That maybe you should make the most of what time you have? That you shouldlive while you’re alive?

Though there was no sound, there was a change. The atmosphere, which had gone tense at my accusation, relaxed. I wondered how I knew this. I had a strange sensation that I was somehow receiving more than my five senses were giving me - almost a feeling that there was another sense, on the fringes, not quite harnessed. Intuition? That was almost the right word. As if any creature needed more than five senses.

The absence of him is everywhere I look.

Her name is Wanda, not it. You will not touch her. Any mark you leave on her, I will double on your worthless hide.

If we had happy endings, we’d all be under gravestones now.

Before I tell you my story," Jasper said. "you must understand that there are places in our world, Bella, where the life span of the never-aging is measured in weeks, and not centuries.

I’m afraid you’re going to have to make a choice.