We have all eternity, and you’re worried about the time it would take to walk to the back door?
Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 21, p.407

Right. I was the monster now. I had to keep away from scents that might trigger my wild side. From the people that I loved in particular. Even the ones I didn’t really know yet.
Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 21, p.408

And I was very conscious of my family behind me, watching silently. Mostly silently. Emmett had already chuckled under his breath once. One mistake, and he’d be rolling on the floor. Then the jokes about the world’s only clumsy vampire would start.
Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 21, p.408

That was quite graceful – even for a vampire.
Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 21, p.409

It was the first time anyone had ever applied the word graceful to me in my entire life… or, well, existence anyway.
Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 21, p.409

Her fashion sense hasn’t improved as much as her balance.
Alice Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 21, p.409

So Jacob was watching, too? I couldn’t imagine what he was thinking now, or what he was still doing here. I’d envisioned our reunion – if he could ever forgive me – taking place far in the future, when I was more stable, and time had healed the wounds I’d inflicted in his heart.
Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 21, p.411

Follow me… if you can.
Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 21, p.412

I could finally understand why Edward never hit the trees when he ran – a question that had always been a mystery to me. It was a peculiar sensation, the balance between the speed and the clarity. For, while I rocketed over, under, and through the thick jade maze at a rate that should have reduced everything around me to a streaky green blur, I could plainly see each tiny leaf on all the small branches of every insignificant shrub that I passed.
Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 21, p.413

Why are you laughing at me?
Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 21, p.419

I’m not laughing at you, Bella. I’m laughing because I am in shock. And I am in shock because I am completely amazed.
Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 21, p.420

You shouldn’t be able to do any of this. You shouldn’t be so… so rational. You shouldn’t be able to stand here discussing this with me calmly and coolly. And, much more than any of that, you should not have been able to break off mid-hunt with the scent of human blood in the air. Even mature vampires have difficulty with that – we’re always careful of where we hunt so as not to put ourselves in the path of temptation. Bella, you’re behaving like you’re decades rather than days old.
Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 21, p.420

What wouldn’t I give to be able to see into your mind for just this one moment.
Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 21, p.420

Such powerful emotions. I’d been prepared for the thirst part, but not this. I’d been so sure it wouldn’t be the same when he touched me. Well, truthfully, it wasn’t the same. It was stronger.
Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 21, p.420

I thought I wouldn’t feel this way for a long time? But I still want you.
Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 21, p.421

You did perfectly fine. It’s just that… it was much more difficult for me to watch than it should have been. It goes against the grain, letting you wrestle with lion. I was having an anxiety attack the whole time.
Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 21, p.423

It was a surprisingly sensual experience to observe Edward hunting. His smooth spring was like the sinuous strike of a snake; his hands were so sure, so strong, so completely inescapable; his full lips were perfect as they parted gracefully over his gleaming teeth. He was glorious. I felt a sudden jolt of both pride and desire. He was mine. Nothing could ever separate him from me now. I was too strong to be torn from his side.
Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 21, p.425

My old mind hadn’t been capable of holding this much love. My old heart had not been strong enough to bear it. Maybe this was the part of me that I’d brought forward to be intensified in my new life. Like Carlisle’s compassion and Esme’s devotion. I would probably never be able to do anything interesting or special like Edward, Alice, and Jasper could do. Maybe I would just love Edward more than anyone in the history of the world had ever loved anyone else. I could live with that.
Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 21, p.426

Oops. I didn’t mean to tackle you like that. Are you okay?
Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 21, p.427