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Charlie is Bella’s father and the police chief in Forks. He’s lived on his own since Mom left him months after Bella’s birth. Like Bella, he’s somewhat shy, awkward, and uncoordinated—Bella implies that she inherited her lack of coordination from him. Though Charlie loves and cares for Bella, he also seems to think that he’s not paying her enough attention once she moves to Forks to live with him. After more than a decade working weekends, for instance, Charlie doesn’t stop once Bella’s around—and if he’s not working on the weekends, he regularly goes fishing. Though Charlie acts as though he wants Bella to take an interest in the boys in Forks and go to dances and other social events, he also becomes extremely protective when Bella finally shares with him that she’s dating Edward Cullen. This reaction is somewhat unexpected for another reason: Charlie thinks very highly of Dr. Cullen and of all his adopted and foster children, at least when they’re not dating his daughter. Indeed, Charlie thinks so highly of Dr. Cullen that he stops talking to his best friend, Billy Black, after Billy and other Quileutes stop receiving medical care at the local hospital after Dr. Cullen gets his job there. Charlie and Billy do begin to make up over the course of the novel.
Charlie Swan Quotes in Twilight
The Twilight quotes below are all either spoken by Charlie Swan or refer to Charlie Swan. 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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“He’s an asset to the community, and all those kids are well behaved and polite. I had my doubts, when they first moved in, with all those adopted teenagers. I thought we might have some problems with them. But they’re all very mature—I haven’t had one speck of trouble from any of them. That’s more than I can say for some of the children of some folks who have lived in this town for generations. And they stick together the way a family should—camping trips every other weekend…Just because they’re newcomers, people have to talk.”
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“No, she did not send me here. I sent myself.”
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“She stayed with me at first, but she missed him. It made her unhappy…so I decided it was time to spend some quality time with Charlie.” My voice was glum by the time I finished.
“But now you’re unhappy,” he pointed out.
“And?” I challenged.
“That doesn’t seem fair.”
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Charlie Swan Quotes in Twilight
The Twilight quotes below are all either spoken by Charlie Swan or refer to Charlie Swan. 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 2
Quotes
“He’s an asset to the community, and all those kids are well behaved and polite. I had my doubts, when they first moved in, with all those adopted teenagers. I thought we might have some problems with them. But they’re all very mature—I haven’t had one speck of trouble from any of them. That’s more than I can say for some of the children of some folks who have lived in this town for generations. And they stick together the way a family should—camping trips every other weekend…Just because they’re newcomers, people have to talk.”
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“No, she did not send me here. I sent myself.”
[…]
“She stayed with me at first, but she missed him. It made her unhappy…so I decided it was time to spend some quality time with Charlie.” My voice was glum by the time I finished.
“But now you’re unhappy,” he pointed out.
“And?” I challenged.
“That doesn’t seem fair.”
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