After all, how many ways can one heart be mangled and still be expected to keep beating?

Vampirism, for me, was a way to live in fantasy and have superpowers, but not just in a really perfect, happy, everything is great way. It's superpowers with a cost. It's having to be the villain, and what do you do about that.

You're awfully small to be so hugely irritating.

Enjoying the bouquet while resisting the wine." -Edward

I promise that this will be the last time you’ll see me. I won’t come back. I won’t put you through anything like this again. You can go on with your life without any more interference from me. It will be as if I’d never existed.

I was stronger than Edward. I'd made him say ow.

You are so bizarre, even for a human." "Thanks.