Klaus Mikaelson and Esther Mikaelson in “Unfinished Business”

Klaus Mikaelson

You ruined me. You left me to suffer at the hands of a father who valued only strength.

Esther Mikaelson

I kept you from becoming a beast for as long as I possibly could.

Klaus Mikaelson

Oh, you lied to me to hide your own transgressions because of your own fear! My whole life, I sought the approval I was denied by the man I thought was my father. You turned me into the weakling he hated! Look at me! You rant, and you rage about the monster I've become, but you, mother, you are the author of everything I am.