Damon and Mikael in “Unfinished Business”

Damon

I'd offer you a drink, but Katherine tells me you're more of a vampire-on-the-rocks kind of guy.

Well, technically you could still offer.

Damon

Why feed on vampires? Don't tell it's for the smooth after taste.

I had a hand in creating vampires, but bloodlust was never my intention. Over the centuries I learned to feed from the predator, not the innocent.