Love is irrational, I reminded myself. The more you loved someone, the less sense anything made.
I am not really breaking any rules. Charlie said I could never take another step through the door again… I came in through the window… Still, the intent was clear, said Edward.
Hey, Rosalie? Do you know how to drown a blonde? Stick a mirror to the bottom of a pool.
You know I love you right?”
“I know,” he breathed, his arm tightening automatically around my waist. “You know how much I wish it was enough.
You are the most important thing to me now. The most important thing to me ever.
Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved.
The bond forged between us was not one that could be broken by absence, distance, or time. And no matter how much more special or beautiful or brilliant or perfect than me he might be, he was as irreversibly altered as I was. As I would always belong to him, so would he always be mine.
It’s not the face, but the expressions on it. It’s not the voice, but what you say. It’s not how you look in that body, but the thing you do with it. You are beautiful.
I know – I’ll play you for it, Alice suggested. Rock, paper, scissors.Jasper chuckled and Edward sighed.Why don’t you just tell me who wins? Edward said wryly.Alice beamed. I do. Excellent.
Even more, I had never meant to love him. One thing I truly knew – knew it in the pit of my stomach, in the center of my bones, knew it from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet, knew it deep in my empty chest – was how love gave someone the power to break you
Um, Doc said in a mild voice, medically speaking, I’m not sure that was the most helpful thing for his condition.But I feel better, Jared answered, sullen.Doc smiled the tiniest smile. Well, maybe a few more minutes of unconsciousness won’t kill him.