|| TVD Cast & Media Talking About Delena a Thread || #QuotesAboutDelena

"The thing is, he wormed his way into her heart all last season. When no one understood him or attempted to be his friend, she did because she wanted to see the good in him."
~ Nina Dobrev

"The only truly redeeming quality, I think, Damon has is that he will do anything to protect her."
~ Ian Somerhalder

"That's the fun of it. It's waiting and waiting and dissecting every little time he does something nice thing for her, and how it makes her feel - that anticipation, that build-up."
~ Julie Plec

"If you look back at season one, when Elena was around Damon, she smiled. She had fun. Despite the fact that sometimes she’d rather knee him in the crotch or run away, or stake his ass."
~ Ian Somerhalder

"You know, when Damon's in the presence of Elena, that is when you definitely see a change in him. There is something so profoundly attractive to Damon about this girl."
~ Ian Somerhalder

"Hate is the beginning of most love stories. It was no surprise that we ended the episode with Elena saying “I hate him.”."
~ Kevin Williamson

"Damon brings out her fun side. She can be herself with him."
~ Nina Dobrev

"It’s going to be interesting to see how he tries to remedy the situation because once he lost Elena, I think he finally realized how valuable she is to him. How much he loves her."
~ Nina Dobrev

"I don't just want to throw them together tomorrow. I'd be sad. I want to see the kiss, I want to see the sweaty palms, I want to see it all go down."
~ Kevin Williamson

"Something about her reminds Damon of something that was very important in his life, and that's why you see a bit of difference with him when he's around her."
~ Ian Somerhalder

"A girl always likes to be kept on her toes so an unpredictable bad boy is always sexy."
~ Nina Dobrev

"They have an undeniable chemistry and a undeniable je ne sais quoi. There’s something there that neither of them can really put their finger on."
~ Nina Dobrev

"He reached a place, because of his feelings for Elena, thinking that, for the very first time in his life that he has a home. And he’s setting up roots. And he found himself protecting what he held dear at the end of last season."
~ Kevin Williamson

"But Elena, she’s so disarming. She’s so hauntingly beautiful and sweet that I think it sort of levels Damon."
~ Ian Somerhalder

"Damon has that bad-boy quality, and every girl likes a bad boy, at the end of the day."
~ Nina Dobrev

"Elena specifically keeps finding her way into his heart and that really messes with his mojo."
~ Julie Plec

"The only time you ever see Damon acting remotely human is around Elena."
~Ian Somerhalder

"Think about it, it’s romantic comedy 101 – they have to hate each other first, and that will eventually turn itself inside out. But whether or not it’s this season or next season, we’ll have to wait and see."
~ Kevin Williamson

"Elena brings out the good in Damon and in many ways Damon brings out the good in Elena. I think sometimes the people who do that to you, you often have the most complicated relationships with."
~ Ian Somerhalder

"There's a closeness between Elena and Damon that she might try to ignore and fight, but it’s obvious to everyone around them."
~ Julie Plec

"If it doesn't happen for Damon with Elena - I think it's going to be a slow roast, but I would imagine if that doesn't work out, he'd probably just take his ring off. I don't think it would be worth it anymore."
~ Ian Somerhalder

"Damon and Elena, their banter … sometimes they sound like a little old married couple. They fight back and forth with each other, and it’s pretty darn cute."
~ Ian Somerhalder

"The writers have managed to breathe an attraction, a tension between Damon and Elena."
~ Nina Dobrev

"The kiss happened. It was beautiful. I was very happy with the execution of that kiss."
~ Julie Plec

"That kiss has been built up for 3 years now and everyone's kind of been rooting for Elena and Damon to get together."
~ Nina Dobrev

"She's falling into a deep, deep, deep friendship and level of trust with him."
~ Julie Plec

"What do you think it is about Damon that keeps him from going over the edge?"
"Elena"
~ Ian Somerhalder

"Damon and Elena have a connection. I'd call them more than possible."

~ Kat Graham

"We knew that when the Damon and Elena first kiss happened in the way it was that it needed to be, perfectly earned and perfectly executed."

~ Julie Plec

"Damon and Elena have a deep-rooted love for each other. Elena will always feel that for Damon even if they fight or break up."

~ Caroline Dries

“She’s taught him to grow as a living, breathing, loving being.”

~ Ian Somerhalder

”Elena and Damon are a super-sexy couple and happy for once.”

