I had the feeling Edward wasn't the kind of person anyone got used to.

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.

Not many people get every single thing they want plus all the things they didn't think to ask for in the same day.

I know the exact date that I began writing Twilight, because it was also the first day of swim lessons for my kids. So I can say with certainty that it all started on June 2, 2003.

I thought I'd explained it clearly before. Bella, I can't live in a world where you don't exist.

i want you, and i want you forever. one lifetime is simply not enough for me.

For one half second, I wondered what it would feel like to put my hand in the fire. What it would feel like when I burned.