I’m only as sure as you are, Bella. You know that. If you were to change your mind, what I see would change…or disappear, in your case.
→ Alice Cullen, Chapter 26: Ethics, Eclipse
“By the end of the day, the silence was becoming ridiculous. I didn’t want to be the one to break it, but apparently that was my only choice if I ever wanted him to talk to me again.”
The imprinting compulsion is one of the strangest things I’ve ever witnessed in my life, and I’ve seen some strange things.
→ Edward Cullen, Chapter XIX
I’m sorry if there’s been some kind of miscommunication, but Bella is unavailable tonight. To be perfectly honest, she’ll be unavailable every night, as far as anyone besides myself is concerned. No offense. And I’m sorry about your evening.
→ Edward Cullen, Epilogue
I’ve never tried to keep a specific person alive before, and it’s much more troublesome than I would have believed. But that’s probably just because it’s you. Ordinary people seem to make it through the day without so many catastrophes.
→ Edward Cullen, Chapter VIII