“Her mind was blank and her heart and body ruled. And those? They were his property.”

“Brigan was saying her name, and he was sending her a feeling. It was courage and strength, and something else too, as if he were standing with her, as if he'd taken her within himself, letting her rest her entire body for a moment on his backbone, her mind in his mind, her heart in the fire of his.The fire of Brigan's heart was astounding. Fire understood, and almost could not believe, that the feeling he was sending her was love.”

“When he died, I think she did, too, it just took longer time for her body to realize her heart and mind were already dead.”

“Samantha's head was screaming at her to stop, but her heart and her body were both giving her the finger.”

“She was touching his body with her tongue, and he felt it there, but somehow what she was doing went deeper. As if that gentle, moist tongue of hers were flicking his heart as well.”

“Her mind had been a blank story for so many years, and, suddenly, all the pages were filled with lost memories.”