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Jessica is one of Bella’s closest friends in Forks. She’s short, but she has dark curly hair with enough volume to make her almost as tall as Bella. Jessica loves to gossip and is extremely nosy. She also has a very obvious crush on Mike, who in turn has a crush on Bella. To stay in Jessica’s good graces, Bella spends much of the novel turning away Mike’s advances and trying to convince him to date Jessica instead. When Bella and Edward begin spending more time together at school, Jessica’s curiosity leads her to ask a number of questions that Bella finds uncomfortable and embarrassing. Jessica admits that she’s intimidated by Edward and thinks Bella is brave for dating him. Edward is always kind and polite to Jessica when they speak, but to Bella he describes Jessica’s mind—which he can read—as simplistic and unimaginative.
Jessica Quotes in Twilight
The Twilight quotes below are all either spoken by Jessica or refer to Jessica. 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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Jessica Quotes in Twilight
The Twilight quotes below are all either spoken by Jessica or refer to Jessica. 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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