Elena Gilbert quotes from The Vampire Diaries

Elena

I kind of want to set up Ric with Jo from the hospital. I mean, we both know that he has a soft spot for the "sexy doctor" type. How long do you think it takes after someone comes back to life before they can start dating again?

Elena

So, like, three months?

Elena

It was my birthday. Damon and I spent the entire summer looking for Stefan, and I was trying to put on a good face because Caroline was throwing this party for me but I was so sad... I was two seconds from deciding I wasn't going to go - I wasn't going to leave the room - until Damon walked in to give me my...birthday gift. It was the necklace that Stefan had given me. I'd lost it, but Damon knew what the necklace meant to me; what it meant about my feelings for Stefan. Even though he loved me, he gave me the one thing that represented hope for me and his brother. I knew how much it hurt him. But he did it. It was...the most selfless that he's ever been. And in that moment, I loved him. I didn't want to, I mean, it terrified me, but...for that moment, I loved him.

Elena

I want my memories back.

Elena

[Voiceover] This life will be good and beautiful. But not without heartbreak. In death comes peace. But pain is the cost of living. Like love, it's how we know we're alive.

Elena

[Voiceover] After Med School, I came home to Mystic Falls, It felt right. It's where I wanted to grow old and.. I did. And that's my life. Weird. Messy. Complicated. Sad. Wonderful. Amazing. And above all, epic. And I owe it all to Stefan. When I met him, I had lost my parents and I was dead inside. But he brought me back to life. And I'm going to live as best as I can. For as long as I can.

Elena

[Voiceover] Even after our long and happy life together, Damon is still worried that he will never see Stefan again. That he'll never find peace. But I know he's wrong. Because Peace exists. It lives in everything we hold dear.

Elena

[Glances over and sees Damon has disappeared. Looks back to see her old house with people gathered on the front porch. Jenna motions for her to come join them.] Mom? [Runs over and hugs family]

Elena

[Voiceover] That is the promise of peace. That one day, after a long life. We find each other again.

Bonnie

Hold up, who's this?

Elena

All I see is back.

Bonnie

It's a hot back! I'm sensing Seattle and he plays a guitar.

Elena

You're really going to run this whole psychic thing into the ground, huh?

Bonnie

Pretty much.

Elena

(about Matt) He hates me.

Bonnie

That's not hate. That's, "You dumped me but I'm too cool to show it, but secretly I'm listening to Air Supply's greatest hits."

Elena

People are going to stop giving you breaks, Jeremy. They just don't care any more. They don't remember that our parents are dead; they have their own lives to deal with. The rest of the world has moved on. You should try, too.

Jeremy

I've seen you in the cemetery writing in your diary. Is that... is that supposed to be you moving on?

Stefan

I know it's late, but I needed to know if you're okay.

Elena

You know, for months, that's all everyone's wondered about me, if I'll be OK.

Stefan

What do you tell them?

Elena

That I'll be fine.

Stefan

Do you ever mean it?

Elena

Ask me tomorrow. (Stefan stares at her) It's warmer in the house, we can talk. Would you like to come in?

Stefan

(smiles) Yes.

Damon

You must be Elena. I'm Damon, Stefan's brother.

Elena

He didn't tell me he had a brother.

Damon

Well, Stefan's not one to brag. Please, come. I'm sure Stefan will be along any second.

Elena

He (Damon) told me about your ex, Katherine?

Stefan

What did he say?

Elena

She broke your heart.

Stefan

It was a long time ago.

Elena

When you lose someone, it stays with you. Always reminding you of how easy it is to get hurt.

Stefan

Elena…

Elena

It's okay, Stefan. I get it. You have no idea how much I get it. Complicated brother? Check. Complicated Ex? Check. Too complicated to even contemplate dating? Double check. It's okay. We met and we talked and it was epic, but then the sun came up and reality set in.

Elena

So the thing is, I got home tonight planning on doing what I always do. Write in my diary, like I have been since my mother gave me one when I was 10. It's where I get everything out and it all goes in this one little book, that I hide on the 2nd shelf behind this really hideous ceramic mermaid. But then I realized I would just be writing things I should probably be talking about.

Stefan

What would you write?

Elena

I would write, Dear Diary, Today I convinced myself it's okay to give up. Don't take risks. Stick with the status quo, no drama. Now just isn't the time. But my reasons aren't reasons they're excuses. All I'm doing is hiding from the truth and the truth is, I'm scared Stefan. I'm scared that if I let myself be happy for one moment, that the my worlds going to come crashing down and I don't know if I'll be able to survive that.

Stefan

Do you want to know what I would write? I met a girl, we talked and it was epic. Then the sun came up and reality set in. Well, this is reality... right here.

Elena

That throw was insane! I didn't know you play football.

Stefan

I used to. It was a long time ago.

Elena

So why don't you try out for the team?

Stefan

Yeah, I don't think so.

Elena

So you don't like football?

Stefan

No, I love football; I think it's a great sport. But in this case I don't think football likes me. You saw Tyler over there, and we both know how Matt feels.

Elena

They don't know you. To them you're just mysterious loner guy. Wouldn't hurt to be a part of the team, make some friends.

Stefan

Says the girl who spends her alone-time writing in a cemetery.

Elena

Hey, come on, there's more to me than just gloomy graveyard girl. There's a whole other Elena you have yet to meet. She was into everything, very busy.

Stefan

Well I look forward to meeting her, and when will that be?

Elena

Soon. She's working on it.

Bonnie

Fine. Well, how about this. Today, I’m obsessed with numbers. Three numbers. I keep seeing 8, 14, and 22. How weird is that?

Elena

Maybe we should play the lottery?

Damon

[holds up an empty glass] One more.

Elena

Oh, thank you. [gasps when she accidentally drops the glass]

Damon

[miraculously catches the glass before it hits the floor; presents it to Elena]

Elena

[laughs] Nice save.

Damon

I like you - you know how to laugh. And you make Stefan smile, which is something I haven't seen in a very long time.

Elena

Earlier, did you mean...Katherine?

Damon

Mm-hmm.

Elena

How did she die?

Damon

In a fire - a tragic fire.

Elena

Recently?

Damon

It seems like it was yesterday.

Elena

What was she like?

Damon

She was beautiful - a lot like you in that department. She was also very complicated, and selfish, and at times not very kind, but very sexy and seductive.

Elena

So, which one of you dated her first? [passes Damon a plate]

Damon

[chuckles] Nicely deduced. Ask Stefan - I'm sure his answer differs from mine. [closes dishwasher]

Elena

[exhales]

Damon

I'd quit cheerleading if I were you.

Elena

Why do you say that?

Damon

Oh, I saw you at practice. You looked miserable.

Elena

You saw that?

Damon

Am I wrong?

Elena

[sighs] I used to love it. It was fun. Things are different this year - everything that used to matter doesn't anymore.

Damon

So don't let it. Quit, move on. Problem solved. Ta-da...

Elena

[chuckles] Some things could matter again.

Damon

Maybe. But...seems a little unrealistic to me.

Elena

I'm sorry.

Damon

[looks confused]

Elena

About Katherine. You lost her, too.