“Hawke, he said. That s the word you need to be saying.”
“We were arrogant and naive, thinking we knew what we felt then was love. Love can be a cheap emotion, lightly given, thought it didn´t seem so to me at the time. Looking back, I know we were only filling in the holes in our soles, the way the tide rushes sand to fill in the crevices of a rocky shore. We-or maybe it was just I-bandaged our needswith what we declared was love. But, eventually, the tide draws out what it has swept in.”
“They were like her rocks. Imperfect and surprising and maybe better in the long run than certainties. Chances, she thought, were life”
“All masculine, hard-bodied and sensual, he was a deadly weapon sent by the gods to drive women mad, and a walking billboard for all things wicked and carnal. Orgasms! Get your orgasms here. Hot and juicy! Just how you like ‘em!”
“You breathe too fast to be convincing, he goaded. You don t breathe enough to judge me.”
“She d had sex with a demon. Tayla swallowed bile and tried to keep her stomach from heaving. She needed to shower. And douche.”
“The little weasel ripped all the buttons off my couch. Ivan Petrovsky, pg 350”
“This isn t television! This isn t a movie! Giles and Buffy aren t gonna appear and show us how to deal with our wonderful new powers! Some fricking owl isn t gonna come sailing in through your window from Hogwarts! There s no Dumbledore! The Cullens aren t gonna show up and invite you to live with them in Forks! There s nothing! This isn t make believe! This is it! It s us and only us.”
“After everything I ve been through, the last thing I m going to apologize for is my paranoia.”
“There are two types of visions. Those that will happen no matter what, and those that can be stopped. Now more than ever, I wish I could tell them apart.”
“I also told you when I made you my bride that I would not count the days if you would promise me the same. I don t intend to start now, love. You re my wife, yesterday, today, and forever. - Aiden MacRae”
“Taking a deep breath that smelled of rain, she was poised to move when a hand clasped her elbow. Memories of another hand grabbing her sent panic shooting through her veins. She swung around. Whoa. You okay? Lucas lightened his clasp around her arm. Kylie caught her breath and stared up at the werewolf s blue eyes. Yeah. You just...surprised me. You need to whistle when you come up on me.”
“I have to. I ve been fighting it all night. I m going to lose. My battle is as futile as a woman feeling the first pangs of labor and deciding it s an inconvenient time to give birth. Nature wins out. It always does.”
“I ve fallen in love with you. I love you even now when you sit before me with the eyes of a wolf. So take pity upon the fool I have become. I forgot it was only a bargain between us.”
“Raven scowled through his too-long bangs. “The Angel Song doesn’t hurt humans. It only affects the evil within.” “Then you should be writhing on the ground with the hounds,” Mace mumbled.”
“Soul bonds can t be broken. They only bend for a while . . .”
“Jason is explaining the ins and outs of being a bird shifter to Merry. She says: Sheesh. Okay, I think I only have one more question. Shoot. No, don t shoot, but ask away. If someday I get pregnant, will I lay eggs or have babies? He burst out laughing and didn t stop until she hit him.”