Elena Gilbert quotes from The Vampire Diaries

Damon

Enough. You are acting like a little spoiled brat. You know that? You think that we can't punish you. Maybe not. But I can sure punish him.

Matt

(weakly) Elena.

Elena

Seriously you think that this is...

Damon

Shut up. I'm done playing nice. Turn your emotions back on right now, Elena, or so help me, God, I will give you something to be sad about. I will kill him right here in front of you.

Stefan

Damon.

Damon

Don't "Damon" me. If she doesn't love anyone, fine. Prove it. And if I'm wrong, what difference does it make? One less bus boy.

Matt

Elena...

Elena

Your bluffing.

Damon

(snaps Matt's neck, causing Elena to gasp in horror) How about now. Feel anything now? You angry I just turned your buddy into road kill? Or are you sad that the guy that everybody loves is just a bag of bones? Remember when he was a little kid, huh? Warm heart, big, goofy smile, his whole life ahead of him. I guess it was a good idea that he wearing this. (on Matt's hand is a Gilbert ring)

Elena

Oh, God, Matt.

Damon

You feel that weight lifting off your chest? That's joy. Because your friend isn't dead. That's emotion, Elena. That's humanity.

Damon

You ok?

Elena

No. I'm not ok. But I will get better.

Elena

"Brother and friend." What genius came up with that one? I give up, Jer. I really want to kill her for you, but... there's no point. Stefan's right. It's just a distraction. And... I can't. I can't do this. I can't-- I can't move on. And I don't want to. If that makes me weak, then fine, I'm weak. But I can't handle you... you being gone... and I can't handle feeling like this anymore.

Kol

Hello, old friend. Pity about your brother. Guess it's just me against you now.

Rebekah

So, what's the deal? I'm new to this whole emotional switch situation.

Elena

(while playing darts) It's not complicated. See that dart board? All I can picture is Katherine's face.

Rebekah

So your emotions are on, they're just dialed to rage.

Elena

Look, Rebekah. I get that we had our Thelma and Louise thing back when I had my humanity off, but let me make one thing clear: we're not friends.

Stefan

The truth is, there are no shortcuts. You are a vampire, Elena. Loss is part of the deal. Look, I've been alive for 163 years. I have lost more loved ones than I can count, and it hurts me every single time.

Elena

So there's no hope? You're saying I'm hopeless?

Stefan

No, I'm saying you have to face your grief. But you don't have to do it alone... I can help you.

Elena

Oh, of course you can. God, Stefan! Always trying to help, and you're concerned for me, it's just like...

Stefan

You're transferring your rage onto me, that's good.

Elena

Hey.

Damon

Hey.

Elena

So I think there's some stuff you and I need to talk about.

Damon

Yes, we do, but first... (holds out the cure) Consider it a graduation present.

Elena

Damon, I can't take that.

Damon

Sure you can. Looks like it might be cherry flavored.

Elena

I'm not saying I don't want it. Obviously I want it, but that's the only one. There's only one cure, and the Hunters have made it pretty clear that they're willing to kill everyone in Mystic Falls until they get it.

Damon

Elena, take the damn thing. I want you to take it.

Elena

I can't.

Damon

Well, I guess that answers the sire bond question. (floor creaks) You gonna help a brother out or you just gonna lurk?

Jeremy

Look, Elena. You're my sister, and I love you no matter what you choose.

Damon

How is it even when you're dead, you're the bane of my existence?

Damon

Come on! We don't need the cure for Silas, he's calcified stone. Ugh.

Elena

What was that?

Damon

Nothing.

Elena

Take off your shirt.

Damon

Elena, there are children present.

Elena

Fine. [pulls the collar down to reveal Damon's shoulder] Damon, why isn't this healed?

Damon

Because the bullet was laced with werewolf venom, ok? Hunters are dicks.

Elena

We need Klaus. We need his blood.

Damon

Klaus would rather see me die. Plus, Klaus is a thousand miles away, sipping a hurricane on Bourbon street.

Elena

That wound will kill you.

Jeremy

What about the cure?

Elena

Jeremy's right. If you're human, the werewolf venom won't hurt you.

Damon

And here I was so moved by your speech to save mankind. (listens) Sounds like Vaughn's awake.

Elena

Damon, wait!

Damon

Here.

Stefan

What the hell are you doing?

Damon

Digging up Silas. Coming, Vaughn, or not?

Damon

Hi.

Elena

Are you feeling better?

Damon

Yeah.

Elena

So it's all healed up?

Damon

Fresh as a daisy.

Elena

Good. (slaps him)

Lexi

[listening from the living room] Ouch.

