Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
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"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb…" he murmured. I looked away, hiding my eyes as I thrilled to the word."What a stupid lamb," I sighed."What a sick, masochistic lion."
"I am not really breaking any rules. Charlie said I could never take another step through the door again... I came in through the window... Still, the intent was clear," said Edward."
"And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him"
"I can do this, I lied to myself feebly. No one was going to bite me."
"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb. what a stupid lamb. what a sick, masochistic lion."
"You seem more...optimistic than usual," I observed. "I haven't seen you like this before.""Isn't it supposed to be like this?" He smiled. "The glory of first love, and all that. It's incredible, isn't it, the difference between reading about something, seeing it in pictures, and experiencing it?"
"I touched his face. "Look," I said. "I love you more than everything else in the world combined. Isn't that enough?" "Yes, it is enough," he answered, smiling. "Enough for forever."
"When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end."
"Stop playing with your food.Laurent to James"
"It's not the end. It's the beginning."
"Because through the heavy water, I heard the sound of an angel calling my name, calling me to the only heaven I wanted."
"Are you still faint from the run? Or was it my kissing expertise?"
"I hate you for making me want you so much.(Edward)"
"And then I carefully sealed away my heart..."
"You really should stay away from me."
"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 always say too much when I'm talking to you--- that's one of the problems...."
"It makes me . . . anxious . . . to be away from you."
"I don't want you to leaveWhich is exactly why I should. But don't worry. I'm essentially a selfish creature. I crave your company too much to do what I should."
"In Gym, the kids on my team learned not to pass me the ball and to step quickly in front of me if the other team tried to take advantage of my weakness. I happily stayed out of their way."
"...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."
"Don't be self-conscious, if I could dream at all, it would be about you. And I'm not ashamed of it."