* "Do you want me to sing to you? I'll sing all night if it will keep the bad dreams away."
o Edward Cullen to Bella Cullen, p. 105
* "I told you—," I started to say.
"Did you know that 'I told you so' has a brother, Jacob?" she asked, cutting me off. "His name is 'Shut the hell up.'"
- Jacob Black and Bella Cullen, p. 188
* They are vampires, I guess, Seth allowed after a minute, compensating for Leah's reaction. I mean, it makes sense. And if [drinking blood] helps Bella, it's a good thing, right?
Both Leah and I stared at him. [...]
Mom dropped him a lot when he was a baby, Leah told me.
On his head, apparently.
- Seth Clearwater, Leah Clearwater, and Jacob Black, p. 266

 

  * "Have you heard this one, Psycho? How do a blonde's brain cells die? [... A] blonde's brain cells die alone."
- Jacob Black to Rosalie Hale, p. 324
* I could see that now — how the universe swirled around this one point. I'd never seen the symmetry of the universe before, but now it was plain.
The gravity of the earth no longer tied me to the place where I stood.
It was the baby girl in the blonde vampire's arms that held me here now.
Renesmee.
- Jacob Black, p. 360
* "You stupid mutt! How could you? My baby!
[Jacob] backed out the front door now as I stalked him, half-running backward down the stairs. "It wasn't my idea, Bella!"
"I've held her all of one time, and already you think you have some moronic wolfy claim to her? She's mine. [...] How dare you imprint on my baby? Have you lost your mind?"
- Bella Cullen and Jacob Black, p. 449
* "I'll play you for it," Alice suggested. "Rock, paper, scissors." [...]
"Why don't you just tell me who wins?" Edward said wryly.
Alice beamed. "I do. Excellent."
- Alice and Edward Cullen, p. 472
* "Who rules you, nomads? Do you answer to someone's will besides your own? Are you free to choose your own path, or will the Volturi decide how you will live?
"I came to witness. I stay to fight. The Volturi care nothing for the death of a child. They seek the death of our free will."
- Garrett, p. 719
* And then [Edward and I] continued blissfully into this small but perfect piece of our forever.
- Bella Cullen, p. 754

 

 * "Don't be afraid," I muttered. "We belong together."
I was abruptly overwhelmed by the truth of my own words. This moment was so perfect, so right, there was no way to doubt it.
- Bella Cullen to Edward Cullen, p. 85