Elijah Mikaelson

Whether or not you despise us, my family will do everything in its power to remove this scourge from the world. I recommend you do the same.

I suppose the devil's in the details, isn't it?

The bond of family blesses us with an immeasurable power. But we must also take them for granted. They oblige us to love without any conventions. No apologies. We cannot give up the power of this bond, even if we doubt it. The bond nourishes us. Give us strength. And without this power, we are nothing.

We're only monsters by necessity.

— So, you can only see me as some kind of merciless butcher.
— Yes. I do.
— I'll be whatever you want me to be, Vincent Griffith. I'll be the very devil himself, but make no mistake, I would violate everything sacred under the sun in the name of rescuing my niece.

— Growing up, I never belonged anywhere. Not in school. Not in foster care. I always thought if I could find my parents, I'd finally belong somewhere.
— You do belong somewhere.

— Don't have a panic attack about it. It's not like I can kill you, and I'm dying already, so...
— Is it absolutely necessary to destroy this work of art in the process?

— It's not like I want to die. I just... don't think I was meant to exist in the first place. I think about all the crazy things that led to me being born. Dad lives 1000 years, does weird ritual to become the only vampire who can procreate. Mom moves from foster home to foster home... to end up in Mystic Falls. When Dad got sad and drunk... had a one-nighter with Mom, who was basically hate-banging him. Then, boom. Loophole. Miracle baby. But can you be a miracle and a mistake at the same time?
— No one is a mistake, Hope.