More than my own life.
He was giving up on keeping me alive, letting nature–or rather mob justice–take its course. When he returned, and I was dead, he wouldn’t hold anyone responsible. He would not mourn. All this I could hear in those three words.
Hate is a passionate emotion.
Funny how it kept hitting me, like each new thing was a surprise. When was I going to stop being surprised?
I felt like I was staring out across an ocean that I was going to have to swim from shore to shore before I could rest again.
I’m afraid you’re going to have to make a choice.
You are safe inside your mind. No one can reach you there.
Edward was always focused, watching and also listening to what others couldn’t see.
I was all braced for the wrath that was going to put grizzlies to shame, and this is what I get? I should infuriate you more often.
It was all very childish. Why on earth should Edward have to leave for Jacob to come over? Weren’t we past this immaturity?
Don’t worry?! You sliced your hand open!
Never before had I recognized the ring of majesty that was in Billy Black’s voice, though I realized now that this authority had always been there.
Don’t be a baby about this. No tantrums.
I want to be a monster too.
I watched her, waiting. She smiled. Her lips curved up and the edges, and her chocolate eyes warmed. I’d just admitted to stalking her, and she was smiling.
I grinned at him, feeling more enthusiastic about my plan now that he was on board. Rosalie was a pain, but I would always owe her one for choosing Emmett; no one had a better brother than mine.
Mostly I dream about being with you forever.
Body armor. Four thousand pounds of body armor. And missile-proof glass? Nice. What had happened to good old-fashioned bulletproof?
No one dressed by me ever looks like an idiot.
Who gives an island as a gift? I frowned. I hadn’t realized Edward’s extreme generosity was a learned behavior. Bella.