I'm no errand boy. I am a true soldier. With your permission, General, I'd like to remain here with the army.

General Fraser: If General Burgoyne can convince us that we are victorious, then we have prevailed.
William: Lt. Hammond is dead.
General Fraser: An honorable death.
William: But I lived to tell the tale.
General Fraser: They send forth men to battle, But no such men return, so says Aeschylus. You're a different man now.
William: Send forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn.

Captain Richardson: War is long. No doubt an opportunity for redemption will present itself.
William: I will be ready when it does, sir. You have my word.

William: You’re a rebel.
Claire: Yes, my husband is a colonel in the militia. We were separated, and I was captured.

Rachel: You saved our lives. I don't know how to thank thee.
William: You can thank that rotten stew that I awoke to such terrible pain in my stomach.

Rachel: What is it, William?
William: I've never killed anyone before. I do not, I do not quite know what to do about it. I expected it to be in battle. I think I would know how to feel if it had been.
Rachel: No, you wouldn't.
William: You must think me disgraceful.
Rachel: I think you know well enough to know that's untrue.

William: I’d rather die than have you amputate my arm.
Ian: Ye canna do that. You still need a proper death song, aye?

Outlander 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