Lexi: What's keeping her here?
Stefan: I told you. Her name is Elena.

I'm not gonna let anyone get hurt.

We choose our own path. Our values and our actions, they define who we are.

If you're so worried that someone is on to you, why don't you leave town, Damon?

That's the thing about Damon. He doesn't get mad. He just gets even.

I've been 17 years old since 1864.

Elena: If you mean me no harm, then you'll go.
Stefan: I never wanted this.

I'm a vampire.

Everything you know, and every belief you know is about to change. Are you ready for that?

[to Elena] If you're going to dump me, I figure you should at least know who you're dumping. Let's start with Katherine. She had this perfect olive skin. She had this perfect laugh. She was also impatient, impulsive. Enter Damon. He claims he was with her first. I don't know. I do know I did some things I'm not proud of. My biggest regret is not being able to make things right before she died. I miss her, but I'm not crippled.

Damon: You won. Now nothing can come between you and Elena. Except the truth. The lies catch up to you, the longer you keep lying to yourself about who you are.
Stefan: The beauty of you in there and me out here ... is that I can walk away.

Damon: I'm stronger than you think.
Stefan: You always have been. But you're not stronger than verveine. And you know it. I'm sorry. It didn't have to be this way.

Vampire Diaries Quotes

Oooh, you know I don't know. Every time we try and go on a date you get kidnapped, I get sent to a prison world, or your feelings get compelled away...

Damon

Damon: My new girlfriend. Andie Starr. Action News.
Alaric: It's not called Action News.
Damon: I know. I like just saying it.