~ Caroline Dries

“Damon would literally rip your head off if you were to try to hurt his love.”

~ Ian Somerhalder

"Even before anything happened in our series, Elena had been touched in her soul by this man."

~ Julie Plec

"There’s been something between Elena and Damon since they met on the bridge before her parents’ deaths."

~ Julie Plec

"The fans - and I - have been begging for that Delena sex for a long time"

~ Ian Somerhalder

"Elena's feelings are legitimate. They've been legitimately brewing for years.
We have watched her bond with Damon escalate over four years."

~ Julie Plec

"This year, Elena’s had a very traumatic roller coaster of life experience (…) and at the center of it all was the diehard belief that she loved Damon, that she loved him more than she’d ever loved anyone."

~ Julie Plec

"We've seen Elena's feelings for Damon evolve over three and a half seasons. Even a die-hard Stelena shipper can admit that there's been development there. Their kiss outside the motel last season hasn't been forgotten"

~ Carina McKenzie

"That sex scene had a lot of built-up passion, but also a more tender side.
Damon's finally got Elena, and he's so happy."

~ Ian Somerhalder

“Will Damon be happy that Elena’s a vampire?”
“I mean, it could be fun.”

~ Nina Dobrev

“You always get the most angry at those who you care about.”

~ Julie Plec

"He’s her shoulder to cry on and he’s there for her, which is really sweet and nice."

~ Nina Dobrev

"Fave S3 moment?"
"Damon and Elena mackin’ it!"

~ Candice Accola

“I’m Switzerland but I liked when Damon and Elena kissed.”

~ Kat Graham

"She met Damon & he kissed her hand, that’s when it began. It took 2 & ½ years - we’ve earned it."

~ Kevin Williamson

"It was time. It had to be an honest thing for Elena to do. We had to make it real for her. And you want to be able to defend it, you want it to feel real, right and natural.”

~ Kevin Williamson about Delena's first kiss

”Oh my god I know! I’ve been waiting for the kiss forever!”
“Me too..”~ Ian Somerhalder
“Lol.. oh yeah?”~ Nina Dobrev

”She says ‘vampires'... Her relationship with Damon has evolved so much, those feelings are there.”

~ Julie Plec

“It wasn’t something that Elena would fight off, or push away, or reject, or even regret.”

~ Julie Plec about Delena's first kiss

"He wants to take care of her, he wants her to be happy and for her to live a full, amazing life."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"They do care about each other and he’ll never let anything happen to her."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"The fun is the obvious, which is Damon & Elena’s relationship and how it progresses."

~ Kevin Williamson about season 3

"Elenan & Damon are growing closer whilst pushing each other away in fear of giving into their urges."

~ Nina Dobrev

"It’s the elephant in the room. Everyone knows it and she’s just avoiding it. She’s in denial and doesn’t want to say; if she says it or thinks it, then it makes it real."

~ Nina Dobrev

"I really love the chemistry that Nina and Ian have, its just an incredible dynamic."

~ Kat Graham

""I can’t deny that there is a strong chemistry between Damon and Elena."

~ LJ Smith

"What’s your favorite Elena scene?"
"I really loved the scene where Elena first met Damon."

~ Nina Dobrev

"His journey had been, “I’m not worthy of you” and as he’s dying, she tells him, “Yes, you are’"

~ Julie Plec

"It’s going to be interesting to see what she thought was a goodbye kiss, turn into a hello kiss."

~ Nina Dobrev

"She’s amazing, and he has these amazing feelings for her… the air between them is chunky."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"He was his most vulnerable and he was so beautiful, damaged and honest and Elena likes the good guy."

~ Nina Dobrev

"It was legitimately Elena kissing Damon. Her choice, she made the move not him."

~ Nina Dobrev

"Thing is, you can’t help who you love and who you’re attracted to."

~ Nina Dobrev

"I think that's what makes them as a couple so powerful. Even if the story line is them not dating, it's still a love story."

~ Caroline Dries

"It was going to be something beautiful and epic, so the rain was a way of us [honoring] this group of fans who spent five years begging for this one thing... There’s something about people coming together in the rain that’s the ultimate expression of love."

~ Julie Plec

"The show was so Delena-heavy. And their love was such an epic love and such a big story point for so many years."

