“Why is it that all cars are women?" he asked. "Because they're fussy and demanding," answered Zee. "Because if they were men, they'd sit around and complain instead of getting the job done," I told...”

“Where does a werewolf sleep? Anywhere he wants to.”

“You are a sick, sick man, I told him.Thank you, Ben replied, looking modest.”

“For Adam, screwed-up bonding thing or not, Id wait forever.Really? he asked in a tone Id never heard from him before. Softer. Vulnerable. Adam didnt do vulnerable.Really what? I asked.Despite the w...”

“Such a small thing to cause so much trouble.”

“One more month," he said finally. "And then theyand Samuel, toowill just have to get used to it. His eye is the color of a bitch with dark chocolate, worst few years and he leaned forward. "And you...”

“I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting the leaves,Like tissue on some vast, incredible gift.”

“I love you. It hurts more than anything ever has, but I do. So don't you dare tell me I don't. Don't you ever say it again!”

“Whoever said that the past isn't dead had it backward. It's the future that's already dead, already played out.”

“The question was, could he forgive the past in order to have a future with her? Any future?”

“Are you okay?" I (Cassie) call up to him."Um. Define okay." (Ben)"Okay means you're not bleeding to death.""I'm okay.”

“You dont fucking get it, do you, Sparks? Out of sheer frustration, Ben thwacked the wall with his hand. Hard. So hard his palm stung. I love you. I am so goddamned, madly in love with you, I cant s...”

“...Nature has its unexpected and unappreciated mercies.”

“Night is a time of rigor, but also of mercy. There are truths which one can see only when its dark”

“She kissed their knife marred bodies, for every act of war has, at its heart, an act of mercy.”