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

"Love means holding on to someone just as hard as you can because if you don't, one blink and they might disappear...forever."
— Ellen Hopkins (Impulse)

""Think of how they must have loved when all they had was each other.""
— Ellen Hopkins

"You know some times you just have to sit still and listen to the trees."
— L.A. Banks (Bite the Bullet)

"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)

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

- Bella Swan"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

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

- Edward Cullen"
— 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)

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

- Bella Swan"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I am Switzerland. I refuse to be affected by territorial disputes between mythical creatures."
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

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

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

- Edward Cullen"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"So eager for eternal damnation."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"You're intoxicated by my very presence."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I held you in my hand, Wanderer. And you were so beautiful."
— Stephenie Meyer (The Host)

"Bella, would you please stop trying to take your clothes off? "
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"Edward: "Do you want me to sing to you? I'll sing all night if it will keep the bad dreams away."
— Stephenie Meyer (Breaking Dawn)

"This hostage stuff is fun. — Alice Cullen"
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"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)

"Now you know...no one's ever loved anyone as much as I love you."
— Stephenie Meyer (Breaking Dawn)

"Just because I'm resisting the wine, doesn't mean I can't enjoy the bouquet."
— Stephenie Meyer

"Jacob: "May the best MAN win."
Edward: "Sounds about right, pup!""
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"Hell isn't so bad,when you get to keep an angel with you."
— Stephenie Meyer

"But outside the door to our Spanish class, leaning against the wall-looking more like a Greek god than anyone had a right to-Edward was waiting for me."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I was 99.9% sure I was dreaming."
— Stephenie Meyer (New Moon)

"Edward: Friends don't let friends drive drunk.
Bella: I'm not drunk!
Edward: You are intoxicated by my presence.
Bella: And you are not intoxicated by my presence?
Edward: ...Regardless, I am a better driver"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

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

"There’s something…strange about the way you two are together… The way he watches you—it’s so…protective. Like he’s about to throw himself in front of a bullet to save you or something. He's very intense about you… and very careful. I feel like I don't really understand your relationship."
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"I'm nearly a hundred and ten, it's about time I settle down."
— Stephenie Meyer (New Moon)

"What do I look like? The Wizard of Oz? You need a brain? You need a heart? Go ahead. Take mine. Take everything I have. "
— Stephenie Meyer (Breaking Dawn)

"I like to have a martini,
Two at the very most.
After three I'm under the table,
after four I'm under my host."
— Dorothy Parker

"The cure for boredom is curiosity.
There is no cure for curiosity."
— Dorothy Parker

"I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it."
— Dorothy Parker

"Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone."
— Dorothy Parker

"If I didn't care for fun and such,
I'd probably amount to much.
But I shall stay the way I am,
Because I do not give a damn."
— Dorothy Parker

"They sicken of the calm who know the storm."
— Dorothy Parker

"By the time you swear you're his,
Shivering and sighing.
And he vows his passion is,
Infinite, undying.
Lady make note of this --
One of you is lying."
— Dorothy Parker

"That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment."
— Dorothy Parker

"Time doth flit; oh shit."
— Dorothy Parker

"Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both."
— Dorothy Parker

"Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live."
— Dorothy Parker

"Four be the things I'd have been better without: love, curiosity, freckles and doubt."
— Dorothy Parker

"Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!"
— Dorothy Parker

"Three be the things I shall never attain:
Envy, content, and sufficient champagne."
— Dorothy Parker (The Portable Dorothy Parker)

"Drink and dance and laugh and lie, love the reeling midnight through, for tomorrow we shall die (but alas we never do)!"
— Dorothy Parker (The Portable Dorothy Parker)

"Woman wants monogamy;
Man delights in novelty.
Love is woman's moon and sun;
Man has other forms of fun.
Woman lives but in her lord;
Count to ten, and man is bored.
With this the gist and sum of it,
What earthly good can come of it?"
— Dorothy Parker

"Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth."
— Mark Twain

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
— Dr. Seuss