I’d had more than my fair share of near-death experiences; it wasn’t something you ever really got used to.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Book One Preface, p.1

You could run from someone you feared, you could try to fight someone you hated. All my reactions were geared toward those kinds of killers – the monsters, the enemies. When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give your beloved, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved?

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Book One Preface, p.1

It was still considered rude to stare at people, wasn’t it? Didn’t that apply to me anymore?

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.3

I was going without a lot of things these days, like Pop-Tarts and shoelaces, to avoid spending time in public.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.4

Personally, I didn’t get it. But then, I was just proud I could distinguish between the symbols for Toyota, Ford, and Chevy. This car was glossy black, sleek, and pretty, but it was still just a car to me.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.5

I briefly contemplated my issues with words like fiancé, wedding, husband, etc. I just couldn’t put it together in my head. On the one hand, I had been raised to cringe at the very thought of poofy white dresses and bouquets. But more than that, I just couldn’t reconcile a staid, respectable, dull concept like husband with my concept of Edward. It was like casting an archangel as an accountant; I couldn’t visualize him in any commonplace role.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.6

I miss my truck.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.7

Body armor. Four thousand pounds of body armor. And missile-proof glass? Nice. What had happened to good old-fashioned bulletproof?

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.7

Ha ha. Because I was so fragilely human, so accident-prone, so much a victim to my own dangerous bad luck, apparently I needed a tank-resistant car to keep me safe. Hilarious. I was sure he and his brothers had enjoyed the joke quite a bit behind my back.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.8

Virtual indestructibility was just one of the many perks I was looking forward to. The best parts about being a Cullen were not expensive cars and impressive credit cards.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.9

The phrase “bite my head off” was not entirely a figure of speech when it came to Leah.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.11

I’m no Alice – you’re just predictable.

Seth Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.11

The friendship that had sprung up between Edward and Seth was something that still boggled my mind. It was proof, though, that things didn’t have to be this way. That vampires and werewolves could get along just fine, thank you very much, if they were of a mind to.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.12

Stop fidgeting, Bella. Please try to remember that you’re not confessing to a murder here.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.13

Wait till he hangs his gun up!

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.13

Edward grimaced, and I knew it was in objection to the word okay. He probably would have used something more like wonderful or perfect or glorious.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.14

I wanted to elbow Edward in the ribs, but I knew that move would only give me a bruise. I’d told Edward that people would immediately jump to this conclusion! What other possible reason would sane people have for getting married at eighteen? (His answer then had made me roll my eyes. Love. Right.)

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.15

Charlie, I realize that I’ve gone about this out of order. Traditionally, I should have asked you first. I mean no disrespect, but since Bella has already said yes and I don’t want to diminish her choice in the matter, instead of asking you for her hand, I’m asking for your blessing. We’re getting married, Charlie. I love her more than anything in the world, more than my own life, and – by some miracle – she loves me that way, too. Will you give us your blessing?

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.15

For just an instant, listening to the absolute confidence in his voice, I experienced a rare moment of insight. I could see, fleetingly, the way the world looked to him.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.15

I’m one hundred percent sure about Edward.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.16

He wasn’t exaggerating; they’d been big on old-fashioned morals during World War I.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.16

Charlie’s mouth twisted to the side. Looking for an angle to argue from. But what could he say? I’d prefer you live in sin first? He was a dad; his hands were tied.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.17

The ultimate doom: telling Renée. Early marriage was higher up on her blacklist than boiling live puppies.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.17

You’re exactly like Charlie. Once you make up your mind, there is no reasoning with you. Of course, exactly like Charlie, you stick by your decisions, too.

Renée Dwyer, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.18

You’re not making my mistakes, Bella. You sound like you’re scared silly, and I’m guessing it’s because you’re afraid of me.

Renée Dwyer, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.18

You make your own kinds of mistakes, and I’m sure you’ll have your share of regrets in life. But commitment was never your problem, sweetie. You have a better chance of making this work than most forty-year-olds I know. My little middle-aged child. Luckily, you seem to have found another old soul.

Renée Dwyer, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.18

I’m having an out-of-body experience right now.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.19

You’ve never been a teenager, sweetie. You know what’s best for you.

Renée Dwyer, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.19

Thirty seconds, please, Bella. Your patience will be rewarded.

Alice Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.20

No one dressed by me ever looks like an idiot.

Alice Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.20

Go to your happy place, Bella. It won’t take long.

Alice Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.21

You’d think I was shoving bamboo splinters under your nails.

Alice Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.21

There was only one human experience I worried about missing. Of course it would be the one he wished I would forget completely.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.22

For several years, my biggest personality trait was going to be thirsty. It would take some time before I could be me again. And even when I was in control of myself, I would never feel exactly the way I felt now. Human… and passionately in love. I wanted the complete experience before I traded in my warm, breakable, pheromone-riddled body for something beautiful, strong… and unknown. I wanted a real honeymoon with Edward. And, despite the danger he feared this would put me in, he’d agreed to try.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.22

I was with Edward in my happy place.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1, p.22

I miss you already.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.23

Sometimes it was so easy to forget that I was kissing a vampire.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.23

I opened my eyes and found his open, too, staring at my face. It made no sense when he looked at me that way. Like I was the prize rather than the outrageously lucky winner.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.24

It seemed silly that this fact – the existence of his soul – had ever been in question, even if he was a vampire. He had the most beautiful soul, more beautiful than his brilliant mind or his incomparable face or his glorious body.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.24

Bachelor parties are designed for those who are sad to see the passing of their single days. I couldn’t be more eager to have mine behind me. So there’s really no point.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.24

We were curled up on my small bed, intertwined as much as it was possible, considering the thick afghan I was swathed in like a cocoon. I hated the necessity of the blanket, but it sort of ruined the romance when my teeth started chattering.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.25

He started to pull away – that was his automatic response whenever he decided things had gone too far, his reflex reaction whenever he most wanted to keep going. Edward had spent most of his life rejecting any kind of physical gratification. I knew it was terrifying to him trying to change those habits now.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.25

Practice makes perfect.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.25

But this is the dress rehearsal, and we’ve only practiced certain scenes. It’s no time for playing it safe.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.26

How different it would be when he didn’t need to worry about me anymore. What would he do with all his free time? He’d have to get a new hobby.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.26

I’m sure about you. The rest I can live through.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.27

I’ll miss my friends, too. Especially Mike. Oh, Mike! How will I go on?

