As I sped back to Forks doing ninety, I wasn’t sure where I was going. To say goodbye to my father? Or to embrace the monster inside me? The road flew away beneath my tires.

Edward Cullen, Midnight Sun

I saved your life – I don’t owe you anything.

I realized then that I wasn’t being followed. I was being herded.

You and Cullen, huh?

But humans rarely walked too close. Their instincts told them what their conscious minds would never understand: we were dangerous.

Edward Cullen, Midnight Sun

My palms tingled — I wanted so badly to hit something. I was surprised at myself. I was usually a nonviolent person.

You don’t care if I’m a monster? If I’m not human?

They don’t understand why I can’t leave you alone.

I have been tortured. Alice painted my toenails. - Bella Swan

He paused to catch a stray lock of hair that was escaping the twist on my neck and wound it back into place. My heart spluttered hyperactively.