"Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars--points of light and reason. ...And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brlliancy, there was beauty. when you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light. i couldn't see the stars anymore. and there was no more reason for anything." i wanted to believe him. but this was MY life without HIM that he was describing, not the other way around. "your eyes will adjust," i mumbled. "thats the problem--they can't" "what about your distractions?" He laughed without a trace of humor,"Just part of the lie, love. There was no distraction from the...the agony. My heart hasn't beat in almost ninety years, but this was different. It was like my heart was gone--like i was hollow. Like i'd left everything that was inside me here with you." "thats funny,"i muttered. He arched one perfect eyebrow. "funny?" "i meant strange--i thought it was just me. lost of pieces of me went missing, too. i haven't been able to really breath in so long." i filled my lungs, luxuriating in the sensation. "And my heart. that was deffinately lost." He closed his eyes and laid his ear over my heart again. -Edward/Bella (New Moon)