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.27

Edward, we’ve been through this and through this. I know it will be hard, but this is what I want. I want you, and I want you forever. One lifetime is simply not enough for me.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.27

It’s not right! I don’t want you to have to make sacrifices for me. I want to give you things, not take things away from you. I don’t want to steal your future.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.28

I’ve been waiting a century to marry you, Miss Swan.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.28

Oh, for the love of all that’s holy!

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.28

I clutched him closer for one second and then released him. I didn’t have a prayer of winning a tug-of-war with Emmett.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.28

If you don’t send Edward out, we’re coming in after him!

Emmett Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.29

He vanished – launching himself out my window too swiftly for my eyes to follow. Outside, there was a muted thud, and I heard Emmett curse.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.29

Jasper? What do vampires do for bachelor parties? You’re not taking him to a strip club, are you?

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.30

My last night as Isabella Swan. Tomorrow night, I would be Bella Cullen. Though the whole marriage ordeal was a thorn in my side, I had to admit that I liked the sound of that.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.30

I’d never seen Tanya before, but I was sure that meeting her wouldn’t be a pleasant experience for my ego.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 2, p.31

I’ve only allotted so much time to make you stunning, Bella – you might have taken better care of my raw material.

Alice Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 3, p.40

No one expects me to be stunning. I think the bigger problem is that I might fall asleep during the ceremony and not be able to say ‘I do’ at the right part, and then Edward will make his escape.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 3, p.40

You’ll be my sister officially in ten short hours… it’s about time you get over this aversion to new clothes.

Alice Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 3, p.40

No one will dare to call you plain when I’m through with you.

Alice Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 3, p.42

Deep breaths, Bella. And try to lower your heart rate. You’re going to sweat off your new face.

Alice Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 3, p.43

I was afraid to look in the mirror – afraid the image of myself in the wedding dress would send me over the edge into a full-scale panic attack.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 3, p.44

Focus, Bella. Edward is waiting for you down there.

Alice Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 3, p.47

Bells, we’re up to bat.

Charlie Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 3, p.47

I should have realized that having Alice as my only bridesmaid was a mistake. I would look that much more uncoordinated coming behind her.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 3, p.47

Don’t let me fall, Dad.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 3, p.48

All I really saw was Edward’s face; it filled my vision and overwhelmed my mind. His eyes were a buttery, burning gold; his perfect face was almost severe with the depth of his emotion. And then, as he met my awed gaze, he broke into a breathtaking smile of exultation.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 3, p.48

Charlie took my hand and, in a symbol as old as the world, placed it in Edward’s. I touched the cool miracle of his skin, and I was home.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 3, p.49

In that moment, as the minister said his part, my world, which had been upside down for so long now, seemed to settle into its proper position. I saw just how silly I’d been for fearing this – as if it were an unwanted birthday gift or an embarrassing exhibition, like the prom. I looked into Edward’s shining, triumphant eyes and knew that I was winning, too. Because nothing else mattered but that I could stay with him.

Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 3, p.49

I tried to comprehend, through the film of tears blinding me, the surreal fact that this amazing person was mine.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 3, p.50

One scorching hug stood out from all the others – Seth Clearwater had braved the throng of vampires to stand in for my lost werewolf friend.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 3, p.50

Ah, Edward. I’ve missed you.

Tanya, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.54

Let me introduce you to my wife.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.54

We’ll get to know each other later. We’ll have eons of time for that!

Tanya, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.55

We took turns shoving cake in each other’s faces; Edward manfully swallowed his portion as I watched in disbelief. I threw my bouquet with atypical skill, right into Angela’s surprised hands. Emmett and Jasper howled with laughter at my blush while Edward removed my borrowed garter – which I’d shimmied down nearly to my ankle – very carefully with his teeth. With a quick wink at me, he shot it straight into Mike Newton’s face.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.55

Enjoying the party, Mrs. Cullen?

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.55

It wasn’t nearly as easy to dance with Charlie. He was no better at it than I was, so we moved safely from side to side in a tiny square formation. Edward and Esme spun around us like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.56

I feel just horrible, leaving you to cook for yourself – it’s practically criminal negligence. You could arrest me.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.56

I’m not surprised Mike’s having difficulty with improper thoughts about a married woman. I am disappointed that Alice didn’t make sure you were forced to look in a mirror.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.56

Kind is my middle name.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.58

Can I cut in?

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.58

Stop blubbering, Bella. You’ll ruin your dress. It’s just me.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.58

Yeah – the party can start. The best man finally made it.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.58

I’m glad I came. I didn’t think I would be. But it’s good to see you… one more time. Not as sad as I’d thought it would be.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.59

I’d never done anything good enough to deserve a friend like Jacob.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.60

I’m out of practice with the whole human thing.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.60

I tell you, if I could get rid of the voices in my head, being a wolf would be about perfect.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.61

Insanity is probably easier than sharing a pack mind. Crazy people’s voices don’t send babysitters to watch them.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.61

I’m just here to be your friend. Your best friend, one last time.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.62

Alice is an unstoppable force of nature.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.63

You’d think I’d be used to telling you goodbye by now.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.63

You’re not supposed to be the one crying, Bella.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.63

That’s my girl.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.64

My relationship with Jacob used to be so easy. Natural as breathing. But since Edward had come back into my life, it was a constant strain. Because – in Jacob’s eyes – by choosing Edward, I was choosing a fate that was worse than death, or at least equivalent to it.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.64

I can do anything I want! Butt out!

