One thing I truly knew—knew it in the pit of my stomach, in the center of my bones, knew it from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet, knew it deep in my empty chest—was how love gave someone the power to break you.

—Stephenie Meyer in New Moon

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Stephenie Meyer ( ; née Morgan; born December 24, 1973) is an American novelist and film producer. She wrote the vampire romance series Twilight, which has sold over 160 million copies, with translations in 37 different languages. She was the bestselling author of 2008 and 2009 in the United States,...

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Just because we've been dealt a certain hand, it doesn't mean that we can't choose to rise above—to conquer the boundaries of a destiny that none of us wanted. To try to retain whatever essential humanity we can.

—Stephenie Meyer

Twilight, again. Another ending. No matter how perfect the day is, it always has to end.

—Stephenie Meyer

I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.

—Stephenie Meyer

When he left, you spent all your energy holding on to him. You could be happy if you let go.

—Stephenie Meyer in Eclipse

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I made the mistake of opening my heart up to someone who clearly could never feel the same about me.

—Abbi Glines in The Vincent Brothers

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Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.

—Theodor W. Adorno

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Cruelty is easy, and it breeds only misery. Kindness is harder, and you have to be brave to give it. To be cruel, you can stay closed off from everyone, wear a mask, but to be kind, in essence, to show love, you have to make yourself vulnerable, show your true self to someone and open yourself up to rejection.

—L.H. Cosway in The Nature of Cruelty

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Big deal. So you fell in love with someone. Don't you see what happened? This guy touched a place in your heart deeper than you thought you were capable of reaching, I mean, you got zapped. But that love you felt, that's just the beginning. You just got a taste of love. That's just limited little rinky-dink mortal love. Wait till you see how much more deeply you can love than that.

—Elizabeth Gilbert in Love

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We have become terribly vulnerable, not because we suffer but because we have separated ourselves from each other. A patient once told me that he had tried to ignore his own suffering and the suffering of other people because he had wanted to be happy. Yet becoming numb to suffering will not make us happy. The part in us that feels suffering is the same as the part that feels joy.

—Rachel Naomi Remen

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