Sorry if I can't be the right monster for you Bella.

Tonight the sky was utterly black. Perhaps there was no moon tonight—a lunar eclipse, a new moon. A new moon. I shivered, though I wasn't cold.

Well, I'm so sorry that I can't be the right kind of monster for you, Bella.

Sometimes you have to learn to love what's good for you.

I honestly have no idea how to live without you.

When I told you I didn't want you it was the blackest kind of blasphemy

Only you could be more important than what I wanted...what I needed. What I want and what I need is to be with you, and I know I'll never be strong enough to leave again.

Sometimes, loyalty gets in the way of what you want to do. Sometimes, it’s not your secret to tell.

Try not to trip, " she added. "We don't have time for a concussion today."I groaned. That would be just like me - ruin everything, destroy the world, in a moment of klutziness.

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

Maybe it would feel nice. Maybe it wouldn't feel like a betrayal. Besides, who was I betraying, anyway? Just myself.

A father is a man who fails every day.

Sometimes when I remember we aren't the same person, it shocks me.

A government of laws, and not of men.

Fatigue is the best pillow.

I don't believe you! Flowers are weak creatures. They are naive. They reassure themselves as best they can. They believe that their thorns are terrible weapons.

We live in a beauty-obsessed age and success sometimes appears to hinge solely on the presentation of an image that is acceptable to the press.

A lot of the players are not involved with any NHL team, so to play and travel around with the Oldtimers' it's a kind of gift that the players really appreciate.

You're going to find this hard to believe, but cops aren't required to carry emergency condoms." Joe Morelli

I don't take myself seriously any more. Sometimes I just garden in my knickers and platform shoes.

Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.