He will not let you come barging in to his world like the proverbial bull in the china shop.

We are not made up only of our light and happiness but also of darkness and sorrow. To deny the darkness of yourself is to deny half of who you are, and when you love, truly love, you need to love the whole person not just the part that smiles and waves, but the part that thinks murderous thoughts and knows that pain is both pleasure and temptation, but still thinks puppies are really cute.

Since you won't give me your names I'll call you Thing One and Thing Two.

When you apologize, try not to smile at the same time. It ruins the effect

If I wanted death, Edward would give it to me. Because we both understand that it isn't death that we fear. It's living.

Different isn't evil, it's just different.

The rich and powerful always seem to prefer the tops of buildings. Hasn't anyone ever explained to them that higher just means you have farther to fall? -- Anita Blake