Jasper chuckled, shaking his head. " You truly are one frightening little monster.

I thought you were supposed to be pretending I don’t exist, not irritating me to death.

I watched his fingers clench and unclench, and I wondered if he was dreaming that they were wrapped around my neck.

It's important for me to be free and know I'm acting for myself. I do things because I want to, and that's important. You want to be your own person.

I knew it would begin with the end, and the end would look like death to these eyes. I had been warned.

So when he touched me, it was deeper and slower than the wildfire, like the flow of molten rock far beneath the surface of the earth. Too deep to feel the heat of it, but it moved inexorably, changing the very foundations of the world with its advance.

I'm not like a car you can fix up. I'm never gonna run right" Bella