Bella Swan – Character Quotes

— I only said it'd be better if we weren't friends, not that I didn't wanna be.
— What does that mean?
— It means if you were smart, you'd stay away from me.

— Hey, you're from Arizona, right?
— Yeah.
— Aren't people from Arizona supposed to be, like, really tan?
— Yeah. Maybe that's why they kicked me out.

— I can read every mind in this room. Apart from yours.
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— Is there something wrong with me?
— See, I tell you I can read minds, and you think there's something wrong with you.

— You're really not gonna eat?
— No, I'm on a special diet.

"You're impossibly fast and strong. Your skin is pale white and ice-cold. Your eyes change color. And sometimes you speak like you're from a different time. You never eat or drink anything. You don't go out in the sunlight. How old are you?"
"Seventeen."
"How long have you been 17?"
"A while."
"I know what you are."
"Say it. Out loud. Say it."
"Vampire."
"Are you afraid?"
"No."
"Then ask me the most basic question. What do we eat?"
"You won't hurt me. Where are we going?"
"Up the mountain. Out of the cloud bank."

"So are you enjoying the rain?"
"What? You're asking me about the weather?"

About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him, and I didn't know how dominant that part might be, that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.

— Anything you need, tour guide, lunch date, shoulder to cry on?
— I'm really kind of the more suffer-in-silence type.

"What is he? Jock? Indie?"
"Mom, can I talk to you later?"
"Come on, we gotta talk boys. Are you being safe?"

— Hey, did you get contacts?
— No.
— Your eyes were black the last time I saw you, and now they're, like, golden brown.
— Yeah, I know, it's the... It's the fluorescents.

— I'll meet you at the altar.
— I'll be the one in white.
— That's very convincing.

This wasn't a choice between you and Jacob. It was between who I should be and who I am. I've always felt out of step. Like literally, stumbling through my life. I'm never felt normal. Because I'm not normal. I don't wanna be. I've had to face death... ...and loss and pain, in your world. But, I've also never felt stronger... ...more real, more my self. Because it's my world, too. It's where I belong.

"I'm gonna take you to my place tomorrow."
"Wait, like, with your family?"
"Yeah".
"What if they don't like me?"
"So, you're worried not because you'll be in a house full of vampires, but because you think they won't approve of you?"