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I knew that if I continued to ignore you as I should, or if I left for a few years, till you were gone, that someday you would say yes to Mike, or someone like him. It made me angry.
我知道如果我做我該做的事，繼續無視你，或者離開幾年，直到你走回再回來，那么總有一天，你會對邁克，或者類似的人，點頭應許的。這種想法讓我憤怒。
"And then," he whispered, "as you were sleeping, you said my name. You spoke so clearly, at first I thought you'd woken. But you rolled over restlessly and mumbled my name once more, and sighed. The feeling that coursed through me then was unnerving, staggering. And I knew I couldn't ignore you any longer." He was silent for a moment, probably listening to the suddenly uneven pounding of my heart.
然后，”他耳語道。“當你睡著的時候，你說出了我的名字。你說得那么清晰，開始我還以為你醒著。可你不得安生地翻來覆去，又一次喃喃地念著我的名字，還嘆息著。膽怯和震驚的感覺傳遍了我的全身。然后我知道，我再也無法無視你了。”他沉默了片刻，也許是在聽我的心臟突如其來的砰砰亂響。
"But jealousy… it's a strange thing. So much more powerful than I would have thought. And irrational! Just now, when Charlie asked you about that vile Mike Newton…" He shook his head angrily.
“可是嫉妒……是一件奇怪的事情。遠比我曾經想到過的，更為有力。而且不合常理！就在剛才，當查理向你問到那個卑鄙的邁克?牛頓……”他生氣地搖著頭。
"I should have known you'd be listening," I groaned.
“我應該知道你在聽的。”我呻吟著。
"Of course."
“當然。”
"That made you feel jealous, though, really?"
“不過，這讓你感到了嫉妒，真的？”
"I'm new at this; you're resurrecting the human in me, and everything feels stronger because it's fresh."
“我在這方面完全是個新手；你喚醒了我身上屬于人類的感情，而且每一種感覺都更為強烈，因為它們對我來說都是新奇的存在。”
"But honestly," I teased, "for that to bother you, after I have to hear that Rosalie — Rosalie, the incarnation of pure beauty, Rosalie — was meant for you. Emmett or no Emmett, how can I compete with that?"
“但誠懇地說，”我揶揄道，“和困擾著你的這一切相比，在我聽說了羅莎莉——羅莎莉，那個純凈的美的化身，羅莎莉——對你的意義以后，有艾美特或者沒有艾美特，我又怎能和她競爭呢？”
《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。
