#outlander parallel

though my soul may set in darkness it will rise in perfect light; i have loved the stars too truly to be fearful of the night

Are ye my wife?

Of course I am. How could I not be?

I don’t belong here,” I said softly…But we are here, all of us. And we’re here because I loved you, more than the life that was mine.

“We’ve ghosts enough between us, Sassenach. If the evils of the past canna hinder us—neither then shall any fears of the future. We must just put things behind us and get on. Aye?”

… “You were one of my ghosts,” I said. “For a long time. And for a long time, I tried to put you behind me.” “Did ye, then?” His own hand came to rest lightly on my back, moving unconsciously. I knew that touch—the need of touching only to reassure oneself that the other was actually there, present in flesh. “I thought I couldn’t live, looking back—couldn’t bear it.” My throat was thick with the memory of it.

….“Dinna weep, Sassenach. Ye’re here; so am I. There’s naught that matters, aside from that.”