“Each male dragon has one female, the other half of his soul, the light to his dark. She has been fashioned by the Universe especially for him. Dragons mate for life. Once we find our one perfect ma...”

“If you feel you must become a 'dragon man'," she chuckled as she spoke. "Then I will be by your side every step of the way.”

“Is bre liom t le mo chro go, anois agus go deo. "And I love you with all my heart, now and forever, Manus O'Brien.”

“Placing his mouth next to her ear, he breathed. "I want to be alone with my wife, Lady O'Brien." He felt the goose bumps rise on her skin and the shiver his breath caused.She let her head fall back...”

“I don't believe I've ever truly appreciated flowers before tonight.”

“I have loved your daughter from the first time I saw her. We were young. I had no clue what love was, but over the years she has never left my heart. I know with all that I am, I can make her happy...”

“He took a deep breath. "I'm a dragon, Samantha." "Oh, my God." His lips twitched. "Even when I look like a man." "A dragon," she repeated. "Yes.”

“She went on tiptoe and pecked his cheek with a kiss. Daring of her, she knew. His green eyes went dragon-gold and sharp, the bones of his forehead morphing slightly to suggest the crowned brow of t...”

“Nothing can age a dragon, but you just might be the exception.”

“I myself beheld the King Charge at the head of all his Table Round, And all his legions crying Christ and him, And break them; and I saw him, after, stand High on a heap of slain, from spur to plum...”

“Well then, take this thought with you for the dark hours to come: It is a ludicrous fiction that love conquers all, but it can, in fact, conquer quite a lot. I am Iason of the Blood, Knight of Arth...”

“Her music ran through him with electric energy, more joyous than anything he could remember and more painful than silver.”