Quotes by Stephenie Meyer

Are you still faint from the run? Or was it my kissing expertise?

...the way a man might hesitate before he kissed a woman, to gauge her reaction, to see how he would be received. Perhaps he would hesitate to prolong the moment, that ideal moment of anticipation, sometimes better than kiss itself.

Perhaps there could be no joy on this planet without an equal weight of pain to balance it out on some unknown scale.

Even if we all want you here, you dont belong until you decide you do.

Youll make mistakes because its impossible to know what is or isnt a mistake until its made.

There wasnt in the beginning. It wasnt until your kind discovered what was happening that any resistance started. That seems to be the key—knowing what’s going to happen.

Dont be self-conscious, if I could dream at all, it would be about you. And Im not ashamed of it.

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.

The outside world holds no interest for me without you. -Edward

I always write things that entertain me, and one of the things that I find really enjoyable to explore is the idea of love. I like looking at my own life and my friends and family and how love changes who you are. It fascinates me.

Its sad when you cant make everyone happy, though. Its impossible but, at the same time, you still hope. You think, Maybe I can do it, but you know you cant. But gosh, if I had to rely on giving people what they wanted, I would have had to write 40 billion different books and even then, I wouldnt get it right.

No, actually The Host was totally a palate-cleanser for me. I wanted to do something a little bit different than romantic love. Romantic love is in there, obviously, because I enjoy writing about that and living it a lot.

“Its not the face, but the expressions on it. Its not the voice, but what you say. Its not how you look in that body, but the thing you do with it. You are beautiful.”

“Im gonna fight for you, until your heart stops beating.”

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

“Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved.”

“Death is Peaceful, Life is Harder”

“He sighed. The clouds I can handle. But I cant fight with an eclipse.”

“What am I dying for?”

“You are the most important thing to me now. The most important thing to me ever.”