I lie here feeling I will die without your touch, but when we do touch, I want to vomit with shame.

Jamie

Monk: How marvelous, extraordinary. A miracle, perhaps.
Claire: A miracle? Somehow I don't think canon law is constructed with my situation in mind.
Monk: True, but our Lord sees the truth in all things, and so he knows your truth as well. Whatever your sins may be, have faith it will be forgiven.

Jamie: He didn't just use force to get what he wanted.
Claire: Say it.
Jamie: He made love to me, Claire. And I...
Claire: What?

Don't play the worm with me. Jamie, I just want this to be a pleasant experience for us both.

Randall

How can you save a man that doesn't want saving?

Jamie

If you take away the one last thing that makes sense to me, then I will die with you, right here now.

Claire

I've no doubt you can mend his body, but there are other wounds not so easily dealt with. His soul, I'm afraid, is in turmoil.

Monk

You think I cannot control the darkness I inhabit? One way or another, I will get a response from you.

Randall

Claire: Jamie, talk to me. What did Randall do to you?
Jamie: Too much. And not enough.

It's alright. The worst is over now. You'll see. [looks down at Jamie] Dear God. You are a magnificent creature.

Randall

Tell me, when you lie upon your wife and her hands trace the scars on your back, do you ever think of me?

Black Jack

Black Jack: Will you show me your back?
Jamie: If it will stop your talkin'.

Outlander Season 1 Quotes

Sex was our bridge back to one another. The one place where we always met. Whatever obstacles presented themselves during the day or night, we could seek out and find each other again in bed. As long as we had that, I had faith that everything would work out.

Claire voiceover about Frank

The war had taught me to cherish the present because tomorrow might not ever come to pass. What I didn’t know at the time was that tomorrow would prove less important than yesterday.

Claire