“Funny how it kept hitting me, like each new thing was a surprise. When was I going to stop being surprised?”

“Humans were always surprising me.”

“Momma, you're special," Renesmee told me without any surprise, like she was commenting on the color of my clothes.”

“Hey Jacob!" I felt an unfamiliar surge of enthusiasm at his smile. I realized that I was pleased to see him. This knowledge surprised me.I smiled back, and something clicked silently into place, like two corresponding puzzle pieces. I'd forgotten how much I really liked Jacob Black.”

“She looked around herself, disoriented, like she’d forgotten we were at lunch. Like she’d forgotten we were even at school-surprised that we were not alone in some private place. I understood that feeling exactly. It was hard to remember the rest of the world when I was with her.”

“How was I ever going to fight the blurring lines in our relationship when I enjoyed being with him so much?”

“From upstair there was a new sound the only thing that could stop me in this endless instant, a frantic pounding, a racing beat, a changing heart.”