Edward: How can someone so tiny be so annoying?

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And you accused me of dazzling people — poor Jacob Black.

I’ve told you, on the one hand, the hunger — the thirst — that, deplorable creature that I am, I feel for you. And I think you can understand that, to an extent. Though as you are not addicted to any illegal substances, you probably can’t empathize completely.

In a few moments, there would be nothing left in me that would reflect the years I’d spent with my creator, my mentor, my father in all the ways that counted. My eyes would glow red as a devil’s; all likeness would be lost forever.

Edward Cullen, Midnight Sun

I knew what had to happen now. The girl would have to come sit beside me, and I would have to kill her.

-Edward Cullen, Midnight Sun

Her scent hit me like a wrecking ball, like a battering ram. There was no image violent enough to encapsulate the force of what happened to me in that moment. In that instant, I was nothing close to the human I’d once been; no trace of the shreds of humanity I’d managed to cloak myself in remained. I was a predator. She was my prey. There was nothing else in the whole world but that truth.
Edward Cullen, Midnight Sun

Honestly — I’ve seen corpses with better color. I was concerned that I might have to avenge your murder.

I wish you could feel the… complexity… the confusion… I feel. That you could understand.

It’s healthy to ditch class now and then.

And as for her other question… well, I’ll be listening to hear the answer to that one myself.