Aug. 3, 2008
These are some of the greatest moments of Stephenie Meyer’s series. If you have not yet read “Breaking Dawn”, the fourth novel in the series, and do not want to read any spoilers, please do not continue reading this. If not, enjoy!
10 – The end of “Breaking Dawn”
“‘We have plenty of time to work on it,’ I reminded him.
‘Forever and forever and forever,’ he murmured.
‘That sounds exactly right to me.’
And then we continued blissfully into this small but perfect piece of our forever.”
9 - Bella and Edward’s first ever kiss from “Twilight”
“I couldn’t breathe.
He hesitated – not in the normal way, the human way.
Not the way a man might hesitate before he kissed a woman, to gauge her reaction, to see how he would be received. Perhaps he would hesitate to prolong the moment, that ideal moment of anticipation, sometimes better than the kiss itself.
Edward hesitated to test himself, to see if this was safe, to make sure he was still in control of his need.
And then his cold, marble lips pressed very softly against mine.”
8 – Jacob imprints from “Breaking Dawn”
“My jerking came to a stop; heat flooded through me, stronger than before, but it was a new kind of heat – not a burning.
It was a glowing.
Everything inside me came undone as I stared at the tiny porcelain face of the half-vampire, half-human baby. [...] The gravity of the earth no longer tied me to the place where I stood.
It was the baby girl in the blond vampire’s arms that held me here now.”
7 – The cliff jump in “New Moon”
“I smiled and raised my arms straight out, as if I were going to dive, lifting my face into the rain. But it was too ingrained from years of swimming at the public pool – feet first, first time. I leaned forward, crouching to get more spring…
And I flung myself from the cliff.”
6 – Bella first sees Edward in “Twilight”
“It was there, sitting in the lunchroom, trying to make conversation with seven curious strangers, that I first saw them.
They were sitting in the corner of the cafeteria, as far away from where I sat as possible in the long room. There were five of them. [...] The last was lanky, less bulky, with untidy, bronze-colored hair. He was more boyish than the others, who looked like they could be in college, or even teachers here rather than students.
[...]‘That’s Edward. He’s gorgeous, of course, but don’t waste your time. He doesn’t date. Apparently none of the girls here are good-looking enough for him.’ She sniffed, a clear case of sour grapes. I wondered when he’d turned her down.”
5 - The wedding from “Breaking Dawn”
“I didn’t realize I was crying until it was time to say the binding words.
‘I do,’ I managed to choke out in a nearly unintelligible whisper, blinking my eyes clear so I could see his face.
When it was his turn to speak, the words rang clear and victorious.
‘I do,’ he vowed.”
4 - Bella’s first kiss with Edward as a vampire in “Breaking Dawn”
“It was like he’d never kissed me – like this was our first kiss. And in truth, he’d never kissed me this way before.
It almost made me feel guilty. Surely I was in breach of the contract. I couldn’t be allowed to have this, too.”
3 - Bella punches Jacob in “Eclipse”
“Finally, he let go of my face and leaned away.
‘Are you done now?’ I asked in an expressionless voice.
‘Yes,’ he sighed. He started to smile, closing his eyes.
I pulled my arm back and then let it snap forward, punching him in the mouth with as much power as I could force out of my body.
There was a crunching sound.
‘Ow! OW!’ I screamed, frantically hopping up and down in agony while I clutched my hand to my chest. It was broken, I could feel it.
Jacob stared at me in shock. ‘Are you alright?’
‘No, dammit! You broke my hand!‘”
2 – The meadow scene from “Twilight”
“‘Isabella.’ He pronounced my full name carefully, then playfully ruffled my hair with his free hand. A shock ran through my body at his casual touch. ‘Bella, I couldn’t live with myself if I ever hurt you. You don’t know how it’s tortured me.’ [...] He lifted his glorious, agonized eyes to mine. ‘You are the most important thing to me now. The most important thing to me ever.’”
1 – The tent scene from “Eclipse”
“‘Please!’ Edward hissed. ‘Do you mind!’
‘What?’ Jacob whispered back, his tone surprised.
‘Do you think you could attempt to control your thoughts?’ Edward’s low whisper was furious.
‘No one said you had to listen,’ Jacob muttered, defiant, yet still embarrassed. ‘Get out of my head.’
‘I wish I could. You have no idea how loud your little fantasies are. It’s like you’re shouting them at me.’
‘I’ll try to keep it down,’ Jacob whispered sarcastically.”
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And also, my favorite moment in Breaking Dawn was when Edward took Bella hunting for the first time..or even when she beat Emmett at arm wrestling. I also loved when Rosalie gave Jacob some food in a doggy dish with “Fido” written on it in Breaking Dawn. And all the blonde jokes Jake was throwing at her. hahaha. Okay, I’m just rambling now. But man, I love that book.
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AHAHA. I so totally agree with you on that. The blonde jokes were hilarious. Rosalie was a total brat in Twilight and parts of New Moon, but even though she improved, she totally deserved that! LMAO XD
I love all the moments the twilight series. The four books are amazing (I love breaking dawn, of course) I don’t understand the intolerance with the book and Stephenie Meyer. The people have open their head. Thanks for remember this moments, i love them.
