Charlie took my hand and, in a symbol as old as the world, placed it in Edward’s. I touched the cool miracle… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
The laughter in his deep-set black eyes, the feverish heat of his big hand around mine, the flash of his white teeth… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
but you see, just because we've been...dealt a certain hand...it doesn't mean we can't choose to rise above- to conquer the boundaries… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
Ian didn't come. He just sat here with you--he said he didn't care what you looked like. He wouldn't let anyone else… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
Bella." He strocked my face anxiously. "I'm not going anywhere. I'll be right here as long as you need me." "Do you… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
I flicked on the light beside my bed, waiting for my breathing to slow, veins full of adrenaline from the realistic dream.… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
And the sound of your heart," he continued. "It's the most significant sound in my world. I'm so attuned to it now,… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
Ian squeezed my hand and leaned in to whisper through all the hair. His voice was so low that I was the… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
It will be as if I'd never existed, he'd promised me. I felt the smooth wooden floor beneath my knees, and then… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
He put his cold hands on either side of my face and fixed his golden eyes on mine. "Would you please tell… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
Edward stretched out his arm, his hand curled into a fist. Seth grinned, revealing the long row of dagger teeth, and bumped… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
Isabella Swan?” He looked up at me through his impossibly long lashes, his golden eyes soft but, somehow, still scorching. “I promise… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
He shifted his weight, throwing his good leg off the bed as if he were going to try to stand. “What are… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
Time passes. Even when it seems impossible. Even when each tick of the second hand aches like the pulse of blood behind… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
Um, Bella? You've got a huge cut on your forehead, and it's gushing blood," he informed me. I clapped my hand over… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
Angry grizzly bears are going to look tame next to what is waiting for you at home." I snapped the phone shut… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
If we could bottle your luck, we'd have a weapon of mass destruction on our hands. — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
He squeezes my hand, and my heart punches against my ribs. It's just like pain, this pleasure. — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
No mistakes, I'd promised myself that i would make no mistakes, no matter how minimal they seemed. if i held her hand,… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
You held out your hand, and I took it without stopping to make sense of what I was doing. For the first… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
For one half second, I wondered what it would feel like to put my hand in the fire. What it would feel… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
The kiss began much the same as usual--Edward was as careful as ever, and my heart began to overreact like it always… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
He raised his hand, hesitant, conflict raging in his eyes, and then swiftly brushed the length of my cheekbone with his fingertips.… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
“That would be just like me-ruin everything, destroy the world, in a moment of klutziness.” — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
“But suddenly something sharp was cutting me, my throat, my wrists, my ankles. I screamed in shock, thinking he'd brought me there to hurt… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
Everything in my world was about him. What a silly thing to expect. — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
“Alice: "I'll play you for it. Rock, paper, scissors." Edward: "Why don't you just tell me who wins?" Alice: "I do. Excellent.” — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
“What can I give you, Wanda?” he insisted. I took a deep breath and tried to keep my voice steady.“Give me a lie, Jared.… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
Mike's eyes narrowed shrewdly. "Don't kid yourself, Bella. The guy's head over heels for you." "I know," I sighed. "Life is complicated." "And girls… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
“You know the story in the bible? The one with the king and the two women fighting over the baby? Sure King Solomon. That's… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
I’m exactly right for you, Bella. It would have been effortless for us — comfortable, easy as breathing. I was the natural path your… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
“I felt a surge of pity, and relief. Pity because, as beautiful as they were, they were outsiders, clearly not accepted. Relief that I… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
