I read Wolf Hall when it came out, seeing it had such good reviews. By the end of the first chapter I knew it was going to be a great book. She was such a good writer in a world full of very badly written books. I'm very sad she's gone.
I had a similar feeling - I'd stop every once in a while and savor a particularly wonderful line for a minute or two. I wondered if I should make a note of such lines, but ended up just enjoying them and letting them go.