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.65

The darkness was suddenly very crowded.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.66

You’ll hurt her. Let her go.

Seth Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.66

I’ll kill you. I’ll kill you myself! I’ll do it now!

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.67

My insides were chaotic with panic and grief, but that didn’t matter – only the outside mattered right now. Putting on a good show was something I knew I had to master.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.68

I’d been so glad to see Jacob here. I knew the sacrifice it had taken him. And then I’d ruined it, turned his gift into a disaster. I should be quarantined.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.68

You and me. That’s the only thing that matters. The only thing you’re allowed to think about now. Do you hear me?

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.69

Edward, I’m not afraid.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.69

By the way, I love you.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.69

You’re monopolizing the bride. Let me dance with my little sister. This could be my last chance to make her blush.

Emmett Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.69

Do you want to miss your plane? I’m sure you’ll have a lovely honeymoon camped out in the airport waiting for another flight.

Alice Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.70

Go away, Alice.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.70

I’ll tell her where you’re taking her, Edward. So help me, I will.

Alice Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.71

You’re awfully small to be so hugely irritating.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.71

You’re the best, smartest, most talented sister in the whole world.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.71

I love you forever, Dad. Don’t forget that.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.73

Oh well, I thought to myself. He was a vampire, after all. Maybe we were going to Atlantis.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.77

Who gives an island as a gift? I frowned. I hadn’t realized Edward’s extreme generosity was a learned behavior.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.78

I’m nothing if not thorough.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.78

He didn’t ask what I was thinking, which was out of character for him. I guessed that meant that he was just as nervous as I suddenly was.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.79

I’m sure you’d like a human minute or two… It was a long journey.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.81

Don’t take too long, Mrs. Cullen.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.81

Did my skin burst into flames? I had to look down to check. Nope, nothing was burning. At least, not visibly.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.81

I didn’t know how or when, but someday, Alice was going to pay for this.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.81

I started to feel a little dizzy, apparently a full-scale panic attack on the way. I sat down on the cool tile floor in my big towel and put my head between my knees. I prayed he wouldn’t decide to come look for me before I could pull myself together. I could imagine what he would think if he saw me going to pieces this way. It wouldn’t be hard for him to convince himself that we were making a mistake.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.83

I was freaking out because I had no idea how to do this, and I was afraid to walk out of this room and face the unknown. Especially in French lingerie. I knew I wasn’t ready for that yet.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.83

How did people do this – swallow all their fears and trust someone else so implicitly with every imperfection and fear they had – with less than the absolute commitment that Edward had given me? If it weren’t Edward out there, if I didn’t know in every cell of my body that he loved me as much as I loved him – unconditionally and irrevocably and, to be honest, irrationally – I’d never be able to get up off this floor.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.83

I wouldn’t use the word beautiful. Not with you standing here in comparison.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.85

Don’t be afraid. We belong together.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.85

His arms wrapped around me, holding me against him, summer and winter. It felt like every nerve ending in my body was a live wire.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.85

I would have been happy to lie here forever, to never disturb this moment, but my body had other ideas. I laughed at my impatient stomach. It seemed sort of prosaic to be hungry after all that had passed last night. Like being brought back down to earth from some great height.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.86

My first instinct, the product of a lifetime of insecurities, was to wonder what I had done wrong.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.87

Fire and ice, somehow existing together without destroying each other. More proof that I belonged with him.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.87

Stop acting like I’m not a monster for having agreed to this.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.88

Why am I covered in feathers?

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.89

You… bit a pillow? Why?

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.89

Do not say the word fine. If you value my sanity, do not say that you are fine.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.90

Ugh! Why can’t you just read my mind already? It’s so inconvenient to be a mental mute!

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.90

I was perfectly happy. Totally and completely blissed out. Now – well, I’m sort of pissed actually.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.91

That. That right there is why I’m angry. You are killing my buzz, Edward.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.91

Did you expect this, Bella? Were you anticipating that I would hurt you? Were you thinking it would be worse? Do you consider the experiment a success because you can walk away from it? No broken bones – that equals a victory?

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.92

With our rarely changing temperaments, strong emotions can alter us in permanent ways. But he said I did not need to worry about that part – you had already altered me so completely.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.93

I can’t ignore the evidence, Bella. Or your history of trying to let me off the hook when I make mistakes.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.94

You listen to me, Edward Cullen. I am not pretending anything for your sake, okay? I didn’t even know there was a reason to make you feel better until you started being all miserable. I’ve never been so happy in all my life – I wasn’t this happy when you decided that you loved me more than you wanted to kill me, or the first morning I woke up and you were there waiting for me… Not when I heard your voice in the ballet studio, or when you said ‘I do’ and I realized that, somehow, I get to keep you forever. Those are the happiest memories I have, and this is better than any of it. So just deal with it.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.94

We’re just lucky it was the pillows and not you.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.95

Do I look that hideous?

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.95

How did you keep from laughing at this? I look ridiculous.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.96

I will not make love with you until you’ve been changed. I will never hurt you again.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 5, p.98

I will not make any deals with you.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.101

I gritted my teeth for a second, fighting a smile. If there was one thing he couldn’t resist, it was an opportunity to give me something.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.102

Why are you doing this to me?

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.102

You are making me insane, Bella.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.103

He kissed me back, but not in a way that made me think I was winning. It was more like he was being careful not to hurt my feelings; he was completely, maddeningly in control of himself.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.103

You are so human, Bella. Ruled by your hormones.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.103

You haven’t said a word in your sleep since we got here. If it weren’t for the snoring, I’d worry you were slipping into a coma.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.104

In this dream that was both new and old, I simply had to protect the unknown child. There was no other option. At the same time, I knew that I would fail.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.105

Do you want me to sing to you? I’ll sing all night if it will keep the bad dreams away.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.105

It wasn’t desire at all – it was need, acute to the point of pain.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.107

I couldn’t tell if he was moved by the tears trembling in my voice, or if he was unprepared to deal with the suddenness of my attack, or if his need was simply as unbearable in that moment as my own. But whatever the reason, he pulled my lips back to his, surrendering with a groan.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.107

I was afraid to admit I was awake and face his anger – no matter whom it was directed at today.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.108

How much trouble am I in?

