Damon Salvatore quotes from The Vampire Diaries

Damon

This is even more pitiful than I thought.

Elena

There's still hope.

Damon

I’ve made a lot of choices that have gotten me here. I deserve this. I deserve to die.

Elena

No... You don't.

Damon

I do, Elena. It's okay. Because if I’d have chosen differently, I wouldn't have met you. I’m so sorry. I’ve done so many things to hurt you.

Elena

It's okay. I forgive you.

Damon

I know you love Stefan. And it will always be Stefan. But I love you. You should know that.

Elena

(nods) I do.

Damon

You should have met me in 1864. I think you would have liked me.

Elena

I like you now. Just the way you are.

Damon

Morning.

Elena

Hey, I was gonna- (turns, sees Damon naked) OH! (quickly turns back around) You heard me! You knew that I was here.

Damon

Hey, you should learn to knock. What if I was... indecent?

Elena

Sheriff Forbes gave us another location to check. Memphis.

Damon

Another dead-end, you mean.

Elena

You don't know that.

Damon

You're right, Elena. This could be the one. After almost two months, this could be the clue that tells us Stefan is alive and well and living in Graceland.

Alaric

(sees bloody corpses) Ugh. Vampire, for sure.

Damon

Stefan, for sure.

Alaric

How do you know?

Damon

It's his signature; there's a reason they call him "the ripper." Feeds so hard he blacks out and rips them apart, but then when he's done, he feels remorse. It's the damndest thing - he puts the bodies back together.

Alaric

"Back together"?

Elena

Don't worry, I'm not gonna lose it. At least not before the cake.

Damon

(shrugs) It's your party. You can cry if you want to.

Alaric

I am every parent's worst nightmare. I am the chaperone teacher from hell.

Damon

I love high school parties.

Damon

(sees Elena approaching) Hello, birthday girl!

Elena

(reaches out her hand) Drink! (takes Damon's glass) Jeremy's smoking again.

Damon

Is his stash any good?

Elena

You're an ass. (to Alaric) Talk to him. Please? He looks up to you. (give back the glass and walks away)

Damon

(at the news station; answers his phone) Party central.

Elena

Damon? Where are you?

Damon

I'm by the...punch bowl!

Elena

Don't do that, Damon, don't lie to me! I saw your closet.

Damon

Oh! Oh! I gotta go break up beer pong! (hangs up quickly)

Damon

Stefan.

Stefan

Hello, brother.

Damon

You don't write, you don't call...

Stefan

I need you to stop following me - it's causing some problems.

Damon

With who? Klaus? I'm supposed to care what he thinks?

Stefan

What you're supposed to do is let me go.

Damon

I saw your artwork in Tennessee. You're walking a fine line there, my friend. Keep that up and there will be no saving you.

Stefan

See, the thing is, I don't need any saving. I just want you to let me go.

Damon

Well, I've got a birthday girl at home that's not gonna let me do that.

Damon

Can we not do this right now? I'm having a really bad night.

Elena

All summer, every single time I came to you with a lead, you made me feel like an idiot for having hope...

Damon

You were an idiot. (pauses) We both were.

Elena

Tell me what you know, Damon.

Damon

I need you to get back to your party, Elena.

Elena

We're supposed to be in this together. Why didn't you tell me that you've been tracking Klaus's victims?

Damon

Because they're not "Klaus's victims", Elena, they're Stefan's!

Elena

...What?

Damon

He's left a trail of body parts up and down the eastern seaboard.

Elena

No. You're wrong.

Damon

I've seen it happen before. He's flipped the switch; full-blown ripper.

Elena

Stop it, Damon.

Damon

No you stop it, Elena. Stop looking for him. Stop waiting for him to come home. Just stop! Stefan's gone and he's not coming back. (pauses) Not in your lifetime.

Damon

Get out of the water, Elena.

Elena

If I get out of the water, you're gonna make me go home.

Damon

Yes, because I'm not an idiot, like you.

Alaric

Right now you're both acting like idiots.

Damon

(sighs) Okay. Okay! But we are out of here before the moon is full and I'm werewolf bait.

Elena

I promise.

Damon

Unless you wanna relive that whole "deathbed kissy-thing."

Elena

I said I promise!

Damon

How you doing?

Elena

(panting from exertion) Fine.

Damon

You know, I could help you.

Elena

No, thanks.

Damon

Just one little 'fwoosh'... (indicates jump to the top of the mountain)

Elena

Yeah, with my luck, you'd drop me.

Alaric

What are you guys, twelve?

Elena

(douses ropes with vervain) Here Ric, take these.

Damon

(goes to grab them; gets burned) Ah! Ow!

Elena

I said Ric!