Elena Gilbert quotes from The Vampire Diaries

Wait, what? No. She almost killed you!

Elena

We don't have time for a detour, Damon - Stefan's hurt. Find him.

Wait, no! Stop. Just...wait. Any sign of trouble, you let her go - do you understand me? I don't care how bad Silas wants Katherine, she's not worth a hair on your head. You got me? Okay. Kiss me.

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Elena

Tell me what Qetsiyah said back at the cabin.

She told me that...we don't stand a chance.

Elena

And what does she know about us?

Well, she told me a very interesting little story about the history of Doppelgangers; how they're fated to fall in love with eachother. Basically, the universe programmed you to fall in love with Stefan, not me. Which means...we're a lost cause no matter what we do. (pauses) I'm paraphrasing.

Elena

..."The universe"?

Her words, not mine.

Elena

So...she's crazy.

Maybe. Maybe she's not...

Elena

Look. I know I spent the last couple days focusing on trying to find Stefan, but that has nothing to do with how I feel about you, and I'm not gonna let Silas' 2,000-year-old ex-girlfriend screw things up between us.

You think I am? I mean, no one tells me how I live my life, no one tells me who I love. Especially not some vindictive, prehistoric witch and definitely not the universe. And I'm not gonna let someone else's idea of destiny stop me from loving you, or being with you, or building a future with you, because...you are my life.

(Elena leans in to kiss Damon, Stefan wakes up)

Welcome back, Brother.

Elena

Stefan... We missed you.

Uh, I'm sorry. I--I have no idea who you people are.

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Elena

OK, Dr. Forbes. Since when do you know so much about amnesia?

It's possible I studied up on my chem, biochem, applied microbio, molecular bio, and "Gray's Anatomy" - the real one and the television show.

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Well, I, uh, I certainly hope your family history was happier than mine.

Elena

Well, let's see. In the last three years, I lost my adoptive parents, my birth parents, my aunt, our guardian Alaric, and my brother Jeremy died, although he came back to life, so there's that.

Wait. Jeremy that lives in our house?

Elena

Yeah. After I had a breakdown and burned my house to the ground.

Hmm.

Elena

What?

How do I not remember you? I mean, you're smart, you're pretty, you're funny. Obviously, you're the strongest woman in the world if you managed to figure out a way to get through all that.

Elena

I surround myself with amazing people who help me through it. Like you. You're one of those people.

So bonded by death? Please don't tell me that we meet in a cemetery. (Elena grins) Really? We met in a cemetery?

Elena

Well, no. Officially, we met somewhere else first, but... Um, you want to see?

Yeah, sure.

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(Elena doesn't pick up)

Busted.

Elena

Hey.

Hey, Miss avoiding me for three days.

Elena

Avoiding you? What? We've been talking.

Texting one time. "Want to be my plus one at a costume party?" Winky face.

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Lady Ann Boleyn. Now, who in their right mind would cut off a head so gorgeous?

Elena

Uh, you, my King, my not-so-loving husband.

Well, maybe I can dance my way out of this doghouse.

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Elena

Quiet, still, peaceful. I like our life when it's like this.

But this is our life, which probably means that somebody's gonna walk through that door and shatter it.

Elena

Oh, don't say that.

In 10...9...(kisses her head)

Elena

Just let me enjoy the moment.

6...5...(kisses her head again)

Elena

Damon, today is the day that we're gonna bring Bonnie back. It's a good day.

3...2...(kisses her again)

Elena

Damon, it's a good day.(kisses him)

Greetings.

One.

Good morning, frenemies.

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Oh, you don't think that I keep my promises,

Elena

You said that now you're a witch again you would bring Bonnie back from the other side.

I did, and I can.

Elena

And you promised Damon that you would to that if he helped you.

Yeah.

Elena

But you're kind of evil. No offense.

None taken.

Elena

So I'm just trying to figure out how I can trust one of your last acts in this world will be to bring my best friend back.

Did you want me to pinky swear?

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Relax. I'm-- I'm just bringing dinner.

AAmara

I know you.

I don't think so.

AAmara

You're the Hunter. I never forget a face, but Silas killed you. You're dead.

I was. I came back.

AAmara

How? I said how? (to Bonnie) It was you, wasn't it? You're a witch. You brought him back.

You can see me?

AAmara

Of course I can see you. I'm not blind. I have eyes. Or are you dead? I get so mixed up. I can't tell the difference between the living and the dead.

Can you see people on the other side?

AAmara

I am the anchor to the other side. I can see everything. Gah! Don't touch me! Please don't-- don't touch me.

I can touch her.

Ok. That's weird.

Jer, I think I've got an idea.

(Scene shift)

Amara could see Bonnie, and Bonnie could touch her. They made physical contact. It's like Amara's got a foot on each side or something.

Elena

Amara exists in both places at once, here and the other side?

Then she's not crazy crazy, she's just talking to dead supernatural beings roaming around in our basement.

That's not the point.

The point is, if Silas isn't going to help us, what if Bonnie could be the same thing? What if she existed on both sides at once? What if she became the anchor?

