Twilight (Twilight, #1)

by Stephenie Meyer

He was too perfect, I realized with a piercing stab of despair. There was no way this godlike creature could be meant for me.

“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb…,” he murmured. I looked away, hiding my eyes as I thrilled to the word. “What a stupid lamb,” I sighed. “What a sick, masochistic lion.”