Diana Gabaldon Quotes

Years go by, but the heart of what we all fight and die for at the core is the same. We fight and die for love and our family and our land and for what's ours. We do things for something as simple as pride.

O friends, be men; so act that none may feel Ashamed to meet the eyes of other men. Think each one of this children and his wife, His home, his parents, living yet and dead. For them, the absent ones, I supplicate, And bid you rally here, and scorn to fly.

In the end, my story, in Iraq and afterward, is about more than just killing people or even fighting for my country. It's about being a man. And it's about love as well as hate.

How easily I could get rid of this and be at rest. I have only to ride along the lines and all will be over. But, it is our duty to live, for what will become of the women and children of the South if we are not here to support and protect them?'

Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.

My owner is life and that's what I fight for.

For me, family always comes first; I would do anything to protect them.

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours, but he survived the whole war.

Ye shall defend your families even unto bloodshed.

A good woman is one who loves her husband and loves her country and has no desire to run either of them.

The whole reason I fight is for my family. Everything I do is for them.

When I wrap my hands, I do it for my family. I owe my courage to them and also my success. That's why I fight.

My father is a guy who will fight and he will fight for America and he's always fought for himself.

Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father?

You bring children into the world. You love them with heart and soul.

I think you really have to become a parent to understand what you will endure to be there for your kids.

I love my country more than anything. I spent 12 years in the United States Marine Corps. I know what it means to defend this country.

I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love.

Of course, 'The Last Stand' has a villain who is traveling to the border to fulfill his own desires, but it's more about the main character. The Sheriff putting a stop to this villain and defending his town. 'The Last Stand' is more about protecting something. About protecting a value.

I love soldiers. They are my kids, they are my children.

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.

For me, at least, Vietnam was partly love. With each step, each light-year of a second, a foot soldier is always almost dead, or so it feels, and in such circumstances, you can't help but love.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.