With 'Twilight,' I felt the actors needed to be up-and-coming artists that haven't been recognized yet.

What is a valid reason for someone to love someone else? Since apparently I’m doing it wrong.

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.

"You are the noblest, purest creature I've ever met. The universe will be a darker place without you," he whispered.

You really should stay away from me.

It was all very childish. Why on earth should Edward have to leave for Jacob to come over? Weren't we past this immaturity?

From that first little touch, the whole world had shifted. Where before there was just one thing I could not live without, now there were two. There was no division – my love was not split between them now; it wasn’t like that. It was more like my heart had grown, swollen up to twice its size in that moment. All that extra space, already filled. The increase was almost dizzying.