“I’m almost used to you showing up without shoes, but where the hell are your pants?”

“Computers are heaven-sent when they work and hell-spawn when they don't.There's just not much middle ground when it comes to technology.”

“By the time she yanked on her old jeans and a battered plaid flannel shirt, she felt almost normal. Calm, as she plugged in the coffee pot. But the nightmare was still very much on her mind, because it wasn’t a dream…It was a memory.”

“Okay, okay, you win. One-just one- date. But that's all." She didn't look at Josh, just stalked off toward the nearest exit. "Do you get all your dates by blackmail?""Nope," he said cheerily as he easily kept pace with her. "Only the ones that matter”

“If you hear voices, you’re a lunatic. If you write down what they say, you’re an author.”

“Everything ok?""My brother is just being brotherly again. Connor can't stand that I'm out here. I finally had to promise him that if a man dropped out of the sky, I'd date him.""Really? Bet you didn't count on meeting someone with a helicopter."She opened her mouth and closed it again, momentarily stunned.”

“Although only three legs would obey him, the white wolf began to run. Run, to outpace the agony that could rip and tear a human heart. Run, to outdistance the human grief that could not be borne. Run, to be as the moon, a swift white shape gleaming in the night. Run, to be a wolf and only a wolf.As he raced away into the welcoming arms of the night, James was only fleetingly aware that he had just buried his human self alongside Evelyn.And then he was aware of nothing.”