1. I could imagine the frustration pulling his black eyebrows together and crumpling his forehead. If I’d been there, I might have laughed. Don’t give yourself a brain hemorrhage, Jacob, I would have told him. Just spit it out. (Bella)

2. The word boyfriend had me chewing on the inside of my cheek with a familiar tension while I stirred. It wasn’t the right word, not at all. I needed something plus expressive of eternal commitment… But words like destiny and fate sounded hokey when toi used them in casual conversation. (Bella)

3. There’s no law that says I can’t cook in my own house....