindle Loc 4868). “’Your face is my heart, Sassenach,” he said softly, “and love of you is my soul. But you’re right; ye canna be my conscience’” (Chapter 13, Kindle Loc 4816). “But a man is not forgotten, as long as there are two people left under the sky. One, to tell the story; the other, to hear it” (Chapter 57, Kindle Loc 18458). “We look in the mirror and see the shades of other faces looking back through the years; we see the shape of memory, standing solid in an empty doorway. By blood and by choice, we make our ghosts; we haunt ourselves” (Prologue , Kindle Loc 86). “But bees that hae honey in their mouths hae stings in their tails, aye” (Chapter 7, Kindle Loc 2476)."