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"I was not allowed to think of him. That was something I tried to be very strict about. Of course I slipped - I was only human. But, I was getting better, and so the pain was something I could avoid for days at a time now. The tradeoff was the never-ending numbness. Between pain and nothing, I'd chosen nothing." (Bella)
"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 the sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty." (Edward)
"I squared my shoulders and walked forward to meet my fate, with my destiny solidly at my side." (Bella)