~ Nina Dobrev

"At the end of the day, it is for love and he's going to try everything he can to get her back and win her back."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"I think they're a pretty damn epic television couple."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"Elena and Damon had a connection that was unlike any other. And you could see it onscreen. It was a very tumultuous back-and-forth relationship. But love ultimately prevails."

~ Nina Dobrev

"I like anything with Damon and Elena."

~ Caroline Dries

"A + B = Damon and Elena."

~ Nina Dobrev

"‘The Damon and Elena thing has a cool little vibe to it."

~ Kat Graham

"Elena may be Damon’s last hope for any kind of happiness."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"Damon does make her more excited and it makes her go into places that she hasn’t yet."

~ Nina Dobrev

"I think that’s truly what he’s come to terms with the fact the he will die for her."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"It's cute to see Damon and Elena and their interaction. Damon is smitten, he's in love. It's cute."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"It doesn't really matter if she's a vampire or a human being, he loves her either way."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"Who should Elena be with?"
“Damon! I mean, c’mon”

~ Ian Somerhalder

"My direction to Ian was, "When we do this scene, when you're dancing, no goofing around, don't do anything. Because for the first time in your life, you're in love with somebody."... I just said "You're in love with Elena."

~ Marcos Siega about the Delena's first dance

"She makes his humanity reappear and is the only person in the world to have this power."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"I’m sure Elena’s had dreams about Damon."

~ Nina Dobrev

"Imagine Elena coming home from school, he would like help her on her homework. Pack lunch for Elena, put a little bourbon in her little barbie therom."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"Elena was like caged animal, she was ready to break out. It was time for to be crazy and spontaneous. I think she actually like it."

~ Nina Dobrev

"In the first season, they had this old dance where you can feel real for the first time, that chemical attraction they had. And now their relationship a full year further so them watching and seeing this again, recognizing it, it's cool."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"There are some pretty sexy Damon & Elena tension scenes in the first few episode, can we expect to see the moments that Delena fans love so much?"
"Tension smension. I wanna see the action!"
"So do I, I mean we've been waiting."
"I know."

~ Ian Somerhalder & Carina MacKenzie

"She has been kicking the boys' ass asses a lot! I mean I literally get my ass kicked by Elena every episode now. But it's cool to see her become this super empowered woman. Because she's a badass chick. She can hold her own."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"Damon and Elena have a phenomenal relationship and they kissed which is really cool for Damon, very intense... I think Damon should take Elena to Caribbean, buy some island and hang out there for a while."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"All I actually want her to be an amazing my hot sexy vampire girlfriend."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"Who loves Elena more? Damon or Stefan?"
"I think Damon definitely loves her more."
"Damon likes Elena more."

~ Ian Somerhalder & Paul Wesley

"Every time Damon sees Bonnie, all he sees is not Elena."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"I love this woman as a friend but if something happens to her I get my girl back. However he really, truly, wants to protect her because if somethings happens to her, Elena is going to be pissed and he doesn't want to disappoint her."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"They're constantly in each others throats, constantly fighting and bickering, but it's cause they sorta love each other in a way, and that's the way they're express it cause they can't express it through love, they express it through frustration and sorta hatred."

~ Nina Dobrev

"If she decides to be with Damon he would be very very happy. He would run around the streets of Mystic Falls like roadrunner and the smoke kind of behind him."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"He makes her a better person? They make each other better people. I think they'll have pretty babies. Vampires can't have babies but they can try... a lot!"

~ Ian Somerhalder

"I have never seen Twilight but I have seen Damon and Elena scene, I was also there and we are way hotter!"

~ Ian Somerhalder

"Do you prefer Delena or Stelena?"
"I prefer Delena."

~ Candice (Accola) King

"Do you think Damon will be happy that Elena is going to be vampire?"
"It could be fun."
"Yeah it could be a really fun."

~ Nina Dobrev & Ian Somerhalder

"Are Damon and Elena finally happy?"
"Yeah. It's interesting to see Damon Salvatore happy. It's cute, they're really cute together."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"He's loyal boyfriend. He loves with a reckless abandon."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"It's called DelenaRainKiss"
"What?"
"Delena rain kiss. People wanted us to kiss under the rain before the season ends"
"If I didn't think they'd kill us for writing a winter rain kiss, it'd happen a long time ago"
"Let there be rain"

~ Nina Dobrev & Ian Somerhalder & Julie Plec

"Miss Mystic Falls, without a doubt, is my favorite, I just love that scene. I love the music, I love the romance of it. It's probably without a doubt one of my favorite scenes of the series as a whole, and certainly my favorite Damon and Elena moment."

