“He leaned over, catching her lowered gaze. Im the present, Darlin.”

“He traced her arched eyebrow. Every morning when I wake up with you at my side, youre more beautiful than yesterday.”

“Giving him a wry look, Shiloh said, I think youre forcing me to look at myself, what I want, who I am. Good relationships always do that for both people, Darlin. Its just a natural progression betw...”

“Shiloh had never seen a man who was a hunter. But she saw one now. There was an intense feeling around Roan, raw and untamed, as he studied her, his nostrils flaring to catch her scent. He ruthless...”

“She felt his fingers caress her scalp, the sensations swift, heated shocks rocking through her body. His breath was punctuated against her cheek and nose. The tension mounted in him until Shiloh fe...”

“Frowning, Shiloh forced herself to look up at him. Roan deserved her courage, not her cowardice. You wanted to kiss me. I still do.”

“The best incentive for an artist are the harshest criticism”

“I have no idea how to be an artist and a lover, so I chose the one most likely to make me happy when I'm eighty and gazing back on a long and productive life.”

“Artists strive to free this true and spontaneous self in their work. Creativity, meditation are ways of freeing an inner voice.”

“I loved you as a boy and fell in love with you as a man. Youre in here so deep that there is no you, no me. Only us.”

“Dakota pulled a lollipop out of his pocket before quickly unwrapping it and popping it into his mouth. "What kind of vampire sucks on human candy?”

“Trixie murmured. "It's on like Donkey Kong.”

“Crap. I was hopin all things ugly had been raptured, but youre still muckin up the planet.We must share the same faith, honey. Cause beauty checked out when you showed up.”

“Sometimes in the winter, when the fog rolled in and silenced the waves, it felt as if death had its fingers around my neck. Fingers like frostbitten twigs that made me ache inside.”

“Do as little harm to others as you can; make any sacrifice for your true friends; be responsible for yourself and ask nothing of others; and grab all the fun you can. Don't give much thought to yes...”