Do you think I'll ever be better at this?" I wondered, mostly to myself. "That my heart might someday stop trying to jump out of my chest whenever you touch me?"
"I really hope not," he said, a bit smug.

“Edward's only human Bella. He's going to react like any other boy.”

“Making decisions was the painful part for me, the part I agonized over. But onc…”

“it’s awful. No privacy, no secrets. Everything you’re ashamed of, laid out for …”

“He was giving up on keeping me alive, letting nature–or rather mob justice–take…”