I'd rather die than stay away from you. - Edward Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars—points of light and reason… And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. - Edward You are my life now. - Edward And so the lion fell in love with the lamb… - Edward I'd never given much thought to how I would die, but dying in the place of someone I love seems like a good way to go. - Bella I don't have the strength to stay away from you anymore. - Edward You are my only reason to stay alive… if that's what I am. - Edward I'm betting on Alice. - Bella I don't want to be without you, Bella. I don't think I can be without you. - Edward I don't know how to phrase this properly. It's going to sound cruel, I suppose. But I've come too close to losing you in the past. I know what it feels like to think I have. I am not going to tolerate anything dangerous. - Edward