"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...," He murmured.
"What a stupid lamb, " I sighed.
"What a sick, masochistic lion."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Even more, I had never meant to love him. One thing I truly knew - knew it in the pit of my stomach, in the center of my bones, knew it from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet, knew it deep in my empty chest - was how love gave someone the power to break you.
I'd been broken beyond repair."
— Stephenie Meyer (New Moon)

"When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, is it not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end?"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I'll be back so soon you won't have time to miss me. Look after my heart - I've left it with you."
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"If I could dream at all it would be about you. And I'm not ashamed of it."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Before you Bella my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars - points of light and reason. .... And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliance, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light. I couldn't see the stars anymore. And there was no reason for anything."
— Stephenie Meyer (New Moon)

"Fall down again, Bella?'
'No, Emmett, I punched a werewolf in the face.'"
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"'Do I dazzle you?'
'Frequently.'"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I promise to love you forever—every single day of forever."
— Stephenie Meyer (Breaking Dawn)

"He is like a drug to you, Bella." His voice was still gentle, not at all critical. "I see that you can't live without him now. It's too late. But I would have been healthier for you. Not a drug; I would have been the air, the sun."
The corner of my mouth turned up in a wistful half smile. "I used to think of you that way, you know. Like the sun. My personal sun. You balanced out the clouds nicely for me."
He Sighed. "The clouds I can handle. But I can't fight with an eclipse."
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"About three things I was absolutely positive:
First, Edward was a vampire;
Second, there was a part of him -- and I didn't know how dominant that part might be -- that thirsted for my blood;
And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I'm here . . . which roughly translated means I would rather die than stay away from you. I'm an idiot."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"So what you're saying is, I'm your brand of heroin?"
"You're exactly my brand of heroin."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Twilight again, he murmured." Another ending. No matter how perfect the day is, it always has to end."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Of all the things about me that could frighten you, you worry about my driving?"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Edward - I wasn't about to send you off alone. With your luck, not even the black box would survive.
Bella - So let's say my bad luck did crash the plane. What exactly were you going to do about it?
Edward - Why is the plane crashing?
He was trying to hide a smile now.
Bella - The pilots are passed out drunk.
Edward - Easy. I'd fly the plane.
Of course. I pursed my lips and tried again.
Bella - Both engines have exploded and we're falling in a death spiral toward the earth.
Edward - I'd wait till we were close enough to the ground, get a good grip on you, kick out the wall, and jump. Then I'd run you back to the scene of the accident, and we'd stumble around like the two luckiest survivors in history.
I stared at him wordlessly.
"What?" he whispered."
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"I think she's having hysterics. Maybe you should slap her."
— Stephenie Meyer (New Moon)

"Stupid, shiny Volvo owner."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Sleep, my Bella. Dream happy dreams. You are the only one who has ever touched my heart. It will always be yours. Sleep, my only love.-- Edward Cullen"
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"Here’s the thing… I’ve already gone crazy once. I know what my limits are."
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"So did you stab Edward Cullen with a pencil or what?"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I hear voices in my head and you're worried that you're the freak."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Forbidden to Remember. Terrified to Forget."
— Stephenie Meyer (New Moon)

"Did you seriously just stamp your foot? I thought girls just did that on TV."
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"The talking came earlier." I groaned. "What did you hear?" His gold eyes grew very soft. "You said you loved me." "You knew that already," I reminded him, ducking my head. "It was nice to hear, just the same." I hid my face against his shoulder. "I love you," I whispered. "You are my life now," he answered simply."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Love is irrational, I reminded myself. The more you loved someone, the less sense anything made."
— Stephenie Meyer (New Moon)

"Penguins, lovely."
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"Edward. Edward. My life and his were twisted into a single strand. Cut one, and you cut both. If he were gone, I would not be able to live through that. If I were gone, he wouldn't live through it, either. And a world without Edward seemed completely pointless. Edward had to exist."
— Stephenie Meyer (Breaking Dawn)

"As long as I knew I was going to hell, I decided to do it thoroughly.

- Edward Cullen"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"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 (Breaking Dawn)

"When you can live forever what do you live for?"
— Stephenie Meyer

"I coveted you." His smile darkened. "I had no right to want you- but I reached out and took you anyway. And now look what's become of you! Trying to seduce a vampire." He shook his head in mock horror."
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"You are . . . well, not exactly the love of my life, because I expect to love you for much longer than that. The love of my existence."
-Edward"
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"Life sucks, and then you die.

Yeah, I should be so lucky."
— Stephenie Meyer (Breaking Dawn)

"It's an off day when somebody doesn't tell me how edible I smell."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I made the cowardly lion look like the terminator.

- Bella Swan"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"And speaking of Italy and sports cars that I stole there, you still owe me a yellow Porsche."
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"What if I'm not the superhero? What if I'm the bad guy?"
-Edward Cullen"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"If you ever repeat what I'm saying right now I'll cheerfully beat you to death.

- Bella Swan"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Isabella Swan: Are you going to tell me how you stopped the van?
Edward Cullen: Yeah. Um... I had an adrenaline rush. It's very common. You can Google it."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"You are my life. You're the only thing it would hurt to lose."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I'm with the vampires, of course."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"How old are you?"
"Seventeen," he answered promptly.
"And how long have you been seventeen?"
His lips twitched as he stared at the road. "A while."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"They don't understand why I can't leave you alone.

- Edward Cullen"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I was just wondering why you stabbed him. Not that I object. ~ Edward Cullen"
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"It sounded like you were having Bella for lunch, and we came to see if you would share," Alice announced."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Bella, do you think any of us want to look into Edward's eyes for the next few millenniums if he loses you? You can't see the change that you've brought over him, but we can..."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I am so very sorry. Would you understand what I meant if I said I was only human?

- Edward Cullen"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Oh, a sadistic vampire intent on torturing you to death, sure, no problem, you run off to meet him. An I.V. on the other hand."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)