You, at least, made an effort. You got up in the morning, tried to be normal for Charlie, followed the pattern of your life. When I wasn’t actively tracking, I was… totally useless. I couldn’t be around my family — I couldn’t be around anyone. I’m embarrassed to admit that I more or less curled up into a ball and let the misery have me. It was much more pathetic than hearing voices. And, of course, you know I do that, too.
Even in the short time I’d known Aro, I’d been able to see that he was a collector-and his most prized treasures were his living pieces. He coveted beauty, talent, and rarity in his immortal followers more than any jewel locked in his vaults.
The Twilight Saga + Colors
He probably wants your mate, too, regardless. He must have been intrigued by a talent that could defy him in its human incarnation.
Aro of the Volturi (via incorrect-twilightquotes)
Unless of course you want to die.
The Volturi are the government of the vampire community, the rule-makers of the vampire world. Judge, jury and executioner.
“There is a reason why Aro’s (Michael’s) face is the first we see after Bella (Kristen) uses her gift to protect her family and friends against the Volturi. It is not only because of what is written in the book but also because it matches his words in New Moon. "Your gifts will make for an intriguing immortal,” he says and in the scene in Breaking Dawn we see him look up at her as though he already knows what is happening.“ - Bill Condon
Ah. L'amore ci mantiene giovani. Edward and Bella are to be married.
He never knows which ones harbor heartbreaking secrets until he’s already touching them and then it’s too late, he knows it all forever, stored in his perfect, immortal mind. And everyone has monsters, big or small, hiding in them somewhere. Now they’re all his. No wonder he said he was completely insane. Anyone would be. I wondered if his strange, sometimes out-of-place, cheerfulness was some kind of personal defense mechanism against all that darkness. (Quote credit)
you don’t irritate the Volturi
Jamie Bower in Breaking Dawn Part 2
Contrary to fanfic, it’s actually somewhat rare in the Twilight series for a vampire to be the creator of his/her mate. There are only six such couples specified: Amun & Kebi, Aro & Sulpicia, Benjamin & Tia, Carlisle & Esme, Makenna & Charles, and Edward & Bella. Rosalie & Emmett get an honorable mention though, since she was the one who saved him and picked him out, even if she didn’t do the actual transformation herself.