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

"He laughed, tried to make it into a cough, inhaled at exactly the wrong moment, and then really did cough."
— Robin McKinley (The Hero and The Crown)

"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

"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

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

"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

"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)

"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

"'Do I dazzle you?'

'Frequently.'"
— Stephenie Meyer

"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)

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

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

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

"So did you stab Edward Cullen with a pencil or what?"
— 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)

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

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

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

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

"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)

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

"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)

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

- Bella Swan"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I may not be human, but I am a man. -Edward Cullen"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

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

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

- Edward Cullen"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I'm betting on Alice."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I made the cowardly lion look like the terminator.

- Bella Swan"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Would you like to hear my story, Bella? It doesn’t have a happy ending—but which of ours does? If we had happy endings, we’d all be under gravestones now."
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"He looks at you like . . . like you're something to eat.

- Mike Newton"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I promise to try to be safe. I'll do the laundry tonight - that ought to be fraught with peril.

- Bella Swan"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I looked up to see him smiling a crooked smile so beautiful that I could only stare at him like an idiot.

- Bella Swan"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"You are the most dangerous creature I've ever met."
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"What did you do to this?" He asked in a horrorstruck voice.
"It didn't want to come out of the dashboard."
"So you felt the need to torture it?"
"You know how I am with tools. No pain was inflicted intentionally."
He shook his head, his face a mask of faux tragedy."You killed it."
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"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)

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

- Edward Cullen"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

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

"Does my being half-naked bother you?" - Jacob Black"
— Stephenie Meyer (Breaking Dawn)

"This truck is old enough to be your car's grandfather - have some respect.

- Bella Swan"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"We call ourselves vegetarians, our little inside joke.

- Edward Cullen"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

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

- Edward Cullen"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"But if you bring her back damaged again-and I don't care whose fault it is; I don't care if she merely trips, of if a meteor falls out of the sky and hits her in the head - if you return her to me in less than the perfect condition I left her in, you will be running with three legs. Do you understand now mongrel?"
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"Nothing more fun than an irritated grizzly bear.

- Bella Swan"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I already know how strong you are. You didn't have to break the furniture."
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

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

"It's healthy to ditch class now and then.

- Edward Cullen"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I was like a lost moon -- my planet destroyed in some cataclysmic, disaster-movie scenario of desolation -- that continued, nevertheless, to circle in a tight little orbit around the empty space left behind, ignoring the laws of gravity."
— Stephenie Meyer (New Moon)