01UndatedIt was strange and amusing...and, honestly, a bit embarrassing...to realize how much being near Bella had softened me. It seemed like no one was afraid of me any more. If Emmett found out about this, he would be laughing for the next century.Stephenie Meyer / quote ↗
02UndatedWould the truth be silenced, or would it try to break throughMeaning if someone loves you and its meant to be but for unknown reasons it seems to be over would you somehow get fatalistic messages that would hint at you the truth behind the relationship- are forces at play to try and waken you up to the idea that you're actually meant to be and should be together?Stephenie Meyer / quote ↗
03UndatedYou know, there was a time when childbirth was possibly the most terrifying thing you could do in your life, and you were literally looking death in the face when you went ahead with it. And so this is a kind of flashback to a time when that's what every woman went through. Not that they got ripped apart, but they had no guarantees about whether they were going to live through it or not. You know, I recently read - and I don't read nonfiction, generally - Becoming Jane Austen. That's the one subject that would get me to go out and read nonfiction. And the author's conclusion was that one of the reason's Jane Austen might not have married when she did have the opportunity...well, she watched her very dear nieces and friends die in childbirth! And it was like a death sentence: You get married and you will have children. You have children and you will die. (Laughs) I mean, it was a terrifying world.Stephenie Meyer / quote ↗
04UndatedDespite what your science fiction writers dream, we simply don't have the technologyStephenie Meyer / quote ↗
05UndatedSo when he touched me, it was deeper and slower than the wildfire, like the flow of molten rock far beneath the surface of the earth. Too deep to feel the heat of it, but it moved inexorably, changing the very foundations of the world with its advance.Stephenie Meyer / quote ↗
06UndatedHow sad. How frightening. To be filled with so much hate that you could not even rejoice in the healing of a child...How did anyone ever come to that point?Stephenie Meyer / quote ↗
07UndatedHis skin was a pretty colour, it made me jealous. Jacob noticed my scrutiny.What?" he asked, suddenly self-conscious."Nothing. I just hadn't realised before. Did you know, you're sort of beautiful?"Once the words slipped out, I worried that he might take my implusive observation the wrong way.But Jacob rolled his eyes. "You hit your head pretty hard, didn't you?" "I'm serious."Well, then, thanks. Sort of."I grinned. "You're sort of welcome.Stephenie Meyer / quote ↗
11UndatedHow? How will it help to tell you that I see his face every time I close my eyes? That I wake up and cry when he's not there? That the memories are so strong I can't separate hers from mine anymore?Stephenie Meyer / quote ↗
12UndatedThe thing about the sun… is that it’s always there. Like sometimes, you can’t see it, but it never really goes away.Stephenie Meyer / quote ↗
13UndatedThe bottom line is that you have to choose who you are going to commit to-- that's the foundation of true love, not the lack of other optionsStephenie Meyer / quote ↗
16UndatedStorytelling was the most honored of all talents, for it benefited everyone.Stephenie Meyer / quote ↗
17UndatedShe is mine.' Edward’s low voice was suddenly dark, not as composed as before. 'I didn’t say I would fight fair.Stephenie Meyer / quote ↗
18UndatedDon't be afraid," I said, "We belong together."I was immediatly overcome by the truth of my own words.Stephenie Meyer / quote ↗
20UndatedSo this was different. I was amazing now - to them and to myself. It was like I had been born to be a vampire. The idea made me want to laugh, but it also made me want to sing. I had found my true place in the world, the place I fit, the place I shined.Stephenie Meyer / quote ↗
22UndatedSuper-secret Ninja Club sounds way cooler than the whole BFF thing.Stephenie Meyer / quote ↗
23UndatedHere in the trees it was much easier to believe the absurdities that embarrassed me indoors. Nothing had changed in this forest for thousands of years, and all the myths and legends of a hundred different lands seemed much more likely in this green haze than they had in my clear-cut bedroom.Stephenie Meyer / quote ↗
24UndatedWell, that just sucks! I guess I'm stuck with Mike Newton after allStephenie Meyer / quote ↗
