Bilqis

“Let me have my five years, Rosalie," I whispered. "I know it can't last. Let me be happy while happiness is possible. Be part of that happiness. Be my sister, and if you can't love my choice the way I love yours, can you at least pretend to tolerate her?" (421).”
― Stephenie Meyer, Midnight Sun

“Over the years after my return to Carlisle and Esme, as I struggled to relearn all the discipline I'd abandoned, I came to the conclusion that Siobhan might not know anything greater than the call of blood, but I had been born to something better.

And now, the words that had once haunted me, once driven me, came back with surprising force.

The greatest joy of this life.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Midnight Sun

“How could I ever tell her how sorry I was? Sorry for all the stupid mistakes I'd made. Sorry for my never-ending selfishness. Sorry that she was so unfortunate as to have inspired this first, and last, tragic love of mine. Sorry also for the things beyond my control — that I'd been the executioner chosen by fate to end her life in the first place.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Midnight Sun

“Every word we spoke here—each one of them was another pomegranate seed.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Midnight Sun