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Date Posted: Fri, November 11 2022, 8:10:08
Author: kgp
Subject: QOTD for Friday, November 11, 2022

The following quotation is from Written In my Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright 2014 All Rights reserved. Chapter 101 Just One Chance

The door swung open as Buck set down the bar, and light shot out of the lantern’s open slide. A slightly built young man with flyaway fair hair - the same color as Buck’s. Roger thought - blinked at them, dazzled by the light, then closed his eyes against it.

Roger and Buck glanced at each other for an instant, then, with one accord, stepped into the byre.

He is, Roger thought. It’s him. I know it’s him. God, he’s so young! Barely more than a boy. Oddly, he felt no dizzying burst of excitement. It was a feeling of calm certainty, as though the world had suddenly righted itself and everything had fallen into place. He reached out and touched the man gently on the shoulder.

“What’s your name, mate?” he said softly, in English.

“MacKenzie, J. W.,” the young man said, shoulders straightening as he drew himself up, sharp chin jutting.

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[> Can’t even imagine Roger’s emotions here. Talking to your parent when they are younger than you. Knowing what’s coming and having to keep it in. Wanting to just hug and laugh and feel joy and tell Jerry everything, but knowing it’s totally impossible -- Kathy in PA, Sat, November 12 2022, 4:28:19


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[> [> Such an amazing range of emotions. -- DianaH, Mon, November 14 2022, 11:04:31


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