"Damon was the lightning strike. He never asked for permission. He never asked me to save him. He just... burned. He burned down every wall I ever built. He made me feel guilty for wanting him, which only made me want him more. He was the poison and the antidote. And the worst part? The worst part is that I see myself in him. Not the grief. The rage. The part of me that wants to set the world on fire just to feel something other than this endless, gnawing cold."
"I spent three centuries of lifetimes being someone’s destiny. Katherine’s shadow. The universe’s pawn. But here’s my final confession..."
And I found out that letting go was the easy part. The hard part... the real hard part... is being torn in half and choosing to stay alive anyway."