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.108

The pillows all appear to have survived.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.109

You seem to be extraordinarily unobservant when your attention is otherwise involved.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.109

You look so guilty – like you’ve committed a crime.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.110

So you seduced your all-too-willing husband. That’s not a capital offense.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.110

I told you that it was all about practice.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.110

Breakfast time for the human?

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.110

If I don’t have a better sense of equilibrium in my next life, I’m demanding a refund.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.110

I don’t spend my free time plotting like some people do. What can we do to wear Bella out today?

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.111

Sex was the key all along? Why didn’t I think of that? I could have saved myself a lot of arguments.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.111

You are so human.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.111

Real estate is a good investment.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.112

His words painted a very happy immediate future, one free of pain for everyone involved. The Jacob-drawer, all but forgotten, rattled, and I amended the thought – for almost everyone.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.112

Now that I’d discovered exactly how good being human could be, it was tempting to let my plans drift. Eighteen or nineteen, nineteen or twenty… Did it really matter? I wouldn’t change so much in a year. And being human with Edward… The choice got trickier every day.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.112

Beautiful women only? Well, that was kind of flattering.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.114

Yes, I’m sure a movie will convince her that you’re human.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.114

Very honeymoonish.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.115

I don’t know… I’ve already mangled the headboard in the other room beyond repair – maybe if we limit the destruction to one area of the house, Esme might invite us back someday.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.115

I think it might be safer if it’s premeditated, rather than if I wait for you to assault me again.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.116

Maybe it would be more polite to wait until we’re alone. You may not notice me tearing the furniture apart, but it would probably scare them.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.116

I had another idea for burning calories.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 6, p.117

We seemed to exist outside of time here, just drifting along in a perfect state.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 7, p.119

Bella! I’m losing my mind over here.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 7, p.123

Are you trying to pass this illness off as PMS?

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 7, p.123

The phone kept ringing. I wished Edward would answer it – I was having a moment. Possibly the biggest of my life.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 7, p.127

I’m a little worried about Edward… Can vampires go into shock?

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 7, p.129

I would wait somewhere else for his mood to pass. I couldn’t talk to this icy, focused Edward who honestly frightened me a little.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 7, p.131

Surprising, absolutely. Astonishing, even. But wrong? No. So why was Edward so furious? He was the one who had actually wished out loud for a shotgun wedding.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 7, p.131

From that first little touch, the whole world had shifted. Where before there was just one thing I could not live without, now there were two. There was no division – my love was not split between them now; it wasn’t like that. It was more like my heart had grown, swollen up to twice its size in that moment. All that extra space, already filled. The increase was almost dizzying.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 7, p.132

This child, Edward’s child, was a whole different story. I wanted him like I wanted air to breathe. Not a choice – a necessity.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 7, p.132

We’re going to get that thing out before it can hurt any part of you. Don’t be scared. I won’t let it hurt you.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 7, p.133

I wished I could speak Portuguese, or that my Spanish was less rudimentary, so that I could try to thank this woman who had dared to anger a vampire just to check on me.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 7, p.134

As if I could discount something because it was a legend. My life was circled by legend on every side. They were all true.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 7, p.137

Life sucks, and then you die. Yeah, I should be so lucky.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Book Two Preface, p.143

Jeez, Paul, don’t you freaking have a home of your own?

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.145

Bring it, kid. I don’t need Rachel to protect me.

Paul, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.146

You broke my nose, idiot.

Paul, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.146

Wow, I bet Leah’s really going to love to hear that you want to spend some quality time with her. It’ll just warm the cockles of her heart.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.146

Back in the day, you could count on Paul for a fight pretty much whenever. You didn’t have to hit him then – any mild insult would do. It didn’t take a lot to flip him out of control. Now, of course, when I really wanted a good snarling, ripping, break-the-trees-down match, he had to be all mellow.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.147

All this mandatory love-at-first-sight was completely sickening!

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.147

I wondered – would a bullet through my temple actually kill me or just leave a really big mess for me to clean up?

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.148

Right now, I wouldn’t mind dismantling a haystack. At least that would give me something to do.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.150

Bella was either coming back one of them, or not coming back. Either way, a human life had been lost. And that meant game on.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.150

Five bucks on the baby girl.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.152

You missed the party. Princess theme. She made me wear a crown, and then Emily suggested they all try out her new play makeup on me.

Quil Ateara, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.152

It was hard being around imprinted people. No matter what stage they were in – about to tie the knot like Sam or just a much-abused nanny like Quil – the peace and certainty they always radiated was downright puke-inducing.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.153

You know, Jake, maybe you should think about getting a life.

Quil Ateara, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.155

Sometimes I thought it might be fun to enter a race – you know, like the Olympic trials or something. It would be cool to watch the expressions on those star athlete’s faces when I blew by them. Only I was pretty sure the testing they did to make sure you weren’t on steroids would probably turn up some really freaky crap in my blood.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.156

It had been so confusing. Dying to kill him. Afraid to hurt her. My friends in the way.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.157

I hated it when Sam laid down the law like that. I hated the feeling of having no choice. Of having to obey.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.157

Claim this, moron.

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.158

I’m not afraid to die.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.162

I honor my pack. I do what’s best for them.

