“AT first Raoden stayed away from the library, because it reminded him of her.Then he found himself drawn back to it—because it reminded him of her.”

“Don't care, he reminded himself. Because if he didn't care she couldn't hurt him.”

“She reminded Kevin again that she had forced herself to turn and walk away from him when everything in her wanted to stay.”

“Why was he doubly irritated?Because he had forgotten and because he remembered that he had reminded himself twice not to forget.”

“Morley put his hand over his heart and bowed from the waist, a gesture that somehow reminded Claire ofMyrnin. It reminded her she missed him, too, which was just wrong. She should not be missing Morganville,or anyone in it. Especially not the crazy boss vampire who’d put fang marks in her neck that would never,ever go away. She was doomed to high-necked shirts because of him.But she did miss him.”

“She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, and he had drawn her out and shown her that she was a butterfly.”