He's like a drug for you, Bella. I see that you can't live without him now. It's too late. But I would have been healthier for you. Not a drug; I would have been the air, the sun.

Why can you believe the lie, but not the truth?

And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.

Alice! You know I love you like a sister!" "Words." she growled.

I had never given much thought to how I would die, but dying in the place of someone I love doesn't seem like such a bad way to go.

There are no rules that can bind you when you find your other half.

It was amazing how instantaneously the choking fear vanished, amazing how suddenly the feeling of security washed over me - even before I was off the street - as soon as I heard his voice.