Sam Uley, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.162

Nope, the pack wasn’t attacking anyone today. But I was.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 8, p.163

Huh – I wondered if Sam would consider my death provocation. Probably say I got what I deserved. Wouldn’t want to offend his bloodsucker BFFs.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.168

Ugh. Reeking vampires.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.169

If there was such a thing as a safe vampire, it was the strangely gentle leader.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.170

They were all here, all together, but that was not what froze me where I stood and had my jaw dropping to the floor. It was Edward. It was the expression on his face. I’d seen him angry, and I’d seen him arrogant, and once I’d seen him in pain. But this – this was beyond agony. His eyes were half-crazed. He didn’t look up to glare at me. He stared down at the couch beside him with an expression like someone had lit him on fire. His hands were rigid claws at his side.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.170

I saw her at the same moment that I caught her scent. Her warm, clean, human scent.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.171

I knew how Bella felt about almost everything – her thoughts were so obvious; sometimes it was like they were printed on her forehead. So she didn’t have to tell me every detail of a situation for me to get it.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.172

Edward moaned real quiet. His head slumped against Bella’s knees. She put one of her hands against his cheek. Like she was comforting him.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.172

I didn’t want to see this, didn’t want to think about this. I didn’t want to imagine him inside her. I didn’t want to know that something I hated so much had taken root in the body I loved.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.174

I always knew he would kill her.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.174

I didn’t want to kill girls… even vampire girls. Though I might make an exception for that blonde.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.175

Behave. And then come back.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.176

I’m not ready for you to kill me yet, Jacob Black. You’ll have to have a little patience.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.176

Patience isn’t my specialty.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.176

For a second I was just a kid – a kid who had lived all of his life in the same tiny town. Just a child. Because I knew I would have to live a lot more, suffer a lot more, to ever understand the searing agony in Edward’s eyes.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.176

This was the face a man would have if he were burning at the stake.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.177

His broken helplessness irritated me. I wanted a fight, not an execution.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.177

Jeez, she was running true to form. Of course, die for the monster spawn. It was so Bella.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.177

Did you ever notice that she’s exactly as strong as a normal hundred-and-ten-pound human girl? How stupid are you vamps? Hold her down and knock her out with drugs.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.178

You should have left Bella with me.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.178

Maybe he should have thought about all this before he knocked her up with the life-sucking monster.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.179

I didn’t realize they had a special name for what you are.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.179

Even you, Jacob Black, cannot hate me as much as I hate myself.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.179

You know her, Jacob. You connect to her on a level that I don’t even understand. You are part of her, and she is part of you.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.180

I wondered if he was really going crazy. Could vampires lose their minds?

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.180

I don’t care about anything but keeping her alive. If it’s a child she wants, she can have it. She can have half a dozen babies. Anything she wants. She can have puppies, if that’s what it takes.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.180

That’s the craziest thing you’ve said yet.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.181

I couldn’t think about what he was suggesting. It was too much. Impossible. Wrong. Sick. Borrowing Bella for the weekends and then returning her Monday morning like a rental movie? SO messed up. So tempting.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.181

Make Bella see sense? What universe do you live in?

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.182

Where is this psycho crap coming from? Are you making this up as you go?

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.182

I couldn’t believe I was even thinking about this. Bella would punch me – not that I cared about that, but it would probably break her hand again.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.183

The moment Bella’s heart stops beating, I will be begging for you to kill me.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.183

I felt like – like I don’t know what. Like this wasn’t real. Like I was in some Goth version of a bad sitcom. Instead of being the A/V dweeb about to ask the head cheerleader to the prom, I was the finished-second-place werewolf about to ask the vampire’s wife to shack up and procreate. Nice.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.185

Over my pile of ashes.

Rosalie Hale, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.186

He was right – she was beating herself up about hurting his feelings. The girl was a classic martyr. She’d totally been born in the wrong century. She should have lived back when she could have gotten herself fed to some lions for a good cause.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.187

The composure he was trying to keep up for Bella was shaky. I could see how close he was to that burning man he’d been outside.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.187

I’m not going to lie, Bells. You’re hideous.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.187

Did you know that ‘I told you so’ has a brother, Jacob? His name is ‘Shut the hell up.’

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.188

To talk some sense into you. There’s a battle that’s lost before it starts.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.188

I did know this – every second I spent with her was only going to add to the pain I would have to suffer later. Like a junkie with a limited supply, the day of reckoning was coming for me. The more hits I took now, the harder it would be when my supply ran out.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.188

Is dementia one of your symptoms?

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.189

I’m not saying things will work out easily, Jake. But how could I have lived through all that I’ve lived through and not believe in magic by this point?

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.189

If she hadn’t looked so fragile I would’ve been screaming. As it was, I did growl at her.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.189

If you think that imprinting could ever make sense of this insanity… Do you really think that just because I might someday imprint on some stranger it would make this right? Tell me what the point was then, Bella! What was the point of me loving you? What was the point of you loving him? When you die, how is that ever right again? What’s the point to all the pain? Mine, yours, his! You’ll kill him, too, not that I care about that. So what was the point of your twisted love story, in the end? If there is any sense, please show me, Bella, because I don’t see it.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.189

You’re dying for nothing, Bella! Nothing!

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.190

I took her face in my hand. I didn’t have to remind myself to be gentle. Everything about her screamed breakable.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.190

Emergency vampirization.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.191

Carlisle only changed them because it was that or death. He doesn’t end lives, he saves them.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.191

I realized I needed her to stay alive, in some form. In any form.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.191

Oh, I hadn’t heard the great news. A bouncing baby boy, huh? Shoulda brought some blue balloons.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.192

You’re very pessimistic, Jacob.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.192

Shut up, Bella. You can spout this crap to your bloodsucker, but you’re not fooling me.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.193

There was no point. I would never be able to save her from herself. I’d never been able to do that.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.194

Please, Jacob. You think I should kill my baby and replace it with some generic substitute?

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.195

You don’t have to hurt him. You could make him happy again, Bella.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.195

I told you he was going crazy. Literally, Bells.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.196

There isn’t much you wouldn’t do for me, either, is there? I really don’t know why you bother. I don’t deserve either of you.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.196

I wish I could explain it to you right so that you would understand. I can’t hurt him any more than I could pick up a gun and shoot you. I love him.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.196

Why do you always have to love the wrong things, Bella?

