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Stephenie MeyerBut on a clear, sunny day? How would she know to flee when she couldn't see any place for danger to hide?
Stephenie MeyerI didn't want to be the monster! I didn't want to kill this room full of harmless children! I didn't want to lose everything I'd gained in a lifetime of sacrifice and denial!
Stephenie MeyerHe's like a drug for you, Bella. I see that you can't live without him now. It's too late. But I would have been healthier for you. Not a drug; I would have been the air, the sun.
Stephenie MeyerI was all braced for the wrath that was going to put grizzlies to shame, and this is what I get? I should infuriate you more often.
Stephenie MeyerIn summary, she did jump off a cliff, but she wasn't trying to kill herself. Bella's all about the extreme sports these days." I flushed and turned my eyes straight ahead, looking after the dark shadow that I could no longer see. I could imagine what he was hearing in Alice's thoughts now. Near-drowings, stalking vampires, werewolf friends . . . "Hm," Edward said curtly, and the casual tone of his voice was gone.
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