It is your own life, certainly, to spend as you choose.
Tanya, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 31, p.594
A very talented family. A mind reader for a father, a shield for a mother, and then whatever magic this extraordinary child has bewitched us with.
Eleazar, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 31, p.595
Ironic. Aro sent me all over the world searching for such anomalies, and you simply stumble across it by accident and don’t even realize what you have.
Eleazar, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 31, p.596
In truth, categorizing talents is a subjective, haphazard business; every talent is unique, never exactly the same thing twice. But you, Bella, are fairly easy to classify. Talents that are purely defensive, that protect some aspect of the bearer, are always called shields. Have you ever tested your abilities? Blocked anyone besides me and your mate?
Eleazar, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 31, p.596
My head is sort of… private. But it doesn’t stop Jasper from being able to mess with my mood or Alice from seeing my future.
Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 31, p.596
Anyone who tries to touch me drops like a human that’s been Tasered. It only downs him for a second, but that’s long enough.
Kate, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 31, p.600
I wished fervently that I might be good at this projecting thing, too, like I was somehow mysteriously good at all the other aspects of being a vampire. My human life had not prepared me for things that came naturally, and I couldn’t make myself trust this aptitude to last. It felt like I had never wanted anything so badly before this: to be able to protect what I loved.
Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 31, p.600
Abstaining from human blood makes us more civilized – lets us form true bonds of love.
Eleazar, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 31, p.603
From what I saw of his thoughts last spring, Aro’s never wanted anything more than he wants Alice.
Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 31, p.604
If Aro wanted me to do something – anything – all he had to do was threaten Edward and I would comply. And vice versa.
Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 31, p.605
