“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
―THIS IS ISLE ESME…. A GIFT FROM CARLISLE — ESME 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.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
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.
ESME‘S CHILDHOOD HOME IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, IN THE EARLY 1900S
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.
FAMOUS QUOTES
“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
―They ended up being vampires in the way they are because I have strong opinions on free will. No matter what position you‘re in, you always have a choice. So I had these characters who were in a position where traditionally they would have been the bad guys,but, instead, they chose to be something different — a theme that has always been importantto me.‖ —Stephenie
NAME: Rosalie Lillian Hale
DATE OF BIRTH: 1915
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Late 1933, at age 18
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Carlisle Cullen
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Rochester, New York
HAIR COLOR: Golden blond
EYE COLOR: Dark blue, almost violet (human); gold/black (vampire) HEIGHT: 5‘9‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Rosalie has strikingly beautiful features and a stunning, statuesque physique. Her wavy blond hair falls halfway down her back.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She does not possess a quant
ifiable supernatural ability.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: She has earned degrees in electrical engineering, business, and astrophysics, and has studied medicine (the last as a favor to Carlisle, to help keep him up-to-date with the latest advances).
HOBBIES: She enjoys enhancing cars and doing anything mechanical.
VEHICLE: Red BMW M3 convertible
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: She is married to Emmett Cullen. She considers Carlisle and Esme Cullen to be her parents; Edward Cullen, Alice Cullen, and Jasper Hale to be her siblings; Bella Cullen to be her sister-in-law; and Renesmee Cullen to be her niece. Before her transformation, she grew up with her biological parents and two younger brothers.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Rosalie Hale was born to a banker and his wife in Rochester, New York. Luckily, the bank her father worked at stayed solvent through the stock-market crash and resulting economic downturn. The Great Depression did not seriously impact Rosalie‘s family the way it did many less fortunate families. Her parents were eager to do better, though — to move in higher social circles. As Rosalie grew and her beauty increased, they hoped her loveliness would open doors for them.
Rosalie enjoyed her parents‘ pride in her looks, her father‘s pleasure in buying her beautiful clothes, her girlfriends‘ envy, and the admiration of every man she passed. The result of all this attention was that Rosalie tended to be self-absorbed and rather shallow, with a focus on the material.
―I WAS THRILLED TO BE ME, TO BE ROSALIE HALE. PLEASED THAT
MEN‘S EYES WATCHED ME… HAPPY THAT MY MOTHER WAS PROUD OF ME
AND THAT MY FATHER LIKED TO BUY ME PRETTY DRESSES.‖
— Rosalie, on her human life (Eclipse, Chapter 7) At eighteen, Rosalie was considered the most beautiful girl in Rochester, and possibly the state of New York. Her family was moderately wealthy and she wanted for nothing. Rosalie envied no one… except for her friend Vera. Vera had a husband who loved her and the most adorable baby boy, Henry. Rosalie longed for a husband and a baby of her own. When Rosalie caught the eye of Royce King II, the son of the richest man in Rochester, she felt that she was on her way to having absolutely everything she‘d ever wanted. Her parents were overjoyed; a whirlwind courtship and plans for an extravagant wedding quickly followed.
One night, a week before the wedding, Rosalie was walking home after a visit with Vera.
A few blocks from her street she heard the drunken laughter of a group of men. A moment later, she realized one of them was Royce. She‘d never seen Royce drunk before, and didn‘t know the dark side of his character. Royce and his friends brutally assaulted and raped Rosalie. Thinking her dead, they abandoned her in the road.
Moments later, Carlisle Cullen found Rosalie and transformed her to save her life. He hoped that Rosalie might make a suitable companion for Edward, but they never viewed each other in that way, though they did come to love each other as brother and sister.
One of the first things Rosalie did as a vampire was to take revenge on Royce and his friends. She hunted her attackers down one by one, saving Royce for last because she wanted him to suffer psychologically from the fear of knowing that something was coming for him. She tortured all of her attackers to death, but she didn‘t drink their blood; she was repulsed by the idea of having any part of them inside her. She and Carlisle (and, later, Bella) are the only vampires in the Cullen clan who have never killed humans for blood.
