That's not very attractive behavior, Bella." he said. " Forgiveness is divine. "Mind your own buisness.

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

I tried to be diplomatic, but mostly I just lied a lot.

No, actually 'The Host' was totally a palate-cleanser for me. I wanted to do something a little bit different than romantic love. Romantic love is in there, obviously, because I enjoy writing about that and living it a lot.

It took only seconds for me to make these discoveries, but even in that short time, my stomach nearly jumped through my mouth trying to reach the food.

His eyes flashed open. “Is it so unbearable to have me love you? Is that it?

Well, I'm so sorry that I can't be the right kind of monster for you, Bella.