"You don't love a girl because of beauty. You love her because she sings a song only you can understand."
— L.J. Smith (Secret Vampire)

""Even when we're apart, we'll be looking at the same sky!""
— L.J. Smith (Daughters of Darkness)

"People die . . . so love them every day.
Beauty fades . . . so look before it's gone.
Love changes . . . but not the love you give.
And if you love, you'll never be alone."
— L.J. Smith (Witchlight)

"Mary-Lynnette: "You have not read 'Pride and Prejudice'."
Ash: "Why not?"
Mary-Lynnette: "Because Jane Austen was a human."
Ash: "How do you know?"
Mary-Lynnette: "Well Jane Austen was a woman, and you're a chauvinist pig."
Ash: "Yes, well, that I can't argue.""
— L.J. Smith

"And if he left me of his own free will, then he should get ready for the bitch-slapping of his life."
— L.J. Smith

"You're talking!"
"I know I am."
"And making sense!"
"Thank you kindly."
"And in sentences!"
"I've noticed." - Stefan and Elena"
— L.J. Smith (Nightfall)

"I told you. You don't love someone because of their looks or their clothes or their car. You love them because they sing a song only your heart can understand."
— L.J. Smith

"'Why do people always assume that volume will succeed when logic won’t?' Damon murmured."
— L.J. Smith (Nightfall)

"Ash? Get bent and die."
— L.J. Smith (Daughters of Darkness)

"Dear Diary,
Oh, it's all too much to explain and you wouldn't believe it anyway. I'm going to bed.
Bonnie"
— L.J. Smith (Dark Reunion)

"Jeremy: "Who did it? Wait-you think I did. Don't you?"
Ash: "It did cross our minds at one point. Actually, it seemed to keep crossing them. Back and forth. Maybe we should put in a crosswalk.""
— L.J. Smith (Daughters of Darkness)

"Katherine," he said. He was still smiling.
"Yes." She leaned closer.
"Katherine..."
"Yes, Damon?"
"Go to hell."
— L.J. Smith (The Fury and Dark Reunion)

"Elena gasped back, "I can touch the ground!"
"I can see you touching it!", Bonnie exclaimed with tears of joy."
— L.J. Smith (Dark Reunion)

""You know, you've never really cared about anyone," he said. "But someday you will, and it's going to hurt. It's going to hurt a lot." "
— L.J. Smith (Secret Vampire)

"I don't need to kill goats to say things. I CAN talk."
— L.J. Smith (Daughters of Darkness)

"Get away from my brother." - Damon"
— L.J. Smith (Dark Reunion)

"Yeah, tell me I’m a bottle of single malt scotch, she thought. That’s the way to my heart."
— L.J. Smith (Nightfall)

"Ghouls weren't smart, but like the Energizer Bunny they kept going and going."
— L.J. Smith (Huntress)

"'Come on, it’s an American tradition. Apple soup? Mom’s homemade chicken pie?'
She chuckled in spite of herself, then winced. 'It’s apple pie and Mom’s homemade chicken soup. But you didn’t do badly, for a start.'"
— L.J. Smith (Nightfall)

"You Don't Love A Girl Becuase of Beauty, You Love Her Because She Sings A Song You Can Understand."
— L.J. Smith (Secret Vampire)

"The name is Salvatore. As in savior."

--Damon"
— L.J. Smith (The Awakening and The Struggle)

"And just then Damon stepped out of the coat closet, and at the same time Aunt Maggie tripped him neatly and said, “Bathroom door beside you,” and picked up a vase and hit the rising Damon over the head with it. Hard."
— L.J. Smith (Nightfall)

""And Meredith and Bonnie, who's going to bend some spoons for us next. I'm going to throw you down a rope… that is, unless Bonnie can levitate you out.""
— L.J. Smith (The Struggle)

"It doesn't matter if you can't say it right now. I'll say it for both of us. And someday you'll learn."
— L.J. Smith (The Awakening)

""You wanted us all back together again!" Bonnie shouted at Caroline, and pulled the scandalized girl into the dance. Meredith, her dignity forgotten, joined them too.
And for a long time in the clearing there was only rejoicing."
— L.J. Smith (Dark Reunion)

"It was like a song, one of those sweet, wrenching songs that makes the hair on your arms stand up. That makes you want to throw yourself on the floor and just bawl. Or fall backward and surrender to the music utterly."
— L.J. Smith (Night World, No. 1: Secret Vampire; Daughters of Darkness; Spellbinder)

"I used my brains to outsmart teachers- and that was'nt very smart at all"
— L.J. Smith (Night World, No. 1: Secret Vampire; Daughters of Darkness; Spellbinder)

""Bad magic happens"
Ash Redfern"
— L.J. Smith

"The thing is- and I know this is going to sound strabge-that I seem to love you sort of desperately""
— L.J. Smith (Daughters of Darkness)

"Bonnie, believe in me. I’ll save you.

