“How could you carry the inside of a person with you and not call them a friend, no matter what the rules said?” — Barbara Samuel Copy Share Image
“Seems to me people are mean or evil because they're scared, mostly, or in pain, or afraid they're going to lose something.” — Barbara Samuel Copy Share Image
“For in twin pairs of eyes she saw not the lust she had believed, but love. Adoration, given and received.” — Barbara Samuel Copy Share Image
“His mouth was wet and hot and intensely demanding, so sharp and piercing with need that it broke through Mattie’s defenses the way nothing else could have. A burst of excruciating hunger made her almost frantic with wanting him. She shifted in his arms and met his kiss wide open, giving as furiously as she took. “Oh, Mattie,” he said… — Barbara Samuel Copy Share
“He kissed her before he knew he would do it. Cupped her small head against his hand and bent to touch her lips with… — Barbara Samuel Copy Share Image
“Mattie watched him cross the clearing with long-limbed ease, his movements loose and calm. His hair shone in the sunlight. Her heart caught. Strider.… — Barbara Samuel Copy Share Image
“She came apart, and Zeke let go, driving into her without restraint, thrilling to the cry that escaped her throat. Her body convulsed around… — Barbara Samuel Copy Share Image
“He kissed her violently, wanting to somehow inhale her into himself, unable to stop the fury of his reaction, the trembling rocking hunger for… — Barbara Samuel Copy Share Image
“His mouth. It touched hers lightly, just touched at first. And it seemed every nerve in her body suddenly rushed toward her mouth to… — Barbara Samuel Copy Share Image
“sometimes life is really hard. It just is. Things happen that make you want to die, but if you hang on, they do eventually… — Barbara Samuel Copy Share Image
“How could you carry the inside of a person with you and not call them a friend, no matter what the rules said?” — Barbara Samuel Copy Share Image
“In all those women there is not one to match you. They have known my flesh. You have known my heart, and stolen my… — Barbara Samuel Copy Share Image
“The man was in his late thirties, with coarse black hair and a powerfully angled face. The horse with him made a sudden noise,… — Barbara Samuel Copy Share Image
