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Billy Black’s son, Jacob is one of Bella and Charlie’s old family friends. He’s about a year younger than Bella, is boyishly handsome with long hair, and is a member of the Quileute tribe. Jacob is attracted to Bella from the moment they meet, which Bella uses to her advantage. By flirting with Jacob, she convinces him to tell her an old Quileute legend about the Quileutes being werewolves and banning the Cullens—who are vampires and the werewolves’ sworn enemies—from setting foot on their land with a century-old treaty. Jacob doesn’t put any stock in the legend; he thinks Billy is ridiculous for taking it seriously and resenting the Cullens. However, Jacob does come to resent Edward over the course of the novel for personal reasons, as his crush on Bella doesn’t wane and he recognizes that Bella wants to be with Edward, not him. By the end of the novel, Jacob looks more like a man than the boy he did at the start—he proudly tells Bella that he’s grown to be six-foot-two.
Jacob Black Quotes in Twilight
The Twilight quotes below are all either spoken by Jacob Black or refer to Jacob Black. 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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Chapter 7
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And I knew in that I had my answer. I didn’t know if there ever was a choice, really. I was already in too deep. Now that I knew—if I knew—I could do nothing about my frightening secret. Because when I thought of him, of his voice, his hypnotic eyes, the magnetic force of his personality, I wanted nothing more than to be with him right now. Even if…but I couldn’t think it. Not here, alone in the darkening forest.
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Chapter 9
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“Don’t let that make you complacent, though,” he warned me. “They’re right to keep their distance from us. We are still dangerous.”
“I don’t understand.”
“We try,” he explained slowly. “We’re usually very good at what we do. Sometimes we make mistakes. Me, for example, allowing myself to be alone with you.”
“This is a mistake?” I heard the sadness in my voice, but I didn’t know if he could as well.
“A very dangerous one,” he murmured.
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Chapter 15
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“His father was an intolerant man. As the Protestants came into power, he was enthusiastic in his persecution of Roman Catholics and other religions. He also believed very strongly in the reality of evil. He led hunts for witches, werewolves…and vampires.”
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Jacob Black Quotes in Twilight
The Twilight quotes below are all either spoken by Jacob Black or refer to Jacob Black. 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 7
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And I knew in that I had my answer. I didn’t know if there ever was a choice, really. I was already in too deep. Now that I knew—if I knew—I could do nothing about my frightening secret. Because when I thought of him, of his voice, his hypnotic eyes, the magnetic force of his personality, I wanted nothing more than to be with him right now. Even if…but I couldn’t think it. Not here, alone in the darkening forest.
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Chapter 9
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“Don’t let that make you complacent, though,” he warned me. “They’re right to keep their distance from us. We are still dangerous.”
“I don’t understand.”
“We try,” he explained slowly. “We’re usually very good at what we do. Sometimes we make mistakes. Me, for example, allowing myself to be alone with you.”
“This is a mistake?” I heard the sadness in my voice, but I didn’t know if he could as well.
“A very dangerous one,” he murmured.
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Chapter 15
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“His father was an intolerant man. As the Protestants came into power, he was enthusiastic in his persecution of Roman Catholics and other religions. He also believed very strongly in the reality of evil. He led hunts for witches, werewolves…and vampires.”
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