What They Said: Favorite Quotes from The Vampire Diaries “Our Town” 

Episode: “Our Town”
Writer: Rebecca Sonnenshine

• “Grrrr, want to talk about it?” “Nothing to talk about!”

• “Have you uh talked to Damon today?” “No. Why?” “No reason.”

• “These Hybrids. They’re really bringing the neighborhood down.”

• “Well, you’d think the spirits of a bunch of dead witches that can make a coffin invisible — that they’d figure out how to open one! Fine. Don’t help.”

• “You know, none of this is gonna do us any good if Klaus’ hybrid friends find our hiding spot, right? They need to go away.” “Aw, yeah, that’s a great idea, Stefan. Why don’t you ask ’em to pack a bag and take a long vacation while you’re at it?”

• “Then he kills you and everyone you know like, I don’t know, me?”

• “I just wanted you to know that I understand why you can’t be with me. Even though I want to put you first before anyone, I can’t. I’ll never be able to and I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. Just wanted you to know that.” “I’m sorry too.”

• “I’m surprised you’re still in town. I gave you your freedom. You could have gone anywhere.” “I live here, Klaus.” “Well, if we’re playing this game then uh…I was here first.”

• “You know, I don’t like your hybrid friends. They’re everywhere. Kind of like fleas. I want them gone.”

• “So much for friendship.” “Friends don’t strip friends of free will.” “OK, granted, yeah that was a little extreme. But I get a little moody. Just ask my siblings.”

• “Well, maybe I’d be willing to lose one brother if it meant killing yours.” “Try me.” “Let’s find out.”

• “Is everything OK?” “Everything’s fine, Mindy. Stefan was just leaving after failing to make his point.” (Stefan kills MIndy the hybrid) “Well, one down. You may want to uh send the rest of them away before it gets messy. Again.”

• “Like when we were little.” “Except with tequila.”

• “I’m stuck in a filler year.”

• “Can’t you just leave me out of it?” “What would be the point in that?”

• “Right your uh…your girlfriend. Um…about her…I need you to bite her.”

• “Well, is his humanity on or off?” “I’m thinking there’s another option here at play. A bit of a dimmer switch, which is a huge problem.”

• “Suddenly you care who lives or dies?” “I have a small list.” “Talk about humanity dimmer switch.” “Screw you.”

• “Can’t the Council meeting ever just be a Council meeting?”

• “Here lies Caroline Forbes.” “Cheerleader. Miss Mystic Falls. Third grade hopscotch champion.” “Friend. Daughter. Overachiever.” “Mean girl. Sometimes. No offense.” “Aw, eh, none taken.” “She was 17 and she had a really good life. So rest in peace so that she can move forward. That’s what you really need. That’s what we all really need. Amen. Or cheers or whatever.”

• “Something’s up with her, Elena. Something more than usual. You know what it is?” “I’m sure it starts with a “Stef” and ends with an “an.”

• “Come on, mate. Give peace a chance.”

• “OK, you’re a bad sober liar. You’re an even worse drunk liar.”

• “What? I’m delicate.”

• “You know? You guys are ruining a perfectly good funeral.”

• “Please don’t tell me you’re going to drink the Klaus Kool-Aid.”

• “Liz, I’m impressed. You’re all strong and sheriff-y.”

• “Your switch is fried, Stefan. Just like your brain.”

• “You want to beat the villain, you’ve got to be smarter.” “No, no. To beat the villain, Damon? You have to be the better villain.”

• “I want her to be happy, you know? That’s what I want for all of you guys.”

• “I’m not moving on from anything. I love you.”

• “He’s operating on crazy right now.” “Crazy or not, that kind of love never dies.”

• “Maybe I’ll just turn you into a vampire.” “Stop the car, Stefan!!!!!”

• “How could you!!! My parents died going over this bridge. I almost died. You knew that. You’re the one who saved me.”

• “Destroying Klaus is all I have left.” “You had me.” “I lost you the minute I left town with him. You just haven’t let yourself admit that yet.” “Is that what you’re doing? Trying to make me hate you?” “I don’t really care what you think about me anymore, Elena.”

• “Are you going to kill me?” “On your birthday? You really think that low of me?” “Yes.”

• “Aren’t you like a billion or something?”

• “You can have a thousand more birthdays. All you have to do is ask.” “I don’t want to die.”

• “Klaus has been calling all the shots and Stefan beat him at his own game. He was the better villain.” “Don’t sound so impressed.” “Well, I can’t help but be a little proud.”

• “You can’t kiss me again.” “I know.” “I can’t…it’s not right.” “No, it’s right. Just not right now.”

• “I was buzzed Elena. I can’t be held responsible for being judgmental.”

• “My two cents as a guy who knew that other girl…you’re doing a lot better than you think. Here lies Elena Gilbert: a fun girlfriend and an amazing friend.”

The Vampire Diaries airs Thursdays at 8/7c on the CW.