"She was a beautiful loup-garou, she knew - the Five howled for her - but what did human eyes perceive" (Chapter 1, p. 12).

"She missed the mountain slopes where humans were far apart and the pack was close, and she hardly ever had to pretend" (Chapter 1, p. 13).

""I am strong," she whispered. "I can run with the night and catch the dawn. I can kick a hole in the sky"" (Chapter 1, p. 13).

"What am I, a pervert? she asked herself. He was human, for Moon's sake - half a person" (Chapter 3, p. 25).

"It's only a game, she told her herself, to see if I can snare him. But she wanted to know what was in a human head to make him write that poem, and she wanted to know why he'd stolen the breath from her lips" (Chapter 3, p. 26).

"But why should she care so much? He was a...