~ Julie Plec

"It was so romantic like Beauty and the Beast. It was more beautiful than anything you could say and more romantic than them kissing. Dance is a motif in their relationship, they danced in the Salvatore living room in front of the fireplace before they got together"

~ Julie Plec

"Damon is absolutely determined to make it through this unknown quantity of time until Elena returns to him without doing too much damage to his reputation,to his psyche,or do anything that would make her not want to be with him when she finally returns to his world"
~ Julie Plec

"As they re-connect — she's been compelled to forget that she loved him —those feelings are still in her. So it's like what do we do? We don’t just jump into bed together. We're going to be normal so, 'Should we go out to dinner?'"

~ Caroline Dries

"She became a doctor, Damon rebuilt her house, the Gilbert house for her. They lived happily."

~ Kevin Williamson

"Who knows what little Salvatore children are running around? They're not old enough to be at the school, but..."

~ Julie Plec talking about Delena's kids

"He wants her. And when all is said and done, after going through such a trauma, to be able to grow old and die with your one true love is a beautiful solace in an otherwise difficult time."

~ Julie Plec

"I have a lot of different versions of what they had together over the decades. Probably, for me they have gone to [their loft in] Tribeca and raised their children before they came home to Mystic Falls. "

~ Julie Plec

"It's a parent-teacher meeting and yet they're not the parents and they're not together…the dynamic was just very fun and strange and cool because it was one of those things where you're like, ‘I want to strangle you, but I want to kiss you!'"

~ Nina Dobrev

"Dancing on our show, among all the different character couplings, is sort of a motif, t’s our way of the characters having sex in like a beautiful way, so it made perfect sense on the road, which is symbolic of Damon’s journey as a vampire."

~ Caroline Dries

“Partner dancing is the most beautiful form of dance cause of that connection, When he lifts her up and she comes back down and her head goes back, she completely lets go. It had to be a lot about connection and trust.”

~ Mimi Karsh choreographer of Delena's goodbye dance

"Damon gives Elena things that Stefan doesn’t, necessarily. He makes her smile. It’s great to see Elena smile."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"If there is a Damon and Elena wedding, maybe Jeremy can come visit."

~ Steven R. McQueen

"I think they got married probably after med school, although I can't say that they waited to have kids that long. And most likely, Jeremy gave her away and shot a middle finger to Damon on his way up to aisle."

~ Julie Plec

"When he's ready to die with Elena, which in my interpretation of TVD finale is what happened. What we saw was the end of a very long life together and the two of them were probably 80 years old, had fully grown children and passed away like Notebook style"

~ Julie Plec

"There's something that we rarely get to do on TVD, is see a couple enjoy being a couple and we're definitely going to have our fun with Elena and Damon, who have taken so much time to find their way to each other really and truly."

~ Julie Plec

"Why is Elena feeding on Damon’s blood such a big deal?"
"f you look at any of it metaphorically, it’s a very intimate exchange of bodily fluids... It’s like vampire naked cuddling."

~ Julie Plec

“I think the only hope that he’s holding on to is the idea of the two of them living in Tribeca in their brownstone and raising kids and having a life together as humans when this is all said and done.”

~ Julie Plec

"She is Damon’s touchstone for every choice he makes."

~ Caroline Dries

"You don’t want to do a cheesy relationship, so it’s keeping the Damon edge and darkness, because that to me is what Elena signed on for. It’s like if you’re going to date a rock star, you don’t want him to start behaving like Beethoven once you start dating."

~ Caroline Dries

"The Elena-Damon love story is really the key to the series at this point. It’s not something we’ll end."

~ Caroline Dries

"At Damon’s core, his relationship with Elena is and always will be paramount to him, So Damon, while he’s willing to do anything for his friends, if he even hears a glimpse of what could be Elena, it changes his whole perspective on anything."

~ Brian Young

"There’s a big elephant in the room as far as all these fun little stolen moments and romantic banter, and their dynamic with each other, and it hasn’t gone unnoticed with other people. "

~ Julie Plec

"In that episode she says, 'It’s a good thing we have forever,' She said that, not really comprehending or remembering the full relationship they had, it was almost like falling in love with Damon again for the first time."

