The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide (17 page)
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Authors: Stephenie Meyer
Tags: #Juvenile Nonfiction, #Love & Romance, #Literary Criticism & Collections, #Juvenile Fiction, #Contemporary, #Fantasy & Magic, #Fiction, #Romance, #General
“On the contrary, I find you very difficult to read.”
Twilight
, Chapter 2
“No blood, no foul.”
Twilight
, Chapter 3
“What if I’m not a superhero? What if I’m the bad guy?”
Twilight
, Chapter 5
“Honestly—I’ve seen corpses with better color. I was concerned that I might have to avenge your murder.”
Twilight
, Chapter 5
“I’ve decided that as long as I was going to hell, I might as well do it thoroughly.”
Twilight
, Chapter 5
“Your number was up the first time I met you.”
Twilight
, Chapter 8
“You aren’t concerned about my diet?”
Twilight
, Chapter 9
“Hadn’t you noticed? I’m breaking
all
the rules now.” Twilight
, Chapter 10
“Be safe.”
Twilight
, Chapter 12
“Yes, you are
exactly
my brand of heroin.”
Twilight
, Chapter 13
“I may not be a human, but I am a man.”
Twilight
, Chapter 14
“It will be as if I’d never existed.”
New Moon
, Chapter 3
“Amazing. Carlisle was right.”
New Moon
, Chapter 20
“Marry me first.”
New Moon
, Chapter 24
“Well, I’m nearly a hundred and ten. It’s time I settled down.”
New Moon
, Chapter 24
“I was all braced for the wrath that was going to put grizzlies to shame, and this is what I get? I should infuriate you more often.”
Eclipse
, Chapter 8
“I was
that boy,
who would have—as soon as I discovered that you were what I was looking for—gotten down on one knee and endeavored to secure your hand. I would have wanted you for eternity, even when the word didn’t have quite the same connotations.”
Eclipse
, Chapter 12
“The way you regard me is ludicrous.”
Eclipse
, Chapter 19
“Would you
please
stop trying to take your clothes off?”
Eclipse
, Chapter 20
“I lived through an entire twenty-four hours thinking that you were dead, Bella. That changed the way I look at a lot of things.”
Eclipse
, Chapter 21
“But if I had been able to take your place last night, it would not have made the top ten of the
best
nights of my life. Dream about that.”
Eclipse
, Chapter 23
“I just beheaded and dismembered a sentient creature not twenty yards from you. That doesn’t
bother
you?”
Eclipse
, Chapter 25
“I love you. I want you. Right now.”
Eclipse
, Chapter 27
“You’re awfully small to be so hugely irritating.”
Breaking Dawn
, Chapter 4
“I’m not ready for you to kill me yet, Jacob Black. You’ll have to have a little patience.”
Breaking Dawn
, Chapter 9
“Even you, Jacob Black, cannot hate me as much as I hate myself.”
Breaking Dawn
, Chapter 9
“I am truly sorry for the pain this causes you, Jacob. Though you hate me, I must admit that I don’t feel the same about you. I think of you as a… a brother in many ways. A comrade in arms, at the very least. I regret your suffering more than you realize. But Bella
is
going to survive and I know that’s what really matters to you.”
Breaking Dawn
, Chapter 17
“Now it’s your turn to not break
me
.”
Breaking Dawn
, Chapter 20
“It goes against the grain, letting you wrestle with lions. I was having an anxiety attack the whole time.”
Breaking Dawn
, Chapter 21
“Maybe I’m hoping she’ll get irritated and rip your head off.”
Breaking Dawn
, Chapter 22
“I am her father. Not her creator—her biological father.”
Breaking Dawn
, Chapter 30
“Don’t be sad for him. He’s happy now. Today, he’s finally begun to forgive himself.”
Breaking Dawn
, Chapter 39
“T
HIS IS
I
SLE
E
SME
…. A
GIFT FROM
C
ARLISLE
—E
SME OFFERED TO LET US BORROW IT
.”—Edward, to Bella (
Breaking Dawn
, Chapter 5)
NAME
:
Esme Anne Platt Evenson Cullen
DATE OF BIRTH
:
1895
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION
:
1921, at age 26
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION
:
Carlisle Cullen
PLACE OF ORIGIN
:
Columbus, Ohio
HAIR COLOR
:
Caramel brown
EYE COLOR
:
Brown (human); gold/black (vampire)
HEIGHT
:
5’6”
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
:
Esme has a heart-shaped face. Her body is small and slender, but curvy.
