What happened to you Elijah? I mean I thought you were supposed to be a man of honor. And yet you’ve been hooking up with Katherine this entire time?

I’ve spent so much time running and lying just to survive that I don’t… I’m starting to believe my own lies. I don’t even remember who I was when we first met, and I wanna find out.

And so I run now to the things 
they said could restore me
Restore life the way it should be

The Vampire Diaries: 4x01 Growing Pains Mystic fall. I was born here, this is my home and mine, and mine. For centuries supernatural creatures have lived among us. There are vampires, werewolves, doppelgängers, witches and even hybrids. There are those that protect them and those who want them dead. They’re our friends, our enemies, the ones we love and the ones we’ve lost and then there’s me. I’m human… at least I was.

The Vampire Diaries: 4x01 Growing Pains

Mystic fall. I was born here, this is my home and mine, and mine. For centuries supernatural creatures have lived among us. There are vampires, werewolves, doppelgängers, witches and even hybrids. There are those that protect them and those who want them dead. They’re our friends, our enemies, the ones we love and the ones we’ve lost and then there’s me. I’m human… at least I was.

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His final scene was absolutely heartwrenching, as he poured out his feelings to Alaric’s headstone … and the camera panned over to reveal that in Damon’s loneliest moment, he wasn’t alone at all. Alaric is still with him “on the other side,” watching over the town and sharing a drink with his best friend. (I might be crying again just writing this. Excuse me.) There’s a certain sadness wrapped up in the idea that Alaric is still around, watching helplessly as the people he loves suffer, but there’s a comfort in that, too."
— Carina MacKenzie

“Every candle and prayer is not going to make up for the fact that the only thing you have left is a hole in your life where that somebody you care about used to be.”