Quotes by Stephenie Meyer

In a lot of ways, living with Charlie was like having my own place, and I found myself reveling in the aloneness instead of being lonely.

Repeat one word of what I just said and Ill cheerfully beat you to death, Mike.

Isabella. He pronounced my full name carefully, then playfully ruffled my hair with his free hand. A shock ran through my body at his casual touch. Bella, I couldnt live with myself if I ever hurt you. You dont know how its tortured me. He looked down, ashamed again. The thought of you, still, white, cold . . . to never see you blush scarlet again, to never see that flash of intuition in your eyes when you see through my pretenses . . . it would be unendurable. he lifted his glorious, agonized eyes to mine. You are the most important thing to me now. The most important thing to me ever.

Youre not asleep, and youre not dead. Im here, and I love you. I have always loved you, and I will always love you. I was thinking of you, seeing your face in my mind, every second that I was away. When I told you I didnt want you, it was the very blackest kind of blasphemy.

And then I carefully sealed away my heart...

The irresponsible mother helped explain bellas maturity. Shed had to grow up early, to become the caretaker. Thats why she didnt like being cared for- she felt it was her job.

Its healthy to ditch class now and then. To be precise, it was healthier for humans if vampires ditched on days when human blood would be spilt.

You really should stay away from me.

Sorry if I cant be the right monster for you Bella.

Stop being so...optimistic, its getting on my nerves.No problem. Do you want me to be all gloom and doom or just shut up?Just shut up.Can do.Really? Doesnt seem like it.-Jacob and seth

Just you wait till I’m a vampire! I’m not going to be sitting on the sidelines next time.

Not many people get every single thing they want plus all the things they didnt think to ask for in the same day.

My old mind hadn’t been capable of holding this much love. My old heart had not been strong enough to bear it. Maybe this was the part of me that I’d brought forward to be intensified in my new life. Like Carlisle’s compassion and Esme’s devotion. I would probably never be able to do anything interesting or special like Edward, Alice, and Jasper could do. Maybe I would just love Edward more than anyone in the history of the world had ever loved anyone else. I could live with that.

drenching his shirt with saltwater

It takes a few days for the transformation to be complete, depending on how much venom is in the bloodstream, how close the venom is to the heart. As long as the heart keeps beating, poison spreads, healing, changing the body as it moves through it. Eventually the heart stops, and the conversion is finished. But all the time, every minute of it, a victim would be wishing for death

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

Humans were always surprising me.

Yes, heaven forbid I not be protected from tanks.

Maybe it would feel nice. Maybe it wouldnt feel like a betrayal. Besides, who was I betraying, anyway? Just myself.

This place was truly the highest and the lowest of all worlds - the most beautiful senses, the most exquisite emotions.. the most malevolent desires, the darkest deeds. Perhaps it was meant to be so. Perhaps without the lows, the highs could not be reached.