I could really appreciate him now - could properly see every beautiful line of his perfect face, of his long, flawless body with my strong new eyes, every angle and every plane of him. I could taste his pure, vivid scent on my tongue and feel the unbelievable silkiness of his marble skin under my sensitive fingertips.

I gave you life. You’re wasting it.

One of the many hazards of socializing with vampires. It makes you smell bad. A minor hazard, comparatively.

Are you referring to the fact that you can't walk across a flat, stable surface without finding something to trip over?

He’s playing every bit as hard as I am, only he knows what he’s doing and I don’t. Don’t blame me because he’s a better manipulator than I am — I haven’t been around long enough to learn all his tricks.

I would probably never be able to do anything interesting or special like Edward, Alice and Jasper could do. Maybe I would just love Edward more than anyone in the history of the world had ever loved anyone else.

I had enough trouble not falling down when the ground was dry; it might be safer for me to go back to bed now.