I remember how to fly."
— L.J. Smith (Nightfall)

"And to see the white flash of Klaus's eyes as he whirled on her. For one stunned instant she stared at him, and then lightning crackled.
From an empty sky."
— L.J. Smith (Dark Reunion)

""Does everybody ever want everything they can have? really?""
— L.J. Smith (Spellbinder)

"Elena startled both of them by flying up so quickly that Stefan had to grab her by the waist to keep her from shooting toward the ceiling.
“I thought you had gravity!”
“So did I! What do I do?”
“Think heavy thoughts!”
“What if it doesn’t work?”
“We’ll buy you an anchor!”"
— L.J. Smith (Nightfall)

"When a caterpillar changes into a butterfly it loses it's caterpillar life."
— L.J. Smith (Night World, No. 1: Secret Vampire; Daughters of Darkness; Spellbinder)

"You always were selfish. Your one fault. Not willing to share anything, are you?" Suddenly, Damon's lips curved up in a singularly beautiful smile. But fortunately the lovely Elena is more generous. Didn't she tell you about our little liaisons? Why? The first time we met she almost gave herself to me on the spot."
"That's a lie!"
"Oh, no, dear brother, I never lie about anything important. Or do I mean unimportant? Anyway, your beauteous damsel nearly swooned into my arms. I think she likes men in black." As Stefan stared at him, trying to control his breathing, Damon added, almost gently, "You're wrong about her, you know, You think she's sweet and docile like Katherine. She isn't. She's not your type at all, my saintly brother. She has a spirit and a fire in her that you wouldn't know what to do with."
"And you would, I suppose."
Damon uncrossed his arms and slowly smiled again. "Oh, yes."
— L.J. Smith (The Awakening and The Struggle)

"People die ..so love them everday.
Beauty fades.. so look before its gone.
Love changes.. but not the love you give.
And if you love, you'll never be alone. "
— L.J. Smith

"Dismissed like a dog. Damon groped for his jacket behind him, found it, and wished that his groping for his sense of humor could be as successful. The faces around him were all the same. They could have been carved in stone.
But not stone as hard as that that was coming together again around his soul. That rock was remarkably quick to mend—and an extra layer was added, like the layering of a pearl, but not covering anything nearly so pretty."
— L.J. Smith

"Damon’s voice was no louder than before. “Get away from my brother.” Bonnie could feel it inside him, a swell of Power like a tsunami. He continued, “Before I tear your heart out.”"
— L.J. Smith (The Fury and Dark Reunion)

"He put an arm around his brother to help him up. And then, for a moment, he just held on."
— L.J. Smith (The Fury and Dark Reunion)

""The thing is- and I know this is going to sound strange-that I seem to love you sort of desperately""
"
— L.J. Smith (Daughters of Darkness)

"Winter is coming, Elena," he said, and his voice was clear and chilling even over the howling of the wind, "An unforgiving season. Before it comes, you'll have learned what I can and can't do. Before winter is here, you'll have joined me. You'll be mine."
— L.J. Smith (The Awakening and The Struggle)

"Feeling better?” he asked.
“As warm as chicken-apple soup.”
“I’m never going to hear the end of that, am I?"
— L.J. Smith (Nightfall)

""I'd rather cut my throat," she said.
"An intriguing thought. But I can do it so much more enjoyably.""
— L.J. Smith

"And Meredith and Bonnie, who's going to bend some spoons for us next. I'm going to throw you down a rope… that is, unless Bonnie can levitate you out."
— L.J. Smith (The Struggle)

"For a moment, as Damon glanced toward Elena, their gazes met and something electric passed between them. It made Elena tingle all over, that look did."
— L.J. Smith (Nightfall)

"You don't love a girl because of beauty. You love her because she sings a song only you can understand..."
— L.J. Smith (Night World, No. 1: Secret Vampire; Daughters of Darkness; Spellbinder)

""I fell in love with you. I didn't do it on purpose""
— L.J. Smith (The Hunter)

"You,” Damon said somewhat indistinctly through the blood in his mouth, “have been a naughty boy, boy."
— L.J. Smith (Nightfall)

""If I don't want to be seen, you don't see me.""
— L.J. Smith

"'You love her, don't you?' [Rob] said to Gabriel.
Gabriel finall seemed able to break their locked stare. He looked away, at the carpet. His face was bleak.
'Yes' he said
'More than anything,' Rob persisted. 'You'd crawl on your belly over broken glass for her. Easy.'
'Yes, damn you,' Gabriel said. 'Happy now?'"
— L.J. Smith (The Passion)