Diana Gabaldon Quotes
We are bound, you and I, and nothing on this earth shall part me from you.
Gabaldon, Diana. Outlander. Delacorte Press, 1991.
The children won't leave without me; I won't leave without the King]; and the King will never leave.
Asked about the possibility of the royal family evacuating London during the WWII blitz when London was being bombed regularly.
Hopkins was a social worker with no military of political experience. But the President trusted him implicitly. Most American military officers and Ambassador to England Joseph P. Kennedy, a Nazi sympathizer & father of JFK, believed that England could not stand up to Hitler. Any military aid we gave England would fall into the hands of the Germans. Everyone was shocked when Roosevelt sent Hopkins to England to make a military recommendation. Hopkins, FDR’s closest advisor made this powerful and moving statement to Churchill and other British leaders. The combination of the first Biblical phrase with the second recognition of the possibility of failure, was inspirational for the British—just the effect Roosevelt sought.
Diana J. Gabaldon is an American author, known for the Outlander series of novels. Her books merge multiple genres, featuring elements of historical fiction, romance, mystery, adventure and science fiction/fantasy. A television adaptation of the Outlander novels premiered on Starz in 2014.