but you see, just because we've been...dealt a certain hand...it doesn't mean we can't choose to rise above- to conquer the boundaries of a destiny that none of us wanted. to try to retain whatever essential humanity we can.

I was perfect- not healed, but as if there had never been a wound in the first place

Ian squeezed my hand and leaned in to whisper through all the hair. His voice was so low that I was the only one who could hear. 'I held you in my hand, Wanderer. And you were so beautiful.

Sometimes ideas feel like they were already there, and that you're just discovering them.

Something I've never seen in all my lives. I'm staring at... hope." - Wanda

After all I've seen, if I hadn't learned compassion, I wouldn't be worth much.

So, how come Jacob Black gets to give you a gift and I don't? Because I have nothing to give back to you. Bella, you give me everything just by breathing.