L.J. Smith citations

“You know, you've never really cared about anyone," he said. "But someday you will, and it's going to hurt. It's going to hurt a lot.”

“It doesn't matter if you can't say it right now. I'll say it for both of us. And someday you'll learn.”

“I want him to love me as much as I love him.”

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

“Does everybody ever want everything they can have? really?”

“She feels lonely all the time, she wants to be accepted, by anyone, on any terms, but she feels apart. As if nobody who really got to know her would trust her.”

“You don't love a girl because of beauty. You love her because she sings a song only you can understand.”

“I told you. You don't love someone because of their looks or their clothes or their car. You love them because they sing a song only your heart can understand.”

“People die… so love them every day.
Beauty fades… so look before it's gone.
Love changes… but not the love you give.
And if you love, you'll never be alone.”

“Even when we're apart, we'll be looking at the same sky!”

“Katherine," he said. He was still smiling.
"Yes." She leaned closer.
"Katherine…"
"Yes, Damon?"
"Go to hell.”

“Why do people always assume that volume will succeed when logic won’t? - Damon”

“Evil will never find peace. It may triumph, but it will never find peace.”

“I fell in love with you. I didn't do it on purpose”

“You're talking!"
"I know I am."
"And making sense!"
"Thank you kindly."
"And in sentences!"
"I've noticed." - Stefan and Elena”

“The name is Salvatore. As in savior.”

“Dear Diary,
Oh, it's all too much to explain and you wouldn't believe it anyway. I'm going to bed.
Bonnie”

“It means that there's only one love for everyone who exists. And when you meet that love, you know them. You know you were meant to be together, and nothing can keep you apart.”

“Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn about anyone else”

“When you're soulmates, it hits you like lightning, and you know that's the one person in the world you were meant to be with. You don't think you're soulmates; you just know it's your destiny whether you like it or not.”

“Ash? Get bent and die.”

“Get away from my brother." - Damon”

“Nothing really dies as long as it's not forgotten”

“Jeremy: "Who did it? Wait-you think I did. Don't you?"
Ash: "It did cross our minds at one point. Actually, it seemed to keep crossing them. Back and forth. Maybe we should put in a crosswalk.”

“I don't need to kill goats to say things. I CAN talk.”

“DON'T YOU DARE DIE ON ME, JEZEBEL! DON'T YOU DARE! Or I'll follow you to the next world and KILL you.”

“Each night I lie and dream about the one
Who kissed me and awakened my desire
I spent a single hour with him alone
And since that hour, my days are layed with fire.”

“I have never been in love before," Julian said. "You're my first-and you'll be my only.”

“Come on, it’s an American tradition. Apple soup? Mom’s homemade chicken pie?'
She chuckled in spite of herself, then winced. 'It’s apple pie and Mom’s homemade chicken soup. But you didn’t do badly, for a start.”