Edward can do everything, right?" I explained. Jasper snickered and Esme gave Edward a reproving look. "I hope you haven't been showing off-it's rude," she scolded. "Just a bit," he laughed freely. "He's been too modest actually," I corrected. "Well, play for her," Esme encouraged. "You just said showing off was rude," he objected. "There are exceptions to every rule," she replied.

Sometimes ideas feel like they were already there, and that you're just discovering them.

He's like a drug for you, Bella." His voice was still gentle, not at all critical. "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." The corner of my mouth turned up in a wistful half-smile. "I used to think of you that way, you know. Like the sun. My personal sun. You balanced out the clouds nicely for me." He sighed. "The clouds I can handle. But I can't fight with an eclipse.

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

I don't have any leeches on my speed dial." — Jacob Black

Ready to be humiliated, Wanda?" Wes taunted. "You may have taken the planet, but you're losing this game.

I thought about that for a minute - about what I wanted.