- [last lines]
- Jessica Cohen: [stopped car to investigate figure lying in the road] Sir, are you okay?
- [Damon grunts]
- Jessica Cohen: What happened?
- Damon Salvatore: I'm... lost.
- Jessica Cohen: And you're lying in the middle of the road?
- Damon Salvatore: Not that kind of lost.
- [groaning, sits up]
- Damon Salvatore: Metaphorically. Existentially.
- Jessica Cohen: Do you need help?
- Damon Salvatore: Well...
- [pocket flask clanks]
- Damon Salvatore: yes, I do. Can you help me?
- [drinks from flask]
- Jessica Cohen: You're drunk.
- Damon Salvatore: No. Uh, well, yes, a little. Maybe.
- [annoyed, she heads back to car]
- Damon Salvatore: No, please don't leave. I really do need help.
- [jumps up, blocks her way]
- Damon Salvatore: Don't move.
- [compelling gaze]
- Jessica Cohen: I don't want any trouble.
- Damon Salvatore: Neither do I. But that's all I got is trouble.
- Jessica Cohen: Why can't I move?
- Damon Salvatore: What's your name?
- Jessica Cohen: [sobbing] Jessica.
- Damon Salvatore: Jessica... I have a secret. I have a big one, but I've never said it out loud. I mean... what's the point? It's not gonna change anything. It's not gonna make me good. Make me adopt a puppy. I can't be what other people want me to be. What she wants me to be. This is who I am, Jessica.
- Jessica Cohen: Are you gonna hurt me?
- Damon Salvatore: I'm not sure. Because you... are my existential crisis. Do I kill you... or do I not kill you?
- Jessica Cohen: [sobbing] Please, don't...
- Damon Salvatore: But I have to, Jessica... because I'm not human. And I miss it. I miss it more than anything in the world. That is my secret. But there's only so much hurt a man can take.
- Jessica Cohen: Please, don't...
- Damon Salvatore: Okay.
- [frees her from his hypnotic gaze]
- Damon Salvatore: You're free to leave.
- [she runs for the car, opens the door, and then he sinks his fangs into her throat]
- Rose: Why are you so nice to me?
- Elena Gilbert: [shakes her head] Us humans...
- [sighs]
- Rose: You can never forget it. What it's like to be human. It haunts me... but it's the only thing that kept me going. Doesn't hurt as much anymore.
- Matt Donovan: Caroline!
- [comes running up, and Caroline sighs]
- Matt Donovan: Why?
- Caroline Forbes: Why what?
- Matt Donovan: I kissed you.
- Caroline Forbes: [scoffs] I know. I was...
- [sighs]
- Caroline Forbes: I was there.
- Matt Donovan: So why did you run away?
- Caroline Forbes: You caught me off guard.
- Matt Donovan: Yeah?
- Caroline Forbes: [shakes her head] What did you expect me to do?
- Matt Donovan: [shakes his head, grimaces] Not that.
- Damon Salvatore: [as Rose regains consciousness] Hi, there.
- Rose: [tearfully] I'm sorry.
- Damon Salvatore: You went on a murder rampage. It happens.