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.197

I could feel the addiction sucking at me, trying to keep me near her.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.197

I’m not going to hang around and watch you die, Bella.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.197

I almost went back. I almost turned around and fell down on my knees and started begging again. But I knew that I had to quit Bella, quit her cold turkey, before she killed me, like she was going to kill him.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.197

You will not be cruel to him, Leah. Bella’s sacrifice is a heavy price, and we will all recognize that. It is against everything we stand for to take a human life. Making an exception to that code is a bleak thing. We will all mourn for what we do tonight.

Sam Uley, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.202

Carlisle Cullen. Looking at him without that hate clouding my eyes, I couldn’t deny that killing him was murder. He was good. Good as any human we protected. Maybe better. The others, too, I supposed, but I didn’t feel as strongly about them. I didn’t know them as well. It was Carlisle who would hate fighting back, even to save his own life. That’s why we would be able to kill him – because he wouldn’t want us, his enemies, to die. This was wrong. And it wasn’t just because killing Bella felt like suicide.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10, p.205

There was fear in the pack, not so much for self but for the whole. We couldn’t imagine that we would all make it out alive tonight. Which brothers would we lose? Which minds would leave us forever? Which grieving families would we be consoling in the morning?

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 11, p.206

I could see how easy it would be – to think about nothing more than my part. It wasn’t hard to imagine attacking Jasper and Emmett. We’d been close to that before. I’d thought of them as enemies for a very long time. I could do that now again. I just had to forget that they were protecting the same thing I would protect. I had to forget the reason why I might want them to win…

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 11, p.208

No one could dispute the Alpha’s decision – except for me. I hadn’t earned anything. But there were things that had been born in me, things that I’d left unclaimed. I’d never wanted to lead the pack. I didn’t want to do it now. I didn’t want the responsibility for all our fates resting on my shoulders. Sam was better at that than I would ever be. But he was wrong tonight. And I had not been born to kneel to him. The bonds fell off my body the second that I embraced my birthright.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 11, p.209

This isn’t about them. This is about Bella. She has never been the one for you, she had never chosen you, but you continue to destroy your life for her!

Sam Uley, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 11, p.210

Do you belong to a coven now, Jacob?

Sam Uley, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 11, p.211

I sprinted toward the white house I still hated, leaving my home behind me. Home didn’t belong to me anymore. I’d turned my back on it.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 11, p.212

How did everything get messed up and twisted so that I was here now, all alone, an unwilling Alpha, cut off from my brothers, choosing vampires over them?

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 11, p.212

Wait up. My legs aren’t as long as yours.

Seth Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 11, p.213

I didn’t follow you because I was after a promotion.

Seth Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 11, p.214

Stop being so… optimistic. It’s getting on my nerves.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 11, p.215

You want me to be all doom and gloom, or just shut up?

Seth Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 11, p.215

Nobody out there. All’s quiet on the western front.

Seth Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 11, p.218

Wouldn’t it be just peachy if I couldn’t take care of Seth for one freaking night? What if something happened to him on my watch? Leah would shred me into kibble.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 11, p.219

This would be a lot easier if the communication wasn’t one way. Then again, I was kinda glad I wasn’t in his head.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 11, p.221

Nice to have toddlers guarding the fort.

Emmett Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 11, p.221

It’s pretty obvious, isn’t it? I’m joining your crappy little renegade pack. The vampires’ guard dogs.

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 12, p.225

Wanna race, O fearless leader?

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 12, p.225

Shut up, Jacob. Oops, I’m sorry – I mean, shut up, most high Alpha.

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 12, p.226

You think I’m just going to sit home while my little brother volunteers as a vampire chew toy?

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 12, p.226

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 12, p.227

What is it with you Clearwaters? Why can’t you leave me alone?

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 12, p.228

That will be my goal, then – to be less annoying than Paul.

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 12, p.232

Bella is already a daughter to me. A beloved daughter.

Carlisle Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 12, p.234

I’ve seen vampire venom work miracles, but there are conditions that even venom cannot overcome. Her heart is working too hard now; if it should fail… there won’t be anything for me to do.

Carlisle Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 12, p.235

Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 12, p.237

Not pleasant? Gosh, that’ll be such a change.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 12, p.241

The girl looked like she only had hours left, and she had to be in pain, but she was making jokes. So Bella. Trying to ease the tension, make it better for everyone else.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 12, p.241

So, who’s going to catch me a grizzly bear?

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 12, p.242

I’m not here as a donor, Bells.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 12, p.243

Well, I’m starving, so I’ll bet he is, too. Let’s go for it. My first vampire act.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 12, p.243

Edward stayed, holding Bella’s hand. His face was dead again. He didn’t seem to have the energy to keep up even that little hint of hope he’d had before. They stared into each other’s eyes, but not in a gooey way. It was like they were having a conversation. Kind of reminded me of Sam and Emily.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.244

If there was a way to escape this pain, I’d take it, too.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.245

I kind of liked how, a lot of the time, she seemed to forget that I wasn’t completely human.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.245

Don’t blame me for this one. Your vampire was just picking snide comments out of my head.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.245

You’re scared of Leah, but you’re best buds with the psychopath blonde?

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.247

She understands that you’re gonna die and she doesn’t care, s’long as she gets her mutant spawn out of the deal.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.247

Stop being a jerk, Jacob.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.247

You say that like it’s possible.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.247

She glared at Edward’s hand like she might take a snap at it. I wished she would. I bet Edward wouldn’t take that sitting down, and I’d love to see Blondie lose a limb.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.249

Does this screw my total? Or do we start counting after I’m a vampire?

