Stephenie Meyer’s “Breaking Dawn” Quotes (70 Quotes)

And then we continued blissfully into this small but perfect piece of our forever.

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.

Jacob, did you know I Told You So has a brother? His name is Shut the Hell Up.

Sometimes it was so easy to forget that I was kissing a vampire.

You're awfully small to be so hugely irritating.

But most significant in this tidal wave of happiness was the surest fact of all: I was with Edward. Forever - Bella Cullen

I couldn't get the words exactly right; I only remembered wishing that Jacob were my brother so that we could love each other without any confusion or pain.

Jasper? What do vampires do for bachelor parties? You're not taking him to a strip club, are you?

Stop being so… optimistic. It's getting on my nerves.

You're exactly like Charlie. Once you make up your mind, there is no reasoning with you. Of course, exactly like Charlie, you stick by your decisions, too.

Children in the abstract, had never appealed to me. They seemed to be loud creatures, often dripping some form of goo.

I don't care about anything but keeping her alive. If it's a child she wants, she can have it. She can have half a dozen babies. Anything she wants. She can have puppies, if that's what it takes.

Life sucks, and then you die...

That's the funny thing about knowing you can't have something. It makes you desperate. -Leah

You're not making my mistakes, Bella. You sound like you're scared silly, and I'm guessing it's because you're afraid of me.

Despite my best efforts I've seen you naked before - doesn't do much for me so no worries.

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.

Maybe I was what Leah thought she was. Some kind of dead end that shouldn't be passed on to another generation. Or maybe it was just that my life was a big, cruel joke, and there was no escape from the punch line. -Jacob

The way you move - you orient yourself around him without even thinking about it. When he moves, even a little bit, you adjust your position at the same time. Like magnets… or gravity. You're like a… satellite, or something.

You've never been a teenager, sweetie. You know what's best for you.

Do you want me to sing to you? I'll sing all night if it will keep the bad dreams away.

I gritted my teeth for a second, fighting a smile. If there was one thing he couldn't resist, it was an opportunity to give me something.

My life and his were twisted into a single strand. Cut one, and you cut both. If he were gone, I would not be able to live through that. If I were gone, he wouldn't live through it, either.

We did not hope for the same things, but we all hoped

Don't take too long, Mrs. Cullen

I know it's going to be bad for you, Jacob. I understand that-maybe better than you think. I don't like her, but… she's your Sam. She's everything you want and everything you can't have.

My old mind hadn't been capable of holding this much love. My old heart had not been strong enough to bear it. Maybe this was the part of me that I'd brought forward to be intensified in my new life. Like Carlisle's compassion and Esme's devotion. 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. I could live with that.

What do I look like? The Wizard of Oz? You need a brain? You need a heart? Go ahead, take mine. Take everything I have.

Edward and I had not had a last grand scene of farewell, nor did I plan one. To speak the word was to make it final. It would be the same as typing the words The End on the last page of a manuscript. So we did not say our goodbyes, and we stayed very close to each other, always touching. Whatever end found us, it would not find us separated.

I wanted him like I wanted air to breathe. Not a choice- a necessity.

Nice girl who knew cars. Wow. I stared at her face harder, wishing I knew how to make it work. C'mon, Jake - imprint already.

Whatever end found us, it would not find us separated. -- Bella Cullen

Fire and ice, somehow existing together without destroying each other. More proof that I belonged with him.

I was just thinking - today is the first and last day of forever. It's kind of hard to wrap my head around it. Even with all this extra room for wrapping.

No measure of time with you will be long enough, but we'll start with forever.

Why didn't I just walk away? Oh right, because I'm a idiot.

For a second I was just a kid - a kid who had lived all of his life in the same tiny town. Just a child. Because I knew I would have to live a lot more, suffer a lot more, to ever understand the searing agony in Edward's eyes.

I was stronger than Edward. I'd made him say ow.

No one dressed by me ever looks like an idiot.

With our rarely changing temperaments strong emotions can alter us in permanent ways. But he said I did not need to worry about that part - you had already altered me so completely.

For one half second, I wondered what it would feel like to put my hand in the fire. What it would feel like when I burned....

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.

Of course, die for the monster spawn. It was so Bella.

Yes, heaven forbid I not be protected from tanks.

Funny how it kept hitting me, like each new thing was a surprise. When was I going to stop being surprised?

I'm glad I came. I didn't think I would be. But it's good to see you… one more time. Not as sad as I'd thought it would be.

Real. Does that make me imaginary?

You could run from someone you feared, you could try to fight someone you hated. All my reactions were geared toward those kinds of killers - the monsters, the enemies. When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give your beloved, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved?

He didn't ask what I was thinking, which was out of character for him. I guessed that meant that he was just as nervous as I suddenly was.

I'm just here to be your friend. Your best friend, one last time.