All I can guess is that when I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think people can read that sincerity about the characters. They are real to me while I'm writing them, and I think that makes them real to the readers as well.

Dear Jacob, I win. Sincerely, Edward

You’ve got to have a little more confidence in us than that. It’s insulting.

however, i can read hers- she'll be waiting to ambush you in class.

I didn’t want to kill girls… even vampire girls. Though I might make an exception for that blonde.

One of the many hazards of socializing with vampires. It makes you smell bad. A minor hazard, comparatively.

He didn't ask what I was thinking, which was out of character for him. I guessed that meant that he was just as nervous as I suddenly was.