I wasn’t sure which of us was being more selfish—her, for wanting something that no one could promise, or me, for not promising her something that was too painfully impossible to want.

I folded myself against her body, breathing in the smell of my new life and matching my heartbeat to hers" Sam, Linger

It's rude to stare, but the great thing about staring at a sedated person is that they don't know you're doing it.

This is what you get, Maura, for using your DNA to make a baby.

Why did everything feel like saying good-bye?

I started down but Sam caught my arm and knelt down himself to look. "For crying out loud," he said. "It's a racoon." "Poor thing," I said. "It could be a rabid baby-killer," Cole told me primly. "Shut up," Sam said pleasantly.

I don't think I ever believed in love, not really. Just though it was something James Bond made up, a long time ago, to get laid.