What do the covers of the Twilight Books mean?

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What do the covers of the Twilight Books mean?
Here's what they mean (Answered by Stephenie Meyer):





Twilight: The apple on the cover of Twilight represents "forbidden fruit." I used the scripture from Genesis (located just after the table of contents) because I loved the phrase "the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil." Isn't this exactly what Bella ends up with? A working knowledge of what good is, and what evil is. The nice thing about the apple is it has so many symbolic roots. You've got the apple in Snow White, one bite and you're frozen forever in a state of not-quite-death... Then you have Paris and the golden apple in Greek mythology鈥攍ook how much trouble that started. Apples are quite the versatile fruit. In the end, I love the beautiful simplicity of the picture. To me it says: choice.





New Moon: That is a ruffled tulip. As for the meaning... If you've read the Twilight FAQ, you know that the apple cover had a lot of meaning for me, and I was an active part of the covering process. However, that experience is more the exception than the rule in the publishing world. Something to keep in mind if you intend to embark on a career as a writer: lots of things you might expect to be under your control are not. Covers, for example. Those are mostly up to the publisher and the marketing and sales departments. So I don't know what the tulip means鈥擨 didn't have anything to do with this one. (Me: Since it's wilted, it probably means that it's a low point in Bella's life)





Eclipse: Stephenie hasn't said anything about this one. I personally think that it has something to do with Bella's internal struggle with becoming a vampire. The ribbon is breaking because she's torn between what she wants to do.
What do the covers of the Twilight Books mean?
On the Twilight the apple represnets the forbidden fruit, which, taken either way, makes sense. Because Edward is forbidden to Bella and Bella is forbidden to Edward. The flower doesn't really have a meaning. It was just something the publishers chose. But I think it means that Bella was really ruffled in that book, and drooping, you know those flowers that only open up when they see the moon? It's like Edwards the moon and he's gone. But it's also a new beginning. So that one can be taken any way you want. The ribbon on Eclipse is like that saying, 'When one door closes, another one opens' Her door closed for Jacob, but more than one opened up with Edward. And it was the end of a new beginning and a part of her. The ribbon was now whole after that piece was cut off. Neither was Bella. That's how I interpret it.