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D'ye ken that the only time I am without pain is in your bed, Sassenach? When I take ye, when I lie in your arms-my wounds are healed, then, my scars forgotten.

Diana Gabaldon

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Diana Gabaldon
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 11
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Williams
Arizona
Diana J. Gabaldon Perez
Forgotten
Arms
Lying
Sassenach
Pain
Scars
Without
Healed
Take
Scar
Time
Wounds
Bed

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