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.250

If he succeeded with this, if Bella lived, Edward wasn’t going to be able to get away with so much when her senses were as sharp as his. He’d have to work on the honesty thing.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.250

Jeez, how did anyone stand living with him? It was really too bad he couldn’t hear Bella’s thoughts. Then he’d annoy the crap out of her, too, and she’d get tired of him.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.251

Great, now I was the court jester.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.251

That ghost of hope in Edward’s eyes had turned into the real thing.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.252

I was glad Bella felt better. So what if the means grossed me out? It wasn’t like I’d said anything.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.252

I gritted my teeth. She was allowed to kill herself for a monster, but I wasn’t allowed to miss a few nights’ sleep to watch her do it?

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.252

Look who’s getting all paternal.

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.255

Despite my best efforts, I’ve seen you naked before – doesn’t do much for me, so no worries.

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.259

Nudity was an inconvenient but unavoidable part of pack life. We’d all thought nothing of it before Leah came along. Then it got awkward.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.259

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that Leah belongs wherever she wants to be.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.263

That is easily the freakin’ grossest thing I’ve heard in my life. Yuck. If there was anything in my stomach, it would be coming back.

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.266

Mom dropped him a lot when he was a baby.

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 13, p.266

I took the clothes gingerly between my teeth – ugh – and carried them back to the trees. Just in case this was some joke by the blond psychopath and I had a bunch of girls’ stuff here. Bet she’d love to see the look on my human face as I stood there naked, holding a sundress.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 14, p.268

What was with her? For crying out loud, she was married! Happily married, too – there was no question that she was in love with her vampire past the boundaries of sanity. And hugely pregnant, to top it off. So why did she have to be so damn thrilled to see me? Like I’d made her who freakin’ day by walking through the door. If she would just not care… Or more than that – really not want me around. It would be so much easier to stay away.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 14, p.270

Edward seemed to be in agreement with my thoughts – we were on the same wavelength so much lately it was crazy.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 14, p.270

How much blood would it take to keep her going? At some point, would they start trotting in the neighbors?

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 14, p.271

Where’s the flood, mutt?

Rosalie Hale, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 14, p.271

You know how you drown a blonde, Rosalie? Glue a mirror to the bottom of a pool.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 14, p.271

I snorted. Vampire mother hen – bizarre.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 14, p.272

Vampires get headaches?

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 14, p.276

Happy to be of service, ma’am.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 14, p.277

Could you keep it down? Sleeping, here.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 14, p.277

About time. The chainsaw impersonation was getting a little tired.

Rosalie Hale, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 14, p.278

What’s for breakfast? O negative or AB positive?

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 14, p.280

Clearly, there was no physical need strong enough to get Edward away from Bella now.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 14, p.283

This was the problem with hanging out with vampires – you got used to them. They started messing up the way you saw the world. They started feeling like friends.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 14, p.284

It made no sense for them to stay, and it would be better – not less painful, but healthier – for me if Bella left.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.288

Alice wants you, too. She says she’s tired of hanging out in the attic like a bat in the belfry.

Seth Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.290

As much as I knew it was a stupid thing to do, I couldn’t stop myself. I must be some kind of masochist.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.291

Oh, wonderful. I knew I smelled something nasty.

Rosalie Hale, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.292

And, just like before, Bella’s face lit up like a kid’s on Christmas morning. Like I’d brought her the greatest gift ever. It was so unfair.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.292

Thanks, anyway, Alice, but I don’t think I’d want to eat something Blondie’s spit in. I’d bet my system wouldn’t take too kindly to venom.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.293

Enjoy, mongrel.

Rosalie Hale, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.294

It had once probably been a big mixing bowl, but she’d bent the bowl back in on itself until it was shaped almost exactly like a dog dish. I had to be impressed with her quick craftsmanship. And her attention to detail. She’d scratched the word Fido into the side. Excellent handwriting.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.294

Hey, do you know what you call a blonde with a brain? A golden retriever.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.294

Let me guess, someone around here used to cut hair in a salon in Paris?

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.295

So… um… what’s the, er, date? You know, the due date for the little monster.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.295

For a minute I tried to look at her from a distance, to separate myself from the pull. I knew it wasn’t my imagination that my need for her was stronger than ever. Why was that? Because she was dying? Or knowing that even if she didn’t, still – best case scenario – she’d be changing into something else that I wouldn’t know or understand?

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.296

Why do you want me here? Seth could keep you warm, and he’s probably easier to be around, happy little punk. But when I walk in the door, you smile like I’m your favorite person in the world.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.297

It feels… complete when you’re here, Jacob. Like all my family is together. I mean, I guess that’s what it’s like – I’ve never had a big family before now. It’s nice. But it’s just not whole unless you’re here.

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.298

I’ll never be a part of your family, Bella.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.298

How about, ‘Jacob, I get a kick out of your pain.’

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.298

We got off track, Jake. Out of balance. You’re supposed to be part of my life – I can feel that, and so can you. But not like this. We did something wrong. No. I did. I did something wrong, and we got off track…

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.298

No. It’s not better. But I’m not going to force her to do anything that makes her unhappy now. Whatever happens, this makes her feel better. I’ll deal with the rest afterward.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.299

I’m not a bloodsucker, so maybe I’m missing something, but Charlie seems like kind of a strange choice for her first meal.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.300

I’ll deal with whatever comes. I won’t cause her pain now.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.301

Of course there were no survivors. Giving birth in the middle of a disease-infested swamp with a medicine man smearing sloth spit across your face to drive out the evil spirits was never the safest method.

Rosalie Hale, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.303

Silently, I lifted my doggy bowl off the floor. Then, with a quick, powerful flip of my wrist, I threw it into the back of Blondie’s head so hard that – with an earsplitting bang – it smashed flat before it ricocheted across the room and snapped the round top piece off the thick newel post at the foot of the stairs.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.304

Dumb blonde.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.304

You. Got. Food. In. My. Hair.

Rosalie Hale, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.304

I’m not going to forget this, dog.

Rosalie Hale, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.304

S’not so hard to erase a blonde’s memory. Just blow in her ear.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.304

Bella’s light snore started up again, accenting my sarcasm nicely.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15, p.306

Wouldn’t want our precious parasites taking unnecessary chances.