SPECIAL ABILITIES
:
She does not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION
:
She has degrees in architecture and art, and has also studied photography.
HOBBIES
:
She loves to restore old houses.
VEHICLE
:
None; she borrows one of her family members’ cars whenever she needs a vehicle.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS
:
Before her transformation, she was married to Charles Evenson and had a son who died shortly after birth. She is currently married to Carlisle and considers Edward Cullen, Rosalie Hale, Emmett Cullen, Alice Cullen, and Jasper Hale her children; Bella Cullen her daughter-in-law; and Renesmee Cullen her granddaughter.
:
Esme Anne Platt grew up on a farm outside of Columbus, Ohio. As a child, she lived a happy life, although in her teen years she found it hard to conform to the behavior that was expected of a respectable young lady at the time.
Although she mentioned it to no one at the time, meeting Carlisle affected her deeply.
In 1911, Esme fell and broke her leg while climbing a tree. The local doctor was away, and she ended up being treated by Dr. Carlisle Cullen. Although she mentioned it to no one at
the time, meeting Carlisle affected her deeply. He was unlike anyone she had ever met—genuinely thoughtful, and truly interested in what she had to say. Unfortunately, he was in town only briefly and soon left, but she never forgot him.
Esme’s friends began to marry, and before long she was the only one still unwed. Esme wanted to fall in love herself, but she never found anyone who measured up to her memory of Carlisle. Esme tried to persuade her father to allow her to pursue a teaching position in the West, but he didn’t think it was respectable for a lady to live alone in the wilds. Instead, her father pressured her to accept the son of a family friend who wanted to marry her. Several years Esme’s senior, Charles Evenson had good prospects. Esme was indifferent to Charles, but not opposed to him, so she agreed to the marriage to please her father.
Esme quickly discovered that the marriage was a mistake; Charles’s public face was very different from his private one. He physically abused her. Her parents rejected her plea for asylum; they counseled her to be a “good wife” and keep quiet. When Charles left to fight in World War I, it was an enormous relief. When he returned unscathed in 1919, it was a nightmare.
Soon after his return, Esme became pregnant. The baby was Esme’s motivation to escape—she would not bring a child into Charles’s home. Esme ran away and went to stay with a cousin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. When her husband discovered her whereabouts, she fled to Ashland, Wisconsin, where she posed as a war widow. In order to support herself, Esme pursued her old dream of being a schoolteacher.
Esme began building a life for herself and her baby. She loved the unborn child more than her own life. But two days
after her son was born, he died of lung fever. Feeling as if she had lost everything, Esme walked to a cliff outside of town and jumped.
E
SME’S CHILDHOOD HOME IN
C
OLUMBUS
, O
HIO, IN THE EARLY
1900
S
Esme regained consciousness in excruciating pain. Despite the pain, Esme was amazed to see Carlisle again, not sure if she was in heaven or hell. When the transformation was over, Carlisle explained that he’d turned her into a vampire in order to save her life. Esme was not as upset as he had expected. Adjusting to her new vampire nature had its challenges, and
there were times when the call of human blood was too strong for her to resist; still, she was happy to be with the man she’d always idolized. Her youthful crush transitioned easily into full-fledged love.
Before long, Carlisle and Esme married. She never lost her maternal instincts, and as the oldest of the Cullens, she automatically fell into a mothering role with Edward and, later, the other members of the family.
“Well, I do think of them as my children in most ways. I never could get over my mothering instincts—did Edward tell you I had lost a child?”
Twilight
, Chapter 17
“He’s been the odd man out for far too long; it’s hurt me to see him alone.”
Twilight
, Chapter 17
“I prefer to referee—I like keeping them honest.”
Twilight
, Chapter 17
“We’d never allow anything to happen to you, sweetheart.”
Eclipse
, Chapter 4
