"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)

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
— Mother Teresa

"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

"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend."
— Albert Camus

"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'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)

"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

"So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause."
— George Lucas

"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)

"Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved. Noble, even. That ought to count for something.
-Bella
"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

""And you are worried, not because you're headed to meet a houseful of vampires, but you think those vampires won't approve of you, correct?"
"That's right," I answered immediately, hiding my suprise at his casual use of the word.
He shook his head. "You're incredible""
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

""Breath, Bella."-Edward Cullen"
— Stephenie Meyer (The Twilight Saga)

"He lifed his glorious, agonized eyes to mine. "You are the most important thing to me now. The most important thing to me ever.
"
— Stephanie Meyer

"Is that what you dream about? Becoming a monster?
Not exactly. Mostly I dream about being with you forever.
"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
— Voltaire

"So many books, so little time."
— Frank Zappa

"...I really should come with a warning label."
— Tom Upton (Just Plain Weird)

"Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people."
— Eleanor Roosevelt

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
— Eleanor Roosevelt

"Bella, you'll be the death of me!"
— Stephenie Meyer

"You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it."
— Sarah Dessen (Keeping the Moon)

"Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face."
— Jim Butcher (Storm Front)

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
— Marcus Tullius Cicero

"Just because you can doesn't mean you should. - Acheron Parthenopaeus"
— Sherrilyn Kenyon

"You know that old saying. Once you go dead, no one's better in bed. - Cat"
— Jeaniene Frost (One Foot in the Grave)

"Life isn't finding shelter in the storm. It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-Zarek"
— Sherrilyn Kenyon (Acheron)

"Do you realize how hard it is to keep your mind clear when somebody’s telling you to keep your mind clear?"
— Tom Upton (Just Plain Weird)

"Don’t look for a soul mate.

Make one -- out of the complex fabric of the human being already with you.

Instructions are never included. They vary with the strength of your ability to see, the measure of your selective blindness, the limits of your mercy, and the intensity of your desire. "
— Vera Nazarian

"Responsibility and Trust -- these two are like Yin and Yang, together perfectly complete, and each one requiring the presence of the other.

The next time you mistrust someone, consider this -- does that person feel responsible for you in any way? If the answer is yes, then go ahead and trust them. Very likely, they are looking out for your best interest. "
— Vera Nazarian