Lieschen

“For just a second, I saw Persephone, pomegranate in hand. Dooming herself to the underworld. Is that who I was? Hades himself, coveting springtime, stealing it, condemning it to endless night.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Midnight Sun

“I had never given much thought to how I would die, but dying in the place of someone I love doesn't seem like such a bad way to go.”
― Stephanie Meyer

“When you can live forever what do you live for?”
― Stephenie Meyer

“Do I dazzle you?" I voiced my curiosity impulsively, and then the words were out, and it was too late to recall them.
But before I had time to too deeply regret speaking the words aloud, she answered "Frequently." And her cheeks took on a faint pink glow.
I dazzled her.
My silent heart swelled with a hope more intense than I could ever remember having felt before.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Midnight Sun [2008 Draft]