His kisses tapped into deep mines of memory, and the years that had separated us fell away as if they were nothing.

I think you could probably thaw out a glacier, honey."

-Hardy Cates

I'd sell my soul to have you. In my whole life, you'll always be what I wanted most."

~ Hardy Cates

Hardy was every loose-limbed cowboy in warn denim, every pair of blue eyes, every battered pickup, every hot cloudless day." -Liberty

Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible.

I thought about the future, the oceans and continents he would cross, far away from everyone who knew and loved him. Far outside the sphere of his mothers prayers. Among the women of the future, there was one who would know his secrets and bear his children, and witness the changes the years worked on him. And it wouldnt be me.

-Liberty Jones