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.310

Ah, sweet success.

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.311

I think you make a good Alpha. Not in the same way Sam does, but in your own way. You’re worth following, Jacob.

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.312

I’m happier now, as a part of your pack, than I have been in years.

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.312

Wow, this is going to sound bad. But, honestly, it will be easier to deal with your pain than face mine.

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.315

I know it’s going to be bad for you, Jacob. I understand that – maybe better than you think. I don’t like her, but… she’s your Sam. She’s everything you want and everything you can’t have.

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.315

At least Sam is happy. At least he’s alive and well. I love him enough that I want that. I want him to have what’s best for him. I just don’t want to stick around to watch.

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.316

I wasn’t born a compassionless shrew. I used to be sort of nice, you know.

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.316

Ugh. I so didn’t want to have this conversation.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.318

What’s wrong with going out and falling in love like a normal person, Leah? Imprinting is just another way of getting your choices taken away from you.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.319

I understand why your blond vampire is so cold – in the figurative sense. She’s focused. She’s got her eye on the prize, right? Because you always want the very most what you can never, ever have.

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.319

That’s the funny thing about knowing you can’t have something. It makes you desperate.

Leah Clearwater, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.320

Edward and I weren’t the only ones who were burning over this. Alice loved Bella, too.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.321

I’d been planning to take off and get some Z’s, but the chance to ruin Rosalie’s morning seemed too good to pass up.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.323

Ew. Someone put the dog out.

Rosalie Hale, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.323

I have killed a hundred times more often than you have, you disgusting beast. Don’t forget that.

Rosalie Hale, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.324

Someday, Beauty Queen, you’re going to get tired of just threatening me. I’m really looking forward to that.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.324

It… the baby likes the sound of your voice.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.325

As he stared at them, his face was not frightened or angry or burning or any of the other expressions he’d worn since their return. He was marveling with her.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.326

You have the most beautiful voice in the universe. Who wouldn’t love it?

Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.327

In that moment, I knew that I was alone. All alone. I wanted to kick myself when I realized how much I’d been counting on that loathsome vampire. How stupid – as if you could ever trust a leech! Of course he would betray me in the end.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.327

Go, Jacob. Get away from here.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 16, p.328

In a sick way, it was my lucky day. If by lucky you meant taking a well-traveled highway at two hundred without so much as seeing one cop, even in the thirty-mile-an-hour speed-trap towns. What a letdown. A little chase action might have been nice, not to mention that the license plate info would bring the heat down on the leech. Sure, he’d buy his way out of it, but it might have been just a little inconvenient for him.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 17, p.330

Seemed like maybe getting your choices taken away from you wasn’t the very worst thing in the world. Maybe feeling like this was the very worst thing in the world.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 17, p.331

So how do you look for a random soul mate in a crowd? Well, first, I needed a crowd. So I tooled around, looking for a likely spot. I passed a couple of malls, which probably would’ve been pretty good places to find girls my age, but I couldn’t make myself stop. Did I want to imprint on some girl who hung out in a mall all day?

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 17, p.331

Sometimes they stared back. Sometimes they looked scared – like they were thinking, Who is this big freak glaring at me? Sometimes I thought they looked kind of interested, but maybe that was just my ego running wild.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 17, p.332

Maybe I was what Leah thought she was. Some kind of dead end that shouldn’t be passed on to another generation. Or maybe it was just that my life was a big, cruel joke, and there was no escape from the punch line.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 17, p.333

If you’re feeling that remorseful over boosting the car, you could always turn yourself in.

Lizzie, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 17, p.333

Nice girl who knew cars. Wow. I stared at her face harder, wishing I knew how to make it work. C’mon, Jake – imprint already.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 17, p.334

I wasn’t in that healthier place where Leah was headed. I wasn’t going to be able to fall in love like a normal person. Not when I was bleeding over someone else. Maybe – if it was ten years from now and Bella’s heart was long dead and I’d hauled myself through the whole grieving process and come out in one piece again – maybe then I could offer Lizzie a ride in a fast car and talk makes and models and get to know something about her and see if I liked her as a person. But that wasn’t going to happen now. Magic wasn’t going to save me. I was just going to have to take the torture like a man. Suck it up.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 17, p.334

Glad to hear you’re going straight.

Lizzie, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 17, p.335

I’m not going to pretend that I understand why Bella is unable to let go of you, but I do know that she does not behave this way to hurt you. She suffers a great deal over the pain she’s inflicting on you, and on me, by asking you to stay.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 17, p.338

So the psycho was “Rose” now. He’d completely crossed over to the dark side.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 17, p.339

I stared at Edward, feeling sort of like my eyes might pop out of their sockets. Underneath that disbelief, I could see right away that this was the critical factor. This was what had changed Edward – that the monster had convinced him of this love. He couldn’t hate what loved Bella. It was probably why he couldn’t hate me, either. There was a big difference, though. I wasn’t killing her.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 17, p.339

I’m sorry. I am truly sorry for the pain this causes you, Jacob. Though you hate me, I must admit that I don’t feel the same about you. I think of you as a… a brother in many ways. A comrade in arms, at the very least. I regret your suffering more than you realize. But Bella is going to survive, and I know that’s what really matters to you.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 17, p.341

I want your permission to deviate from what we agreed to in our treaty with Ephraim. I want you to grant us an exception. I want your permission to save her life. You know I’ll do it anyway, but I don’t want to break faith with you if there is any way to avoid it. We never intended to go back on our word, and we don’t do it lightly now. I want your understanding, Jacob, because you know exactly why we do this. I want the alliance between our families to survive when this is over.

Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 17, p.342

Crazy how easy it was, walking through the dark with a vampire right beside me. It didn’t feel unsafe, or even uncomfortable, really. It felt like walking next to anybody. Well, anybody who smelled bad.

Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 17, p.343