L.J. Smith

“That's how I want to go. Taking my own way out and totally pissing everybody off at the end.”

“I'm sorry Elena. I know that you want to help, but put yourself in her shoes, everything that happened tonight was to save you and that's OK because she loves you so much. But somehow she's always the one who gets hurt.”

“Wait.” Stefan’s voice was hard suddenly. Bonnie and Elena turned back and froze, embracing each other, trembling. “What is your—your father—going to do to you when he finds out that you allowed this?”

“The image isn't reality. Even though we're used to thinking that way alot of the time. We show a kid a picture of a dog and say 'This is a doggie' - but it's not. It's just an image.”

“Maybe it just means that love can be stronger than fear.”

“Maybe it just means that love can be stronger than fear.”

“There is nothing frightening in the dark if you just face it.”