"Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss." — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (via reluis)

"I live my own life and nurse my own wounds. It’s not the best way to live. But it’s the way I am." — Jeffrey Eudenides, Middlesex (via pavorst)

“I want you to get everything you’re looking for” 

complexgirl:

I was always under the impression that Elena’s love for Stefan happened too soon. It almost felt like he compelled her to fall in love with him. I was joking when I said that, but, as we see in the season3 finale, it was Damon. He compelled her to find what she wanted from life, from a relationship, from love. Yes, I believe what she feels for Stefan is genuine, I am not saying she loves him because of a compulsion, but my suspicion behind Stefan/Elena was right in a way. While I will always say that Stefan’s approach with Elena was all kind of wrong, what caught my attention was Elena and how she looked at him, as if he was some kind of god. I don’t believe in love at first sight, I don’t think S/E can fit into this category, he definitely had time to watch her from afar, for months. But now, I am having second thoughts, because it was infatuation at first sight, for Elena and we know why. Stefan represented everything she needed after her parents died. Something new, not tied to her old life. Someone who didn’t know the old Elena. A fresh start. Now, I think we should just deal with this and move on. Elena chose Stefan. But did she, really? I’ll get to that right behind the cut.

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findmysoulasigohome:

So I watched Elena’s “it just consumes me” scene and Damon and Elena’s phone call scene for I don’t know how many times, I realized something. At first I thought it was only Elena’s need for safety that made her choose Stefan but I realized on watching the phone call…

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"The universe doesn’t give you what you ask for with your thoughts - it gives you what you demand with your actions." — Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free (via creatingaquietmind)

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"Falling in love for the first time is always dangerous, but when you’re foolish enough to fall in love with a fictional character you can pretty much be assured it’s going to be unrequited. Also, you’re not going to be the first, or the last, for that matter, to have been involved with this fictional character. He’s got a string of women, some of whom have been involved with him for years, rereading him again and again. And in the long run he belongs to his author, heart and soul." — Alice Hoffman (via j4zzman)

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"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new." — Rajneesh (via amandaonwriting)

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"Don’t be someone that searches, finds, and then runs away" — Paulo Coelho (via kari-shma)

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The worst kind of crying is when the tears won’t come and you just sit there in pain. 

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rebellious-heart:

Damon Salvatore - wishing Elena a good night since 2009.

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"Damon: “Katherine.”
Elena: “Uhmm. No, I’m Elena.”
Damon: “Oh, you… you just look… I’m sorry, you just really remind me of someone… I’m Damon.”
Elena: “Not to be weird or anything Damon, but it’s kind of creepy that you’re out here in the middle of nowhere.”
Damon: “You’re one to talk. You’re out here all by yourself.”
Elena: “It’s Mystic Falls, nothing bad ever happens here… I got into a fight with my boyfriend.”
Damon: “About what? May I ask?”
Elena: “Life, future, he’s got it all mapped out.”
Damon: “You don’t want it?”
Elena: “I don’t know what I want.
Damon: Well that’s not true. You want what everybody wants.”
Elena: “What, mysterious stranger who has all the answers?”
Damon: “Hmp. Well, let’s just say I’ve been around a long time… I’ve learned a few things.”
Elena: “So Damon, tell me. What is it that I want?”
Damon: “You want a love that consumes you. You want passion, an adventure, and even a little danger.”
Elena: “So what do you want?
Damon: “Uhhh…”
Elena: “It’s my parents.”
Damon: “I want you to get everything you’re looking for. But right now, I want you to forget that this happened… can’t have people knowing I’m in town yet. Good night Elena." —