I acted as a lookout, for lack of a better word, for my family. To protect us. If anyone ever grew suspicious, I could give us early warning and an easy retreat. It happened occasionally – some human with an active imagination would see us in the characters of a book or a movie. Usually they got it wrong, but it was better to move on somewhere new than to risk scrutiny. Very, very rarely someone would guess right. We didn’t give them a chance to test their hypothesis. We simply disappeared, to become no more than a frightening memory…
Edward Cullen, Midnight Sun

And your chocolate fur reflects what? How sweet you are?

Sam Uley, Eclipse

Bella, it’s not my fault if you are exceptionally unobservant.

I had things ordered the way I liked them now. Why should I let some aggravating and delicious nobody ruin that?

Edward Cullen, Midnight Sun

So, did you stab Edward Cullen with a pencil or what? I’ve never seen him act like that.

On the one hand, I loved the tide pools. They had fascinated me since I was a child; they were one of the only things I ever looked forward to when I had to come to Forks. On the other hand, I’d also fallen into them a lot. Not a big deal when you’re seven and with your dad. It reminded me of Edward’s request — that I not fall into the ocean.

I can’t be sure, of course, but I’d compare it to living on tofu and soy milk; we call ourselves vegetarians, our little inside joke.

I was wrong — you’re much more observant than I gave you credit for.

So you’re worried about the trouble it might cause me — if you don’t come home?

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?