“...it didn't make things perfect, but it made them better.”

“Making decisions was the painful part for me, the part I agonized over. But once the decision was made, I simply followed through—usually with relief that the choice was made. Sometimes the relief was tainted by despair, like my decision to come to Forks. But it was still better than wrestling with the alternatives.”

“I didn't want the life that made sense. Not if the chaos meant i could have Bella.”

“Yet I wouldn't trade it. I didn't want the life that made sense. Not if the chaos meant I could be with Bella.”

“Not many people get every single thing they want plus all the things they didn't think to ask for in the same day.”

“Love didn't work that way, I decided. Once you cared about a person, it was impossible to be logical about them anymore.”

“Is my mom all right?""She's perfectly fine. don't worry, Bella, I have no quarrel with her. Unless you didn't come alone, of course." Light, amused."I'm alone." I'd never been more alone in my entire life.”