“She sees things — things that might happen, things that are coming. But it’s very subjective. The future isn’t set in stone. Things change.”

“Thats the beautiful thing about being human: Things change.”

“You think of me as a… living stone — hard and cold. That’s true. We are set the way we are, and it is very rare for us to experience a real change. When that happens, as when Bella entered my life, it is a permanent change. There’s no going back…”

“The thing about the sun… is that it’s always there. Like sometimes, you can’t see it, but it never really goes away.”

“It was encouraging to see that she sometimes got things wrong. Tyler's persistence had nothing to do with the accident. She didn't seem to understand the appeal she held for the human boys at the high school. Did she not see the appeal she had for me, either?”

“My hindsight seemed unbearably clear tonight. I could see every mistake I'd made, every bit of harm I'd done, the small things and the big things.”

“What bella wanted and what was best for bella were two very different things”