“Perhaps the so-called civilized world was a great noisy burden beneath all its wonders, and it was a relief to let go of it for a while.”

“Life is naught but battles big and small, and most of them unexpected.”

“Aye, well, its like a battle. Ya lay yer plans, then when they go wrong, ya make things up as ya go.”

“Education and assimilation were devastatingly effective at controlling a conquered people.”

“Rhys was hot enough to bake cookies on.”

“As she peeked through the curtains with the phone in her hand, waiting for the police dispatcher to pick up, she realized there was one thing she did know about the naked stranger in her yard. He h...”

“Rhys was hot enough to bake cookies on.”

“Rhysif that was even his real nameeither believed what he was saying or he was a prime candidate for an Oscar. Because try as Morgan might, she couldnt see any evidence that he was lying. He had to...”

“The Tylwyth Teg were immortal beings, but the burden of living for endless millennia was often tedium. It was one reason that the Fair Ones tended to play terrible pranks upon mortals. Like bored c...”

“History has been written, but it has not always been right or complete.”

“I want to kiss you again, Tess.Why?He chuckled, low under his breath. Why? Because youre beautiful, and because I want you. And I think you want me too.”

“With every breath I take, I will always love you.”