Elena

You're right. Jeremy, you're right. So all we need is someone who could do that spell.

Oh, please don't say who I think you're gonna say.

Elena

Think about it. Silas wants Amara to die, and Amara wants Amara to die, so who besides us is the one person with the biggest stake against letting that happen?

(Scene shift)

I was hoping we could talk.

And I was hoping you were my Chinese food. Good-bye.

You remember Amara, right, brunette, brown eyes, I'm surprisingly not in love with her?

What about her?

Well, she took the cure, she wants to die, and we have her.

But she's alive?

For now. Silas is literally on his way here to kill her. He's completely obsessed with destroying the other side so that he and Amara can live happily ever after in the great beyond. Man, you were right about these Doppelgängers. They do always end up together. So how does it feel to say, "I told you so"?

Like I want to shoot fireballs at Silas and drown him in acid.

See? That's what I thought. So how would you feel about making us a deal?

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Elena

I'm not defending you. I'm not defending your decision to kill Aaron's entire family, to go out of the town and kill his aunt while we are so together.

So why are you still here? I'm bad Elena. I'm bad for you! So why wouldn't have you run away from me as far as humanly possibile?

Elena

'Cause I love you, Damon. Because I chose you and I stand by my choice.

Now I'm choosing. And I'm choosing to let you go.

Elena

What?! No, Damon.

I'm choosing to not to think about you must feel every time some ghost from my past comes in our lives. I'm choosing to relieve you of having to defend me for every awful thing I've ever done.

Elena

Stop acting like I'm perfect! Damon, I've done horrible things too. You think I wanna stand here and judging you after you've tortured for 5 years?

Stop defending me! I won't change who I am. I can't. But I refuse to change you.

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So that's it? You're just giving up?

As she should! I mean, he did say-- and I quote-- "I am a bad person. I am bad for you and I am choosing to let you go."

Elena

You memorized my breakup?

Of course I did.

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It's Stefan.

Elena

Tell him I don't feel like talking.

She doesn't feel like talking.

(to Stefan) She doesn't feel like talking.

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Rule number one, think of the worst thing Katherine Pierce has ever done to you. Rule number two, toast to the glory of her impending death. Rule number three, if you come across something that's worse-- which you will-- repeat rules one and two. She pretended to be buried in a tomb for 145 years while I waited for her lying ass. (Damon drinks) Wait. Does that beat pretended to be Elena and kissing me on the front porch of your old house?

I don't think so.

I don't think so either, damn. Quarterback, go.

Uh....

Think on that. Little Gilbert.

She fed me to Silas, and I died.

Doozy.

Then she made me crash my car into a pole and left me for dead. Again.

Doubly doozy. Drink.

My sister's dead because of her.

Yes, she is because I wouldn't have even been in town to turn Vicki into a murderous vampire if I wasn't trying to get Katherine out of the tomb she wasn't in. Group shot.

Elena

Seriously?

Elena, we were just, uh--

Elena

I know what you're doing. (to Jeremy) You're cut off. If anyone is drinking to Katherine's last days, it's gonna be me. She impersonated me repeatedly... Made Aunt Jenna stab herself in the stomach and cut off Uncle John's fingers.

He might have deserved that.

My Grams died trying to close a tomb. She wasn't in.

Tyler's werewolf curse got triggered because of her.

Elena

Klaus followed her to Mystic Falls, and because of that, we lost Jenna.

And Alaric.

We're gonna need more booze.

Elena

She tried to kill me at least twice.

She did kill me, although I'm weirdly better off.

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Rumor has it she burnt down the entire city of Atlanta once.

That might win.

All right. Knock it off or take it somewhere else. You guys are being insensitive.

Come on, Stefan. Don't let the sight of a frail, human, Elena look-alike cloud your memories of the manipulative psycho that she is.

In 1864, Katherine moved into my home, she compelled me to love her, seduced my brother, fed us full of vampire blood, and then started a war with the town that got us killed.

Exactly. Bottoms up.

But centuries before that, she was just an innocent girl who was shunned by her family, so for 500 years, she lied and manipulated and did whatever she had to do survive, and she did. She's a survivor, right. So that's the girl that I will drink to today. Cheers.

Please. One night of hot sex with her, and your brainwashed?

Elena

What?!

What?!

Oh, my-- I forgot to tell you. You were kidnapped and hostages and--

Bottle's empty actually.

That's why you never send a busboy to do a man's job. Nadia, the devil's spawn. Hey, Caroline. Did you remember to tell Elena that?

Elena

I think my mind just exploded.

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Guess it's a good thin I'm not claustrophobic anymore.

Elena

That's what Katherine helped you with-- Silas aftermath.

She did.

Elena

Can I just hate her anyway?

You can.

Elena

Thank you.

But I don't. I know I should, but for some reason, I keep rooting for her to find peace. Katherine's not the only one, you know? Damon keeps pushing you away because he hates himself, who he is, what's he done. Just remember that you never gave up on me, so don't give up on him. Don't let him give up on you either, ok?