Mind over Matter

Are you ever going to tell me how old you are?
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.287

There’s nothing like an unsolved mystery to keep you up at night.
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.287

I don’t remember it well — it was a very long time ago, and human memories fade. I do remember how it felt, when Carlisle saved me. It’s not an easy thing, not something you could forget.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.287

It was difficult. Not many of us have the restraint necessary to accomplish it. But Carlisle has always been the most humane, the most compassionate of us… I don’t think you could find his equal throughout all of history.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.288

She saw something in his face that made her strong enough.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.289

She sees things — things that might happen, things that are coming. But it’s very subjective. The future isn’t set in stone. Things change.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.290

Do you think I could walk down the street in the sunlight without causing traffic accidents? There’s a reason why we chose the Olympic Peninsula, one of the most sunless places in the world. It’s nice to be able to go out side in the day. You wouldn’t believe how tired you can get of nighttime in eighty-odd years.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.291

I couldn’t picture it, this godlike creature sitting in my father’s shabby kitchen chair.
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.292

I was curious about you.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.292

You spied on me?
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.292

You’re interesting when you sleep. You talk.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.293

I knew I talked in my sleep, of course; my mother teased me about it. I hadn’t thought it was something I needed to worry about here, though.
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.293

You miss your mother. You worry about her. And when it rains, the sound makes you restless. You used to talk about home a lot, but it’s less often now. Once you said, ‘It’s too green.’
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.294

If I could dream at all, it would be about you. And I’m not ashamed of it.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.294

Should your father know I’m here?
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.294

You look kinda keyed up.
Charlie Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.296

None of the boys in town your type, eh?
Charlie Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.296

Well, you’re too good for them all, anyway. Wait till you get to college to start looking.
Charlie Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.296

Just give me a minute to restart my heart.
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.297

Can I have a minute to be human?
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.297

I tried not to think of Edward, sitting in my room, waiting, because then I had to start all over with the calming process.
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.298

It was very difficult, while he was touching me, to frame a coherent question.
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.299

It seems to be… much easier for you, now, to be close to me.
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.299

Mind over matter.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.300

Would you like a round of applause?
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.300

In the last hundred years or so, I never imagined anything like this. I didn’t believe I would ever find someone I wanted to be with… in another way than my brothers and sisters. And then to find, even though it’s all new to me, that I’m good at it… at being with you…
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.300

It’s not easy. But this afternoon, I was still… undecided. I am sorry about that, it was unforgivable for me to behave so.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.301

I wasn’t sure if I was strong enough… And while there was still that possibility that I might be… overcome, I was… susceptible. Until I made up my mind that I was strong enough, that there was no possibility at all that I would… that I ever could…
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.301

I’d never seen him struggle so hard for words. It was so… human.
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.301

I’ve had the scent of you in my head all day, and I’ve grown amazingly desensitized. If I’m away from you for any length of time, I’ll have to start over again. Not quite from scratch, though, I think.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.302

Bring on the shackles — I’m your prisoner.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.302

Isn’t it supposed to be like this? The glory of first love, and all that. It’s incredible, isn’t it, the difference between reading about something, seeing it in the pictures, and experiencing it?
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.302

I was surprised by the flare of resentment, almost fury, that I felt — I didn’t recognize what it was at first.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.303

I wrestled all night, while watching you sleep, with the chasm between what I knew was right, moral, ethical, and what I wanted. I knew that if I continued to ignore you as I should, or if I left for a few years, till you were gone, that someday you would say yes to Mike, or someone like him. It made me angry.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.303

The feeling that coursed through me then was unnerving, staggering. And I knew I couldn’t ignore you any longer.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.303

I’m new at this; you’re resurrecting the human in me, and everything feels stronger because it’s fresh.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.304

For almost ninety years I’ve walked among my kind, and yours… all the time thinking I was complete in myself, not realizing what I was seeking. And not finding anything, because you weren’t alive yet.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.304

You only have to risk your life every second you spend with me, that’s surely not much. You only have to turn your back on nature, on humanity… what’s that worth?
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.305

You are a terrible actress — I’d say that career path is out for you.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.305

Just because I’m resisting the wine doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate the bouquet.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.306

Yeah, it’s an off day when I don’t get somebody telling me how edible I smell.
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.306

Why do you do it? I still don’t understand how you can work so hard to resist what you… are. Please don’t misunderstand, of course I’m glad that you do. I just don’t see why you would bother in the first place.
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.306

But you see, just because we’ve been… dealt a certain hand… it doesn’t mean that we can’t choose to rise above — to conquer the boundaries of a destiny that none of us wanted. To try to retain whatever essential humanity we can.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.307

Let me get this straight — I’m the baby seal, right?
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.308

Are you sure you won’t vanish in the morning? You are mythical, after all.
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.309

I won’t leave you.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.309

I keep thinking it will get less frustrating, not hearing your thoughts. But it just gets worse and worse.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.309

It’s just that you are so soft, so fragile. I have to mind my actions every moment that we’re together so that I don’t hurt you. I could kill you quite easily, Bella, simply by accident.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.310

You don’t realize how incredibly breakable you are. I can never, never afford to lose any kind of control when I’m with you.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.310

I may not be a human, but I am a man.
Edward Cullen, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.311

He laughed, and then began to hum that same, unfamiliar lullaby; the voice of an archangel, soft in my ear.
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 14, p.311