(sorry, my bad english)
*Hugs* from Spain
Oh those are so sweet! But what about:
“Option three: Edward loved me. The bond forged between us was not one that could be broken by absence, distance, or time. And no matter how much more special or beautiful or brilliant or perfect than me he might be, he was as irreversibly altered as I was. As I would always belong to him, so he would always be mine.” New Moon, pg 527
Sigh. So beautiful. And for some reason this always makes me cry.
“We had forever. And Nessie was going to be fine and healthy and strong. Like the half-human Nahuel, in a hundred and fifty years she would still be young. And we would all be together. Happiness expanded like and explosion inside me–so extreme, so violent that I wasn’t sure I’d survive it.
“Forever,” Edward echoed in my ear. I couldn’t speak anymore. I lifted my head and kissed him with a passion that might possibly set the forest on fire.
I wouldn’t have noticed.” Breaking Dawn pg. 741
Oooo I’m tearing up. So beautiful.
Loved the list. And it’s true, there are too many great moments to truly narrow down a top ten, but those listed are by far are some of the best writing out there!
I enjoyed Breaking Dawn. No one died ( but that twit, Irina), which I loved. A battle, like the one at the end of Eclipse, between them and the Volturi would have been fabulous, however, I’m okay with the ending. It was all just a little too tidy for my taste.
Can’t wait for the film, which is a first!
Great list!
I loove that list, except number one .. -.-*
THE WHOLE CHAPTER 20 OF ECLIPSE SHOULD BE #1!!
“I promise to love you forever-every single day of forever. Will you marry me?”
*sigh*
PS: I LOVE THE LIST BUT STILL I THINK THAT CHAPTER WOULD HAVE TO BE ON THE LIST
Stephanie PLEASE keep writing Midnight Sun!!!!!!
It sounds like the best book yet!!!!!!!!!!
i love Edward!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hate how Jake imprints on renesme (iknowthatsnothowyouspellit) I just don;t think thats a 10!! I’m just speaking my mind!! and i know tons of people that don;t likke it either!!! I do say that it’s one of the top OMG moments!! I was yelling at the boook for that one!!! But i still love the boooks, and love the wholeee thingggggggg
Breaking Dawn was my favorite..so much happens in that last one…the ending was my fav part when Bella was able to show Edward what was going on in her mind. And the tent part in Eclipse was another favorite..you could just feel the tension when reading that part.
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omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgmogomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomogomgomgomg like totaly jacob is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hooooooooot… and alice isssssssssss soooooooooooooooooo pretty.
i think bella is toooooooooooooo prettty to be with edward so yea no offense though…
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
jacob is hot in both(except wit da long hair, tottaly does nt sute him he shuld get rid of it and never wear it in da movie) but is too late say it now dat da movie is out already isn’t it
Uh…is this list satire? Cause, seriously…these passages are so purple they put Barney to shame.
(What? It’s not satirical? Oh, darn.)
At least a part from their honeymoon shouldve been in the top 10.
I cannot believe you have Jacob imprinting on Renesmee on that list. I literally spat tea all over my keyboard.
Is its inclusion a joke? Please say it’s a joke?
I agree with all of those except number 1… :S How is that the top moment of the series?
Wow
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Although I would have put the moment where he says instead of Jacob’s imprinting haha , cuz that definetely wasnt a BEST moment to me
I absolutely adore this series and have great admiration for Stephenie Meyer
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wow edward is so perfect but he is meant for bella always, she is amazing and they are extraordinary together and sort or ordinary apart lol, but please let me have robert he is an amazing actor, a fellow brit, hot and funny , and knows his flaws, we all love edward because of the passionate love and commitment he shows towards bella and because of the fact that he is a perfect gentleman
u missed out
“you are my life now”-twilight
“fall down again bella?” “no emmett i punched a werewolf in the face”
“i love you,” “more than my own life” breaking dawn
I love the scene where Bella punches Jacob!!! The stand off between Jacob and Edward afterwards and Charlie’s attempt to play mediator- great.
I think the scenes with the Volturi in New Moon (Aro and company), should also be on the list. Other than that, those listed are pretty good.
Gracias!
i think you did a great job.
In fact, I can’t think of any other that are truly better. And I was quite tickled with the tent scene inclusion. I laughed myself silly over it and couldn’t wait until my son got to that point in Eclipse. I was driving him mad. I think it is great comedy!
Excellent list.
Happy New Year!
hate jacob.
POdriais haber intentado traducirlo mejor, es un poquito penoso.
Pero a parte de eso, me gustan mucho las partes elegidas, hubiera quizas puesto otras que son mas llamativas, pero bueno.
un buen trabajo.
Que es esto? Porque esta traducido asi?
Deberian haber conseguido a alguien que hablara ingles, o mejor ni lo hubieran traducido…
Hate Jacob too!!