would you understand what I meant if I said I was only human?

"It's the safest time of day for us," he said, answering the unspoken question in my
eyes. "The easiest time. But also the saddest, in a way… the end of another day, the
return of the night. Darkness is so predictable, don't you think?" He smiled wistfully.



"Don't you see? That's what proves me right. I care the most, because if I can do it" — he shook his head, seeming to struggle with the thought — "if leaving is the right thing to do, then I'll hurt myself to keep from hurting you, to keep you safe."

I glared. "And you don't think I would do the same?"



"You'd never have to make the choice."




--- twilight