Those who lived in peaceful nations had looked the other way as members of their own species starved on their door step.

Bears," I muttered, adding a new fear to the pile. "That would be just her luck, wouldn't it? Stray bear in town. OF course it would head straight for Bella.

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

Edward: It wasn't the worst night of my life. Jake: Did it make the top ten? Edward: Possibly. But, if I had been able to take your place last night, it would not have made the top ten of the best nights of my life. Dream about that.

Odd as this might sound, I suppose I’m glad you’re here, Jacob. [Edward Cullen]

Momma, you're special," Renesmee told me without any surprise, like she was commenting on the color of my clothes.

Carlisle has a theory...he believes that we all bring something of our strongest human traits with us into the next life, where they are intensified - like our minds, and our senses.