Though vengeance was satisfying in its way, Rosalie remained deeply unhappy in her vampire life. She missed her human family greatly. More than that, the chance to have what she most longed for — a husband who loved her, a baby of her own — had been taken from her along with her humanity.
Two years later, Rosalie‘s life changed. While the Cullens were living in Tennessee, she discovered a man, Emmett McCarty, being mauled by a bear in the woods. Something about the man reminded Rosalie of her friend Vera‘s young son, and Rosalie didn‘t want him to die. She rescued Emmett and took him to Carlisle. She asked Carlisle to transform him, even though she hated her own vampire existence and knew her request was selfish.
―There are characters that I have to work for a little bit harder, and sort of get down to their motivations. A few of them — Rosalie, for example — were difficult. It took me a while to figure out what her thing was.‖ —Stephenie But Emmett didn‘t see Rosalie as selfish; he fell in love with her, and he easily adapted to vampire life. He and Rosalie soon married — and did so repeatedly over the decades. Rosalie loved being the center of attention as the bride, and Emmett loved making her happy. The two have sometimes lived as a couple apart from the rest of the Cullen family.
FAMOUS QUOTES
“I"m so very sorry, Bella. I feel wretched about every part of this, and so grateful that you were brave enough to go save my brother after what I did. Please say you"ll forgive me.”
New Moon, Chapter 22
“It"s just that… this is not the life I would have chosen for myself. I wish there had been someone there to vote no for me.” New Moon, Chapter 24
“Would you like to hear my story, Bella? It doesn"t have a happy ending — but which of ours does? If we had happy endings, we"d all be under gravestones now.” Eclipse, Chapter 7
“Over my pile of ashes.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 10
“Oh, wonderful. I knew I smelled something nasty.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15
“You. Got. Food. In. My. Hair.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 15
“I"ll help him toss you, dog. I owe you a good kick in the gut.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 22
NAME: Emmett McCarty Cullen
DATE OF BIRTH: 1915
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: 1935, at age 20
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Carlisle Cullen
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Gatlinburg, Tennessee
HAIR COLOR: Dark brown, almost black
EYE COLOR: Blue (human); gold/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 6‘5‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Emmett has an imposing frame; he is both tall and extremely muscular. His hair is curly and nearly black. He has dimples when he smiles, and his face has an innocent quality not often seen in a grown man.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: He does not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: He has attended high school and college multiple times. He‘s never finished any particular degree, preferring instead to move quickly from one subject that interests him to the next.
HOBBIES: He loves competitive sports and games, especially anything that involves a physical challenge.
VEHICLE: Red Jeep Wrangler modified for off-roading FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: He is married to Rosalie Hale. He considers Carlisle and Esme Cullen to be his parents; Edward Cullen, Alice Cullen, and Jasper Hale to be his siblings; Bella Cullen to be his sister-in-law; and Renesmee Cullen to be his niece.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Emmett grew up in the small town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, part of a large Scotch-Irish family. He had what his parents considered a wild adolescence; never one to worry about consequences, Emmett ran with a wild crowd that drank, gambled, and womanized. Emmett was always a help to his family, however. He was an excellent hunter and woodsman, and always kept the McCartys supplied with game. When he was twenty years old and out on a routine hunting trip in the Smoky Mountains, he was attacked by a large black bear. Emmett was close to losing consciousness when he thought he heard a second bear fighting with the first. He figured they were battling over who would get his corpse.
Then the growling stopped and Emmett felt like he was flying. He managed to open his eyes and saw what he thought was an angel. When the transformation began and the fiery agony spread through his body, he was sure he‘d died and gone to hell.
In his delirium, he‘d seen Rosalie as an angel and Carlisle as God, but in fact they were both vampires — and now he was a vampire, too.
When the pain left him, Emmett learned what had really happened to him. In his delirium, he‘d seen Rosalie as an angel
and Carlisle as God, but in fact they were both vampires — and now he was a vampire, too. He took the truth in stride; Emmett was never one to worry about situations outside of his control. He continues to think of Rosalie as his angel.
With his naturally happy nature, Emmett adjusted easily to the idea of being a vampire.
Learning to control himself, however, was a more difficult challenge. In the years just after his transformation, Emmett was often unable to resist human blood. The Cullens were forced to move often until Emmett learned to restrain himself.
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