Twilight (Twilight, #1)
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Read between August 20 - September 1, 2025
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Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved.
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Nothing slows down traffic like a cop.
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I didn’t relate well to people my age. Maybe the truth was that I didn’t relate well to people, period.
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No one was going to bite me.
Gheluy
Veryyy early foreshadowing bahahaha
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“That’s Edward. He’s gorgeous, of course, but don’t waste your time. He doesn’t date. Apparently none of the girls here are good-looking enough for him.”
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He was leaning away from me, sitting on the extreme edge of his chair and averting his face like he smelled something bad. Inconspicuously, I sniffed my hair. It smelled like strawberries, the scent of my favorite shampoo.
Gheluy
I can just picture this movie scene LOL
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For some reason, my temper was hardwired to my tear ducts. I usually cried when I was angry, a humiliating tendency.
Gheluy
ME TOOOOOOO
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At home, only two years of P.E. were required. Here, P.E. was mandatory all four years. Forks was literally my personal hell on Earth.
Gheluy
Oh heckkkk no
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“My name is Edward Cullen,” he continued. “I didn’t have a chance to introduce myself last week. You must be Bella Swan.”
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If I was being honest with myself, I knew I was eager to get to school because I would see Edward Cullen. And that was very, very stupid.
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“It would be more… prudent for you not to be my friend,” he explained. “But I’m tired of trying to stay away from you, Bella.”
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“You really should stay away from me,” he warned. “I’ll see you in class.”
Gheluy
Vampires love the chaseeeeee
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“Don’t be offended, but you seem to be one of those people who just attract accidents like a magnet. So… try not to fall into the ocean or get run over or anything, all right?”
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the boy who noticed me was named Jacob.
Gheluy
This is how they introduce jacob????
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I felt guilty as I said this, knowing that I’d used him. But I really did like Jacob. He was someone I could easily be friends with.
Gheluy
Damnnn friend zoneddddd
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Because when I thought of him, of his voice, his hypnotic eyes, the magnetic force of his personality, I wanted nothing more than to be with him right now.
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“I feel very safe with you,” I confessed, mesmerized into telling the truth again.
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About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was part of him—and I didn’t know how potent that part might be—that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.
Gheluy
Ahhhhhh <333
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“It’s twilight,” Edward murmured,
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“I told you—you don’t see yourself clearly at all. You’re not like anyone I’ve ever known. You fascinate me.”
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He was too perfect, I realized with a piercing stab of despair. There was no way this godlike creature could be meant for me.
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“I promise…” He hesitated. “I swear not to hurt you.” He seemed more concerned with convincing himself than me.
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I was filled with compassion for his suffering, even now, as he confessed his craving to take my life.
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“Bella, I couldn’t live with myself if I ever hurt you. You don’t know how it’s tortured me.”
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“You are the most important thing to me now. The most important thing to me ever.”
Gheluy
Vampire LOVE >>
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I would rather die than stay away from you.” I frowned. “I’m an idiot.”
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“Be very still,” he whispered, as if I wasn’t already frozen.
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You’re as white as a ghost—no, you’re as white as me!”
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you’re resurrecting the human in me,
Gheluy
<3333
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“I love you,” I whispered. “You are my life now,” he answered simply.
Gheluy
I love you < you are my life
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“Will you be?” I asked, suddenly anxious. “Will you really be here?” “As long as you want me,” he assured me. “I’ll always want you,” I warned him. “Forever.”
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“Afraid of a needle,” he muttered to himself under his breath, shaking his head. “Oh, a sadistic vampire, intent on torturing her to death, sure, no problem, she runs off to meet him. An IV, on the other hand…”
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“I can’t always be Lois Lane,” I insisted. “I want to be Superman, too.”
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“Bella, we’re not having this discussion anymore. I refuse to damn you to an eternity of night and that’s the end of it.” “If you think that’s the end, then you don’t know me very well,” I warned him. “You’re not the only vampire I know.”
Gheluy
OH SHIIIIII
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“This is completely ridiculous. Why are you crying?” he demanded in frustration. “Because I’m mad!”
Gheluy
I do the same girl no worries bahahah
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“When someone wants to kill you, you’re brave as a lion—and then when someone mentions dancing…” He shook his head.