It was the first time I'd ever felt truly jealous of anyone else in my entire life.

What is she to me? Except a menace — a danger you’ve chosen to inflict on all of us.

Because there was nothing more terrifying to me, more excruciating, than the thought of turning away from him. it was an impossibility.

Edward helped, making faces every so often at the raw ingredients-human food was mildly repulsive to him.

Billy wanted me to stay a safe distance from the most important person in my life. It turned out that his concern was, in the end, unnecessary. I was all too safe now.

it’s awful. No privacy, no secrets. Everything you’re ashamed of, laid out for everyone to see.

It’s not like love at first sight, really. It’s more like… gravity moves. When you see her, suddenly it’s not the earth holding you here anymore. She does. And nothing matters more than her. And you would do anything for her, be anything for her… You become whatever she needs you to be, whether that’s a protector, or a lover, or a friend, or a brother.