I was aware of the time slipping away so quickly, like the black road beneath us, and I was hideously afraid that I would never have another chance to be with him like this again — openly, the walls between us gone for once. His words hinted at an end, and I recoiled from the idea. I couldn’t waste one minute I had with him.

I promise to try to be safe. I’ll do the laundry tonight — that ought to be fraught with peril.

Edward in the sunlight was shocking. I couldn’t get used to it, though I’d been staring at him all afternoon. His skin, white despite the faint flush from yesterday’s hunting trip, literally sparkled, like thousands of tiny diamonds were embedded in the surface.

Alice: I think it’s a nice idea. You’re only a senior once. Might as
well document the experience.
Bella: How many times have you been a senior?

It was all I could do to keep from falling backward. He’d probably just drag me along anyway if I did.

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Nothing more fun than an irritable grizzly. - Bella Swan

I’m not surprised you heard something you didn’t like. You know what they say about eavesdroppers.

I can do this, I lied to myself feebly. No one was going to bite me.

I tried to think of a logical solution that could explain what I had just seen — a solution that excluded the assumption that I was insane.

It felt like the heat of my anger should physically burn him, but he only seemed more amused.