Dad, I wrote. I'm with Alice. Edward's in trouble. You can ground me when I get back. I know it's a bad time. So sorry. Love you so much. Bella.

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's real interesting to have a soul as a friend, and it makes me feel super special that I've managed it.

I had enough trouble not falling down when the ground was dry; it might be safer for me to go back to bed now.

But never in the four hundred years now since I was born, have I ever seen anything to make me doubt whether God exists in some form or the other. Not even the reflection in the mirror.

I’ve chosen my life — now I want to start living it.

Sometimes, kismet happens.