It's not what you are. It's what you do.

I'm not like a car you can fix up. I'm never gonna run right" Bella

I’m a little worried about Edward… Can vampires go into shock? Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 7, p.129

Stupid, shiny Volvo owner.

non-reality was black, and it didn't hurt so much.

It is a strange world," I murmered, more to myself than to the native soul. "The strangest," he agreed.

I was an empty shell. Like a vacant house―condemned―for months I'd been utterly uninhabitable. Now I was a little improved. The front room was in better repair. But that was all―just the one small piece. He deserved better than that―better than a one-room, falling-down fixer-upper. No amount of investment on his part could put me back in working order.