Two voices struggled inside me. One that wanted to be good and brave, and one that told the good one to keep her mouth shut.

I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.

He sighed. "The clouds I can handle. But I can't fight with an eclipse.

Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?" Jacob Black New Moon

Who are you and what have you done with my brother?

My life was an unending, unchanging midnight. It must, by necessity, always be midnight for me. So how was it possible that the sun was rising now, in the middle of my midnight?

You're not the center of the universe, you know.

I can't always be Lois Lane," I insisted. "I want to be Superman, too.

He's like a drug for you, Bella. I see that you can't live without him now. It's too late. But I would have been healthier for you. Not a drug; I would have been the air, the sun.

There was no reason for Bella Swan to cross paths with me. She would be avoided like the plague she was.

My last night as Isabella Swan. Tomorrow night, I would be Bella Cullen. Though the whole marriage ordeal was a thorn in my side, I had to admit that I liked the sound of that. - bella swan

Nothing quite has reality for me till I write it all down--revising and embellishing as I go. I'm always waiting for things to be over so I can get home and commit them to paper.

Eternity is a lie and Chiron was the messenger.

We don't have to be perfect, just engaged and committed to aligning values with actions.

Teaching and research are not to be confused with training for a profession. Their greatness and their misfortune is that they are a refuge or a mission.

If freedom means anything at all, it is the right to primacy in regard to sexuality, reproduction, medical care and death.

Be able to set a table so that you feel like you're dining, not just sitting and eating.

Declare what you honestly want and live that vision fearlessly.

Our most important thoughts are those that contradict our emotions.

My mother is going to have to stop lying about her age because pretty soon I'm going to be older than she is.

You may not realize it, but your life has the potential to bless everyone you encounter.