Elena Gilbert quotes from The Vampire Diaries

Elena

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

Damon

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

Elena

I said Ric!

Damon

Don't move.

Damon

Here, doggy doggy... (wolf runs after him; both disappear)

Alaric

Come on, let's keep moving.

Elena

We can't leave Damon!

Alaric

He can handle himself, let's move.

Elena

No. If he gets bit, he'll be dead. I'm the reason he's out here!

Alaric

I am the reason he's out here. I told him where we were, and I'm telling you to keep moving. Let's go, Elena! Now!

Elena

Stefan's out there somewhere, and now Damon, and we're just sitting in this car?

Alaric

Let the vampires fight the hybrid zombie mountain-man. I'll take care of keeping the humans safe.

Alaric

Oh, boy. Are you a sucker for a lost cause, or what?

Elena

You're not a lost cause, Ric! You're just...lost. But so is Jeremy. And so am I. Our family is gone. We don't have anybody and, I'm sorry, but you don't have anybody either, so...we're kind of good for each other.

Elena

Damon? Are you okay? Did you...?

Damon

Fine, bite-free. Get back in the car, please.

Elena

Can you just give me a minute to appreciate that you're not dead?

Damon

I'll give you ten seconds. Nine...eight... (begins pushing her towards the car) Hey, Ric, did you happen to see where I parked my car?

Elena

(finds Damon in her bedroom) Seriously?

Damon

I was wrong.

Elena

...Are you drunk?

Damon

No. ...I thought Stefan was gone, but I was wrong.

Elena

You saw him out there? Damon, is he okay?

Damon

No, he's not okay, Elena. He's an insufferable martyr who needs his ass kicked. But he can be saved.

Elena

...What happened out there? What changed your mind?

Damon

I changed my mind because, even in his darkest place, my brother still can't let me die. So I figure I owe him the same in return. I'll help you bring him back.

Damon

You had a bag full of weapons and a teacher with an eternity ring. You could've kept going.

Elena

It was too dangerous.

Damon

It was too dangerous going out there to begin with, so what was it?

Elena

Why are you being like this?

Damon

What changed your mind, Elena?

Elena

I didn't want to see you get hurt, okay?! I was...I was worried about you.

Damon

Thanks. (starts to leave)

Elena

(sighs) Yes, I worry about you. Why do you even have to hear me say it?

Damon

(stops) Because when I drag my brother from the edge and deliver him back to you, I want you to remember the things you felt while he was gone.

Damon

(passing Alaric on the stairs) How's it going, Ric?

Alaric

(watches Damon go, then turns to Elena) Know what you're doing, there?

Elena

No. (exhales) I don't.

Damon

Rise and shine, sleepyhead...

Elena

(jolts awake) Ah! What are you doing? Get out!

Damon

You know you were dreaming about me. Explains the drool.

Elena

Oh my god. (looks at clock) 6 AM? Seriously? You don't have anything better to do at 6 AM?

Damon

I sure hope we find him, 'cause it would suck if your last memento of Stefan was that crappy old necklace.

Elena

It's an antique, Damon. Like you.

Damon

(reading Stefan's journal) "March 12th, 1922. I've blacked out days. I wake up in stranger's blood in places I don't recognize, with women I don't remember." (gasps) I'm shocked. Stefan's not a virgin?

Elena

(takes the journal) Eyes on the road, grandma.

Damon

Fine. Back to my game. Tell me if you see a Florida plate.

Elena

Stefan could have lived anywhere in Chicago, and he chose this?

Damon

There used to be an all-girls high school around the corner, but it shut down because of attendance issues. Weird.

Elena

Stefan hid his alcohol. What a monster.

Damon

Look harder.

Elena

(sees huge list on the wall) It's a list of names.

Damon

Mm-hmm.

Elena

(realizes) These are all of his victims?

Damon

Still "handling it"?

Elena

What were you doing in the 1920s? Paving the way for women's liberation?

Damon

I was around. Chicago's a big city. Stefan was a cocky ripper douche, but I could avoid him and still indulge in a few Daisy Buchanans of my own.

Elena

I told you I was practically discovered by Klaus, and you're worried about what I'm wearing?

Damon

I had an hour to realize what a bad idea it was to leave you here alone, process it, and move on. (pauses) Are you okay?

Elena

Yeah.

Damon

Okay, good. Get dressed. You're all road-trippy and gross.