I miss you already I don’t need to leave. I can stay. . . . Mmmm.

Billy wanted me to stay a safe distance from the most important person in my life. It turned out that his concern was, in the end, unnecessary. I was all too safe now.

I miss you when you’re not there. When you’re happy, it makes me happy. But I could say the same thing about Charlie, Jacob. You’re family. I love you, but I’m not in love with you.

Dear Jacob, I win. Sincerely, Edward

I don’t care about anything but keeping her alive. If it’s a child she wants, she can have it. She can have half a dozen babies. Anything she wants. She can have puppies, if that’s what it takes.

Could I betray my absent heart to save my pathetic life?

Momma, you're special," Renesmee told me without any surprise, like she was commenting on the color of my clothes.