Claire – Quotes

Reading Claire Cooks novel

Reading Claire Cooks novel is like eating some exotic dish about which you say, Wow, this is great! Whats in it? The ingredients here are: intelligence, humor, poignancy, revelation and, perhaps best of all, true originality. Ready to Fall seems to me to be ready to soar. Elizabeth Berg

The invitation to Miss

The invitation to Miss Myra St. Claire’s bobbing party spent the morning in his coat pocket, where it had an intense physical affair with a dusty piece of peanut brittle. F. Scott Fitzgerald

you might not be

you might not be the first person l kissed, but you will be the last’ Jamie to Claire in Outlander (not word perfect) Diana Gabaldon

But we are here,

But we are here, all of us. And we’re here because I love you, more than the life that was mine. Because I believed you loved me the same way…will you tell me that’s not true? No, he said after a moment, so softly I could barely hear him. His hand tightened harder on mine. … Read more

And when my body

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. The wind stirred the leaves of the chestnut trees nearby, and the scents of late summer rose up rich around us; pine and grass and strawberries, sun-warmed stone … Read more

I was born for

I was born for you -Claire Fraser, Outlander Diana Gabaldon

I didn’t say you

I didn’t say you shouldn’t worry, do you think I don’t worry? But no, you probably can’t do anything about me.’ ‘Well, maybe no, Sassenach, and maybe so. But I’ve lived a long enough time now to think it maybe doesna matter so much– so long as I can love you.’ -Claire & Jamie Fraser … Read more

So long as my

So long as my body lives, and yours — we are one flesh, he whispered, 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. Diana Gabaldon

I thought the force

I thought the force of my wanting must wake ye, surely. And then ye did come. . . He stopped, looking at me with eyes gone soft and dark. Christ, Claire, ye were so beautiful, there on the stair, wi’ your hair down and the shadow of your body with the light behind ye…. He … Read more