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Diana Gabaldon

"He was dead. However, his nose throbbed painfully, which he thought odd in the circumstances."

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"He was dead. However, his nose throbbed painfully, which he thought odd in the circumstances."

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"Ian, man, I didna tell ye because I didna wish to lose you too. My brother was gone, and my father. I didna mean to lose my own heart's blood as well. For you are dearer to me even than home and family, love.'She cast a lopsided smile at Jamie. 'And that's saying quite a bit."
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"True, the body's easily maimed, and the spirit can be crippled - yet there's that in a man that is never destroyed."
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