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Intimacy and romance are not synonymous.

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To see the years touch ye gives me joy", he whispered, "for it means that ye live.

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Once you've chosen a man, don't try to change him, I wrote, with more confidence. It can't be done. More important -- don't let him try to change you....more

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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, Cl...more

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For months, people have been asking my views about the Scottish independence referendum, and I've been saying, 'It's not my country; I don't live here...more

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Why?" I shrieked, hitting him again and again, and again, the sound of the blows thudding against his chest. "Why, why why!".Because I was afraid!" He...more

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If I die," he whispered in the dark, "dinna follow me. The bairns will need ye. Stay for them. I can wait.

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That dog is a wolf, is he not?''Aye, well, mostly.'A small flash of hazel told him not to quibble.'And yet he is thy boon companion, a creature of rar...more

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That's the best thing I can think of. Having a good hold on your arse always makes me feel steady.

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Gentle he would be, denied he would not.

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I will find you," he whispered in my ear. "I promise. If I must endure two hundred years of purgatory, two hundred years without you - then that is my...more

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I stood still, vision blurring, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the snapping of a flower's stem.

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But I talk to you as I talk to my own soul," he said, turning me to face him. He reached up and cupped my cheek, fingers light on my temple."And, Sass...more

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No. Ye loved him. I canna hold it against either of you that ye mourn him. And it gives me some comfort to know ..." He hesitated, and I reached up to...more

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And I mean to hear ye groan like that again. And to moan and sob, even though you dinna wish to, for ye canna help it. I mean to make you sigh as thou...more