“I wished, more than anything, to forget. But what I had, more than anything, was time to remember.”

“Fear can be a potent aphrodisiac.”

“When the power of the shift rips the human body apart and transforms it into its new shape, there lives a second, less than a second, a mere shimmer of time when the mind is without a home, no body...”

“He moves suddenly so that his hand is cupping my sex, and one of his fingers sinks slowly into me. His other arm holds me firmly in place around my waist. This is mine, he whispers aggressively. Al...”

“A gentleman holds my hand.A man pulls my hair.A soulmate will do both.”

“You want to be free. You also want to be mine. You can't be both.”

“Refusing dominance over others by using money is a clear sign of wisdom.”

“Sometimes it is harder to accede to a thing than it is to see its truth.”

“Peace secured by slavish submission is not peace.”

“The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven't yet come to the end of themselves. We're still trying to give orders, and interfe...”