Quotes from The Originals

I can give you a list of people who've underestimated me. None of them have done it a second time.

It must really suck to have to be you all the time.

You can't trust me, which means you cannot love me. Not as I love you.

Every family has a legacy, and this is mine. I intend to fight for always and forever, even if it destroys me.

Davina: "I love you, Kol Mikaelsson."
Kol: "In that case, you best kiss me before I go."

In every moment a choice exists. We can cling to the past or embrace the inevitability of change and allow a brighter future to unfold before us.

Let's make one thing clear, you'll never have this - loyalty. You can't buy it, you can't own it, you can't force it, it comes only out of love and respect for the people who believe in you.

To me, the very definition of the word 'broken' suggests that something can be fixed.

I suppose it's a family trait. Everything we love, we turn to ash.

I'll tell you what I know about death, Camille. Death dances silently in everyone's shadow, and she doesn't give a damn. So why give a damn about her?

If I tell you who I really am and you refuse to believe me then I can hardly be blamed for your disappointment.

You rant and rave about the monster I have become, but you, mother, you are the author of everything I am.

No one hurts my family and lives. No one.

All of us live with a demon inside. Some days you control the demon. And other days it controls you. And it is always hungry. It feeds on lust and longing. And while you may slumber, the demon never sleeps. It tempts you into crossing every line you've ever drawn, all the while it tests you, haunts you. And once it has turned your loved ones into enemies, the demon has consumed you whole.

I believe that when you love someone and that person loves you in return you're uniquely vulnerable. They have a power to hurt you that's like nothing else.

If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results then surely my quest for your salvation ranks me as one of the maddest of men.

You pretend to be so confident, but I know the truth. You're afraid everyone can see what you really are - an animal. A beast. Why don't you show us your real face?

Hurting the ones we love, it's just what we do.

Keeping you a slave seems like something the older generation would do. I'd rather have you as a friend.

I can help build peace or I can burn our enemies to the ground.

You still see me as this little girl in the attic. I'm not that girl anymore. I don't run from anyone.

You pretend to be so confident, but I know the truth. You're afraid everyone can see what you really are. An animal.

Sorry! I'd love to help but I'm a little busy grieving another dead boyfriend.