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b1b724e
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We made it,' he shouted. 'Not bad for a prison break, eh?' 'Good thinking Jake.
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0793be2
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I felt like I was staring out across an ocean that I was going to have to swim from shore to shore before I could rest again.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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7bad0ec
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I bit a pillow. Or two.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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f04bc41
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The clouds I can handle, but I can't fight with an eclipse.
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jacob-black
stephenie-meyer
eclipse
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I could really appreciate him now - could properly see every beautiful line of his perfect face, of his long, flawless body with my strong new eyes, every angle and every plane of him. I could taste his pure, vivid scent on my tongue and feel the unbelievable silkiness of his marble skin under my sensitive fingertips.
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fd61098
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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.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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db433ad
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No one could be still like Edward.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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de03ee8
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The irresponsible mother helped explain bella's maturity. She'd had to grow up early, to become the caretaker. That's why she didn't like being cared for- she felt it was her job.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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Alice was scrutinizing my boring jeans-and-a-T-shirt outfit in a way that made me self-conscious. Probably plotting another makeover. I sighed. My indifferent attitude to fashion was a constant thorn in her side. If I'd allow it, she'd love to dress me everyday--perhaps several times a day--like some oversized three-dimensional paper doll.
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28479f1
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For some reason, my temper was hardwired to my tear ducts. I usually cried when I was angry, a humiliating tendency.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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5e8a774
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I don't like to lie - so there'd better be a good reason why I'm doing it.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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ab01267
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Alice: "I'll play you for it. Rock, paper, scissors." Edward: "Why don't you just tell me who wins?" Alice: "I do. Excellent."
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Stephenie Meyer |
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5fc00bf
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He wished he hadn't pulled me from the path of Tyler's van - there was no other conclusion I could come to.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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1d02bf6
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I hope you end up caring about Bree as much as I do, though that's kind of a cruel wish. You know this: it doesn't end well for her. But at least you will know the whole story. And that no perspective is every really trivial.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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983f7d6
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It felt almost rude to ignore toe pretty white bed, but we just weren't going to make it that far.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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Of course, I still saw Edward at school, because there wasn't anything Charlie [her dad] could do about that. And then, Edward spent almost every night in my room, too, but Charlie wasn't precisely aware of that. Edward's ability to climb easily and silently through my second-story window was almost as useful as his ability to read Charlie's mind.
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Maybe, if I were very, very, lucky, I would somehow be able to save Edward. But I wasn't so stupid as to think that saving him would mean that I could stay with him. I was no different, no more special than I'd been before. There would be no new reason for him to want me now. Seeing him and losing him again . . . I fought back against the pain. This was the price I had to pay to save his life. I would pay it.
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My dad mumbled something unintelligible. "Woo!" Emmett suddenly boomed in his deep bass. "Go Gators!" Jacob and Charlie jumped. The rest of us froze. Charlie recovered, then looked at Emmett over his shoulder. "Florida winning?" "Just scored the first touchdown," Emmett confirmed. He shot a look in my direction, wagging his eyebrows like a villain in vaudeville. "'Bout time somebody scored around here."
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humor
emmett
charlie
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Stephenie Meyer |
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a060bd8
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Funny how it kept hitting me, like each new thing was a surprise. When was I going to stop being surprised?
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Stephenie Meyer |
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b82016a
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I didn't want to be the monster! I didn't want to kill this room full of harmless children! I didn't want to lose everything I'd gained in a lifetime of sacrifice and denial!
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Stephenie Meyer |
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Our relationship couldn't continue to balance, as it did, on the point of a knife. We would fall off one edge or the other, depending entirely upon his decision, or his instincts. My decision was made, made before I'd ever consciously chosen, and I was committed to seeing it through. Because there was nothing more terrifying to me, more excruciating, than the thought of turning away from him. It was an impossibility.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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08b1422
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I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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Now you know. No one's ever loved anyone as much as I love you.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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Love didn't work that way, I decided. Once you cared about a person, it was impossible to be logical about them anymore.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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I would probably never be able to do anything interesting or special like Edward, Alice and Jasper could do. Maybe I would just love Edward more than anyone in the history of the world had ever loved anyone else.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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621d704
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You gave me two alternatives that you could live with, and I chose the one that I could live with. That's how compromise is supposed to work.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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drenching his shirt with saltwater
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twilight-saga
stupid
vampire
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Stephenie Meyer |
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I don't want you to leave Which is exactly why I should. But don't worry. I'm essentially a selfish creature. I crave your company too much to do what I should.
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I would like to ask one favor though, if that's not too much," he said. I wonder what he saw on my face, because something flickered across his own face in response. But, before I could identify it, he'd composed his features into the same serene mask. "Anything," I vowed, my voice faintly stronger. As I watched, his frozen eyes melted. The gold became liquid again, molten, burning down into mine with an intensity that was overwhelming. "Do..
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Cerulean left. I wondered if she was from Flower Planet. Blue flowers were rare - one might take a name from that.
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cerulean
flowers
healer
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I tensed, waiting for the fury - both his and mine - but it was only quiet and calm in the darkness of his room. I could almost taste the sweetness of reunion in the air, a separate fragrance from the perfume of his breath; the emptiness when we were apart left its own bitter aftertaste, something I didn't consciously notice until it was removed. There was no friction in the space between us. The stillness was peaceful - not like the calm b..
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Stephenie Meyer |
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You know, there was a time when childbirth was possibly the most terrifying thing you could do in your life, and you were literally looking death in the face when you went ahead with it. And so this is a kind of flashback to a time when that's what every woman went through. Not that they got ripped apart, but they had no guarantees about whether they were going to live through it or not. You know, I recently read - and I don't read nonfict..
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jane-austen
childbirth
horror
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I did know this - every second I spent with her was only going to add to the pain I would have suffer later.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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Say it...out loud.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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Until your heart stops beating, Bella," he said. "I'll be here-- fighting."
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It took only seconds for me to make these discoveries, but even in that short time, my stomach nearly jumped through my mouth trying to reach the food.
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the-host
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I stopped in the porch and took hold of his face in my hands. I looked fiercely into his eyes. "I love you," I said in a low, intense voice. "I will always love you, no matter what happens now."
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Stephenie Meyer |
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I'd noticed that his eyes were black - coal black.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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I took his hand, and suddely he yanked me--too roughly--right off the bed so that I thudded against his chest. "Just in case," he muttered against my hair, crushing me in a bear hug that about to broke my ribs. "Can't--breathe!" I gasped."
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Stephenie Meyer |
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Only a teenage boy would agree to this: deceiving both our parents while repairing dangerous vehicles using money meant for my college education. He didn't see anything wrong with that picture. Jacob was a gift from the gods.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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Edward stood, motionless as a statue, just a few feet from the mouth of the alley. His eyes were closed, the rings underneath them deep purple, his arms relaxed at his sides, his palms turned forward. His expression was very peaceful, like he was dreaming pleasant things. The marble skin of his chest was bare--there was a small pile of white fabric at his feet. The light reflecting from the pavement of the square gleamed dimly from his skin..
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Stephenie Meyer |
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edd3973
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Dishonest people don't believe honest people exist.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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mfyd llSH@ 'n l ydhhb lmr l~ lSf mn Hyn lkhr.
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Stephenie Meyer |
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c09e777
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its a strange world i mumured more to myself than to the other native soul. the strangest he agreed
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