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

She is mine.' Edward’s low voice was suddenly dark, not as composed as before. 'I didn’t say I would fight fair.

There was a different ending to New Moon originally. It was a much quieter book. It was very much all in Bellas head.

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.

Of course, I still saw Edward at school, because there wasn't anything Charlie [her dad] could do about that. And then, Edward spent almost every night in my room, too, but Charlie wasn't precisely aware of that. Edward's ability to climb easily and silently through my second-story window was almost as useful as his ability to read Charlie's mind.

If this is how you’re going to react, I’ll freak out more often.

Good luck, little Wanderer, good luck. How I wish you didn't need it.