Alaric

Yeah. I taught her that swing.

Stefan

You know it's not polite to eavesdrop, right?

Lexi

Hey, I'm short on time here, don't rob me of what little joy I have.

Stefan

So, uh, what's up?

Elena

Honestly, Stefan, I just wanted to thank you for sticking by me when I was at my worst, for believing that I was still in there. Even after everything I put you through, you... you never gave up on me.

Stefan

I, uh, I kind of owed you one.

Elena

Here. It's yours. I want you to have it.

Stefan

[opens hand to reveal the cure] No, Elena. I'm not--

Elena

Stefan, the only person worse at being a vampire than me is you. Human blood is your downfall. You got the raw end of the vampire deal. The rest of us will be fine. We'll survive. I mean, you taught us! You deserve whatever you want out of life. You deserve this.

Damon

I wanted to apologize.

Elena

Good.

Damon

Let me finish! I said wanted to. And then I realized, I'm not sorry!

Elena

You would rather die than be human, and you expect me to be okay with that?

Damon

I didn't say you were supposed to be okay with it, I just said I'm not sorry! You know what I really am? Selfish. Because I make bad choices that hurt you. Yes, I would rather have died than be human. I'd rather die right now than spend a handful of years with you only to lose you when I'm too old and sick and miserable and you're still you. I'd rather die right now than spend my last, final years remembering how good I had it and how happy I was because that's who I am, Elena, and I'm not gonna change, and there's no apology in the world that encompasses all the reasons that I'm wrong for you!

Elena

Fine. Then I'm not sorry either. I'm not sorry that I met you. I'm not sorry that knowing you has made me question everything. That in death, you're the one that made me feel most alive. You've been a terrible person. You've made all the wrong choices, and of all the choices that I have made, this will prove to be the worst one, but I am not sorry that I'm in love with you! I love you, Damon. I love you.

Elena

What are you doing?

Katherine

Would you believe I'm having a bad day? [She picks Elena up and throws her against a wall of lockers. Elena gets up but Katherine speeds over and kicks up her leg to press her booted foot over Elena's neck.]

Katherine

It started when Bonnie denied me my Silas-like immortality.

Elena

Of course, because Katherine Pierce can't be happy with good old vampire-caliber immortality. [Elena finally manages to throw off Katherine's foot and uses her leverage to slam Katherine to the ground. Katherine immediately slams Elena back against another wall of lockers. Elena rips off one of the locker doors and swings against at Katherine's face. Katherine grabs onto the door.]

Katherine

I deserved it. I never had a graduation, or a prom, or, you know, a life. But you did.

Katherine

You have everything, and it's not because you're a good little girl who deserves happiness, it's because you stole mine.

Elena

I stole your happiness? You killed my brother!

Katherine

I'll admit, that was nasty.

Katherine

I have nothing. [She beats Elena with the stick.] But I'm about to change that. [She kicks Elena.]

Elena

Kicking someone while they're down. Classy to the end, Katherine.

Katherine

[laughing] Your end. [She stabs the broken end of the stick into Elena's throat. Elena gulps and struggles against it as Katherine digs it in deeper.]

Katherine

Bye-bye, little girl.[Elena finally pulls the cure out of her pocket and shoves it into Katherine's mouth and forces her jaw to close around it. Katherine's eyes widen as the cure dissolves in her mouth, and falls to the floor beside Elena, unconscious.]

Elena

Have a nice human life, Katherine.

Damon

What did Silas tell you to do?

Elena

Get you alone, weaken you, then kill you.

Elena

That's Stefan's Daylight ring.

Damon

I snagged it from Silas yesterday. And for the record, I am secure enough in our relationship that you having psychic dreams about your ex-boyfriend does not bother me. ...But it still sucks.

Elena

I love you. We're gonna save Stefan, and I'm still gonna love you, OK?

Damon

I know I said that it didn't bother me that you have some psychic connection to your ex-boyfriend, but I don't need a play-by-play, Elena.

Elena

You're right. It's weird. Sorry.

Damon

(sighs) Fine. Tell me. I'm sure whatever's in my imagination is ten times worse than what's going on in your subconscious.

Elena

It was just so vivid. I saw Stefan walking out of this bar. It had a red awning and this broken neon sign, and he was screaming in pain.

Damon

Well, should I go check in the attic, see if there's a crystal ball? Maybe you could conjure up an address.

Katherine

Route 29. Joe's bar. I think I had the exact same dream.

Elena

I know it sounds crazy that I'm following some psychic dream, but it's the only lead that we have.

Damon

It doesn't "sound" crazy, it is crazy. But I'm open-minded.