"It was as though our love were a small creature caught in a trap and bleeding to death: I had to shut my eyes and wring its neck."

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But... when I left you, Bella, I left you bleeding. Jacob was the one to stitch you back up again. That was bound to leave it's mark - on both of you. I'm not sure those kinds of stitches dissolve on their own. I can't blame either of you for something I made necessary. I may gain forgiveness, but that doesn't let me escape the consequences.

— Stephenie Meyer