I was a vampire, and she had the sweetest blood I’d smelled in eighty years.

I'd never understood how Carlisle was able to do that - ignore the blood of his patients in order to treat them. Wouldn't the constant temptation be so distracting, so dangerous? But now, I could see how, if you were focusing on something else hard enough, the temptation was be nothing at all.

You dont know how hard it was for me to take you and leave them alive.

Perhaps there could be no joy on this planet without an equal weight of pain to balance it out on some unknown scale.

I know you're frustrated that he's keeping you locked up like this, but don't give him too bad a time when he gets back. He loves you more than you know. It terrifies him to be away from you.

The author of the extremely successful Twilight series was rejected by 14 different publishers before the 15th picked up Twilight. What would all the tweens do if Bella and Edward hadn't been brought to life?!

It is a strange world," I murmered, more to myself than to the native soul. "The strangest," he agreed.