The irresponsible mother helped explain bella's maturity. She'd had to grow up early, to become the caretaker. That's why she didn't like being cared for- she felt it was her job.

His eyes flashed open. “Is it so unbearable to have me love you? Is that it?

There's no law that says I can't cook in my own house." - Charlie Swan

Because there was just one thing that I had to believe to be able to live - I had to know that he existed. That was all. Everything else I could endure. So long as he existed.

Leave it to you, Bella. Anyone else would be better off when the vampires left town. But you have to start hanging out with the first monsters you can find.

The bottom line is that you have to choose who you are going to commit to-- that's the foundation of true love, not the lack of other options

I don’t like to lie – so there’d better be a good reason why I’m doing it.