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Rosalie Hale
A vampire, Esme is Carlisle’s wife. She’s small and curvy, with brown hair, and she takes on a maternal role with all of her and Carlisle’s adopted family members. More than anything else, Esme wants her adopted children to be happy—so she has no problem with Edward entering into a relationship with a human like Bella, since she’s seen how happy Edward is with Bella around. She explains to Bella that she’s never been able to escape her human maternal instincts and, in a way, they led to her becoming a vampire. As a young woman, Esme attempted to kill herself by jumping off a cliff soon after her days-old baby died. Carlisle found her at the bottom, nearly dead, and saved her by changing her into a vampire.
Esme Cullen Quotes in Twilight
The Twilight quotes below are all either spoken by Esme Cullen or refer to Esme Cullen. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“They’re all adopted. The Hales are brother and sister, twins—the blondes—and they’re foster children.”
“They look a little old for foster children.”
“They are now, Jasper and Rosalie are both eighteen, but they’ve been with Mrs. Cullen since they were eight. She’s their aunt or something like that.”
“That’s really kind of nice—for them to take care of all those kids like that, when they’re so young and everything.”
“I guess so,” Jessica admitted reluctantly […] “I think that Mrs. Cullen can’t have any kids, though,” she added, as if that lessened their kindness.
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Esme Cullen Quotes in Twilight
The Twilight quotes below are all either spoken by Esme Cullen or refer to Esme Cullen. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 1
Quotes
“They’re all adopted. The Hales are brother and sister, twins—the blondes—and they’re foster children.”
“They look a little old for foster children.”
“They are now, Jasper and Rosalie are both eighteen, but they’ve been with Mrs. Cullen since they were eight. She’s their aunt or something like that.”
“That’s really kind of nice—for them to take care of all those kids like that, when they’re so young and everything.”
“I guess so,” Jessica admitted reluctantly […] “I think that Mrs. Cullen can’t have any kids, though,” she added, as if that lessened their kindness.
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