Daughter of the Forest
- Padriac's steadfast faith in Sorcha throughout Daughter of the Forest. After Sorcha's rape, her brothers ask Sorcha to choose whether to continue her task or not. This is Padriac's response:Sorcha will choose for all of us. What more is there to add?
Son of the Shadows
- Liadan's words to Bran after Bran wonders at her willingness to leave Sevenwaters to go to Britain with him and be separated from her family:
- Bran: You would do this? You would come with me, all the way to Britain? Live among foreigners, away from your family?Liadan: I would not be away from my family, Bran. Wherever the three of us travel, that is home.
Child of the Prophecy
Heir to Sevenwaters
Seer of Sevenwaters
Flame of Sevenwaters
- In Flame of Sevenwaters, Ciaran chooses to stay in the Otherworld in place of Cathal so that Cathal can be with Clodagh, as Ciaran never got to be with Niamh.
General
- Sorcha's relationship with her brothers.
- Conor's pet name for Sorcha, 'Little Owl'.
- This doubles as a tearjerker in certain moments in Daughter of the Forest and during Sorcha's funeral in Son of the Shadows.
- The relationship each female protagonist has with their sweetheart. Red and Sorcha's relationship is especially heart-warming, especially in Son of the Shadows.