User blog:Alice Mary Brandon Cullen/New Moon Book Quotes

What was so great about mortality? Being a vampire didn’t look like such a terrible thing—not the way the Cullens did it, anyway. Chapter 1, p.10

Edward and I had been together too long now to be an object of gossip anymore. Chapter 1, p.12

It was easy to see where his inspiration came from—but Edward’s look wasn’t something that could be achieved through imitation. Chapter 1, p.12

Attention is never a good thing, as any other accident-prone klutz would agree. No one wants a spotlight when they’re likely to fall on their face. Chapter 1, p.12

Money meant next to nothing to Edward or the rest of the Cullens. It was just something that accumulated when you had unlimited time on your hands and a sister who had an uncanny ability to predict trends in the stock market. Chapter 1, p.13

Sometimes it bothered Edward how very comfortable I was with being close to him. He thought he was hazardous to my health—an opinion I rejected vehemently whenever he voiced it. Chapter 1, p.14

You want a nice stereo? Drive your own car. Chapter 1, p.15

I was hardly ever bad-tempered with Edward, and my tone made him press his lips together to keep from smiling. Chapter 1, p.15

Edward had drawn many careful lines for our physical relationship, with the intent being to keep me alive. Though I respected the need for maintaining a safe distance between my skin and his razor-sharp, venom-coated teeth, I tended to forget about trivial things like that when he was kissing me. Chapter 1, p.16

What is a Volturi? Chapter 1, p.19

Anyway, you don’t irritate the Volturi. Not unless you want to die—or whatever it is we do. Chapter 1, p.20

No matter what might ever happen to me, you are not allowed to hurt yourself! Chapter 1, p.20

I’ll never put you in danger again, so it’s a moot point. Chapter 1, p.20