...the way a man might hesitate before he kissed a woman, to gauge her reaction, to see how he would be received. Perhaps he would hesitate to prolong the moment, that ideal moment of anticipation, sometimes better than kiss itself.

I'd rather die than be with anyone but you.

If you turned the fabric of our lives over, I imagined the design on the backside would be woven in the bleak grays of doubt and fear.

Happiness expanded like an explosion inside me – so extreme, so violent that I wasn’t sure I’d survive it.

I glanced, wide eyed, from Edward's grimace to Jacob's sneer.

I would always love this fragile human girl, for the rest of my limitless existence.

I'll be back so soon you won't have time to miss me. Look after my heart I've left it with you