L.J. Smith: Likeness

“Damon’s voice was no louder than before. “Get away from my brother.” Bonnie could feel it inside him, a swell of Power like a tsunami. He continued, “Before I tear your heart out.”

“I need you like - like light. You're light, all right - like a flame to a moth. I told you once that you shouldn't mess with forbidden things - I should have taken my own advice.”

“It was like a song, one of those sweet, wrenching songs that makes the hair on your arms stand up. That makes you want to throw yourself on the floor and just bawl. Or fall backward and surrender to the music utterly.”

“Ghouls weren't smart, but like the Energizer Bunny they kept going and going.”

“You showed me what it was like to love. What the world could be like, if”

“It's not wrong to hustle hustlers. It's like killing murderers, a public service. -Damon Salvatore”

“Do I look like the kind of person who wastes time turning goats into pin cushions?”

“Like a revolving door to hell.”

“And it was good just to hold her and touch the softness of her skin. He wanted to hold her hard, not to hurt her but to keep her safe, to show her that he was strong enough to protect her. Her beauty was like fire and strange music, and he loved her.”

“Cliff said "damn" for me (I'm going to die). I didn't know he liked me enough to swear.”

“He had been so many things. Seductive as silver and deadly as a cobra. And vulnerable like a hurt child underneath it all.”

“I'll fight dragons, just like any knight for his lady. I'll prove myself. You'll be proud of me.”

“After a minute he said, "It's like-I don't know how to describe it, but it's like I belong with Jade. She really sees me. I mean, not the outside stuff. She sees me inside, and she likes me. Nobody else has ever done that…except you.”

“But Mary-Lynnette was thinking. Of course she'd like to find somebody who would accept her completely, who would share everything with her.”