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"Sorry," he murmured. I looked up in time to see his golden eyes close again. "It's too easy to be myself with you."
“對不起?！彼吐曊f道。我立刻抬起頭，看到他金色的眼睛又閉上了?！昂湍阍谝黄鹱屛液芊潘?，很容易做回我自己?！?/p>
I lifted his hand, turning it this way and that as I watched the sun glitter on his palm. I held it closer to my face, trying to see the hidden facets in his skin.
我拿起他的手，向自己翻過來，這樣我就能看見陽光在他手心里閃爍著。我把他的手拿得更靠近自己的臉，試圖看清楚藏在他肌膚里的刻面。
"Tell me what you're thinking," he whispered. I looked to see his eyes watching me, suddenly intent. "It's still so strange for me, not knowing."
“告訴我你在想什么。”他耳語道。我抬起頭，看見他正看著我，眼神忽然緊繃起來。“這對我來說很是很奇怪，沒辦法知道你在想什么?！?/p>
"You know, the rest of us feel that way all the time."
“你知道，除你之外的我們所有人始終都是這樣，不會知道別人在想什么。”
"It's a hard life." Did I imagine the hint of regret in his tone? "But you didn't tell me."
“這是一種艱難的生活。”他語氣里的悔意是我自己想象出來的嗎？“但你不告訴我?！?/p>
"I was wishing I could know what you were thinking…" I hesitated.
“我只是在希望著我能知道你在想什么……”我遲疑著。
"And?"
“還有呢？”
"I was wishing that I could believe that you were real. And I was wishing that I wasn't afraid."
“我在希望著我能相信你是真實存在的。我還希望我不是在害怕?！?/p>
"I don't want you to be afraid." His voice was just a soft murmur. I heard what he couldn't truthfully say, that I didn't need to be afraid, that there was nothing to fear.
“我不想讓你害怕?！彼穆曇魞H僅是一種柔和的喃喃低語。我聽出了他無法深信不疑地說出口的事情——我不必感到害怕，這里沒有什么可怕的。
"Well, that's not exactly the fear I meant, though that's certainly something to think about."
“嗯，我并沒有感到確切的害怕，盡管這確實是要思考的事?！?/p>
So quickly that I missed his movement, he was half sitting, propped up on his right arm, his left palm still in my hands. His angel's face was only a few inches from mine. I might have — should have — flinched away from his unexpected closeness, but I was unable to move. His golden eyes mesmerized me.
他的動作太快了，我完全沒看見他移動。他半坐起來，用右臂支撐著身體，他的左手掌依然在我的手里。他天使般的面孔離我的臉只有幾英寸遠。我本可能——本應該——因為他出乎意料的接近而退縮的，但我沒法移動。他金色的眸子催眠了我。
《暮光之城》
與圖書題目相得益彰的是，“暮光之城”系列別具匠心的封面設計則很好地傳達出了每本書內在的深遠寓意。斯蒂芬妮·梅爾指出《暮色》封面上的蘋果代表“創世紀” 內善惡樹上的禁果。象征貝拉和愛德華之間人類與吸血鬼禁忌的愛戀。在書的開頭引用了“創世紀”217頁的內容：“只是分別善惡樹上的果子，你不可吃，因為你吃的日子必定死。”這同時也代表了貝拉如何分辨善惡——選擇是否吃下那顆禁忌的果實，這比喻了選擇跟愛德華在一起或遠離他。
