Book: Traveler

• That kiss... she'd replayed it in her mind hundreds of times. They'd kissed and held each other during the nightmare, whirling crash of Traveler, and it had been right. They had been so close as children. They'd remained close during all of their Seeker training,even when John came to the estate and altered the dynamics of their lives. But it was not until they'd met again in Hong Kong, changed and older, that she'd seen him for what he was - not just her oldest friend but the other half of her. [Quin]
• "We aren't Seeker apprentices anymore," he told her. "We've gotten away from your father and from John. When I get out of the hospital, we don't have to be anything. We could go somewhere together and just be." [Quin]
• Quin was quiet for a time, thinking about this. That simple future sounded lovely when Shinobu offered it. [Quin]
• Why couldn't they go off somewhere and just live - live as ordinary people? Their life as Seekers would never be the life they'd expected as children; that future had been a lie. So why not become something else? [Quin]
• Shinobu looked tired, but his eyes held that intensity that was particular to him. Quin understood that whatever she told him, he would give her his unwavering loyalty, just as he'd always done. [Quin]
• "I thought kissing was disgusting then." - "And what do you think now." - She felt a smile pulling at her own lips. "I could give it another chance." [Quin]
• Her hand was beneath his arm. Quin you're touching me, he thought. That was enough, at the moment, to keep any fear at bay. Her closeness was an anchor in the darkness, drawing him back to himself. [Shinobu]
• The words were said as she said everything - evenly, steadily - and yet they stung as though she'd slapped him. [John]
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