“I was a vampire, and she had the sweetest blood I’d smelled in eighty years.”

“One of the many hazards of socializing with vampires. It makes you smell bad. A minor hazard, comparatively.”

“Dazed and disoriented, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm--into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires.”

“It's healthy to ditch class now and then." To be precise, it was healthier for humans if vampires ditched on days when human blood would be spilt.”

“About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him-and I didn’t know how potent that part might be-that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.”

“I don't care who's a werewolf and who's a vampire. If Angela turns out to be a witch, she can join the party too.”

“I coveted you. I had no right to want you--but I reached out and took you anyway. And now look what's become of you! Trying to seduce a vampire.”