Elena Gilbert (narration): Dear diary… I couldn’t have been more wrong. I thought that I could smile and nod my way through it. Pretend like it would all be okay.
Stefan Salvatore (narration): I had a plan. I wanted to change who I was. Create a life as someone new. Someone without the past.
Elena: Without the pain.
Both: Someone alive.
Elena: But it’s not that easy. The bad things stay with you.
Stefan: They follow you. You can’t escape them… as much as you want to.
Elena: All you can do is be ready for the good… so when it comes, you invite it in because you need it. I need it.
From The Vampire Diaries – Season 1 Episode 1: ‘Pilot’ (1×01)
