It was strange and amusing...and, honestly, a bit embarrassing...to realize how much being near Bella had softened me. It seemed like no one was afraid of me any more. If Emmett found out about this, he would be laughing for the next century.

Sometimes, kismet happens.

You’re still waiting for the running and the screaming, aren’t you?

No mistakes, I'd promised myself that i would make no mistakes, no matter how minimal they seemed. if i held her hand, i would only want more - another insignificant touch, another move closer to her. i could feel that. a new kind of desire was growing in me, working to override my self-control. no mistakes.

She was thinking what I think she was thinking, wasn't she?

He called you pretty...That's practically an insult, the way you look right now...You're much more than beautiful.

Her existence alone was excuse enough to justify the creation of the entire world.