Layla

“You know the story in the Bible?', Jacob asked suddenly, still reading the blank ceiling. 'The one with the king and the two women fighting over the baby?'

'Sure. King Solomon.'

'That's right. King Solomon.' he repeated. 'And he said, cut the kid in half... but it was only a test. Just to see who would give-up their share to protect it.'

'Yeah. I remember.'

He looked back at my face. 'I'm not going to cut you in half anymore, Bella.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Eclipse

“Try not to get caught up in antiquated gender roles.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight / Life and Death

“I've never been drawn to someone the way I am to you, and I have been from the very first moment I met you. It's like the difference between...between reading about gravity and then falling for the first time.”
― Stephenie Meyer, The Chemist

“You'll make mistakes because it's impossible to know what is or isn't a mistake until it's made.”
― Stephenie Meyer, The Chemist