~ Joshua Butler

"There’s also that nice moment where she says, 'I like seeing you like that, as your mother’s son,' which I think made me love the fact that Elena loves Damon regardless of what she remembered from the past."

~ Joshua Butler

"When you have such an iconic love story at the center of that show, which is really Delena’s story..."

~ Joshua Butler

"Their love, even though it’s in a finite amount of time now, is more important than to live a life where they can be living forever but not necessarily have a union and have a family,"

~ Joshua Butler

"Damon Salvatore needs to grow old and have babies and grand babies and great grand babies with Elena Gilbert-Salvatore."

~ Julie Plec

"At the end of their long Notebook life, when they die side by side, when they're ready to go, he'll hand the cure over to Rebekah... Basically when Damon is ready to go -which is when Elena is ready to go- that's when Rebekah will get the cure."

~ Julie Plec

"My favorite moment is the end of 5x20 Damon grabs Elena and kisses her and says, 'I had a really crappy day and I needed it.' Something about that scene with the way the music works, the way it builds up and the way Ian played it and the way he's looking at her"

~ Joshua Butler

"Damon Salvatore and Elena Gilbert not only made each other better, but they also breathed life into each other. Without Elena, Damon feels like he's suffocating..."

~ Crystal Bell (MTV)

"For so many seasons, Damon tried to be a better man for Elena... She brought out his humanity. He inspired her to live in the moment, and she gave him a purpose after a few desolate decades."

~ Crystal Bell (MTV)

"Their biggest strengths, however, were their flaws. They were perfectly imperfect together. They saw each other at their worsts... In the end, Damon Salvatore and Elena Gilbert were truly meant to be."

~ Crystal Bell (MTV)

"Damon might be the first person to truly allow Elena to be herself whereas everyone else is constantly judging her actions."
~ Robyn Ross (TVguide)

"At the end of the day, I'd rather be with a person who loves me too much rather than not enough and it's a positive thing that the self-proclaimed selfish vampire would do anything in the world for this girl "
~ Robyn Ross (TVguide)

"With him by her side, she's as independent as we've ever seen her."

~ Robyn Ross (TVguide)

"The epic, passionate romance between Damon and Elena is undoubtedly one of the biggest reasons “The Vampire Diaries” has been as successful as it is. This couple took the world by storm from their very first Miss Mystic dance all the way to their last goodbye dance"
~ Screenertv

"It was a slow burn with this couple, but their connection and chemistry were instant. Even though she loved Stefan, she just couldn’t stay away from Damon. Damon is Elena’s true love, and they would literally die for each other. What more could you ask for?"

~ HollywoodLife

"Not even a devastating sleeping spell can tear this soulmate-defying couple apart, or tear our eyes away from their beautiful romance."

~ E! Online

"The build-up to Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Elena’s (Nina Dobrev) first kiss was, quite frankly, one of the best maneuvers of a love triangle on television."

~ EW

"Every time one of them is in the room with the other, it's like they don't have to say anything but their tension or chemistry exists."

~ Caroline Dries

"These two people who have been trying so hard to do the right thing and stay away from each other & after two really long horrible days, they just need to touch base with each other. Just letting himself allow it to be real for one small moment is enough for Damon"

~ Julie Plec

"That song playing during the phone call, that was the song that we wanted to use during the Delena kiss last year, and we lost it a week before we were going to air it. So I had that song in my back pocket for a year waiting for the right moment to use it again."

~ Julie Plec

"Damon is committed to being at Elena’s side when she wakes up in however many years it takes, and he’s going to do everything he can to make sure he still believes he’s worthy of her."

~ Julie Plec

"That’s one of those canon moments where the people who started really connecting with Damon and Elena as a potential couple... That moment as like, ‘Oh, God! One day, they’ll be in the rain and they’ll kiss.’"

~ Julie Plec

"For every naysayer that’s like, ‘Fan service, blah, blah, blah'... When you have a group of people who, for five years, have been begging for one little thing and you find the perfect way to give it to them. That’s called honoring your fans.”

~ Julie Plec about Delena Rain Kiss

"Now that Elena is a vampire, her feelings are magnified, including her feelings for Damon, and they’re much harder for her to ignore and push aside."

~ Julie Plec

"I think it took Elena by surprise to suddenly find herself trusting this person, and wanting to rely on Damon in ways that she’s not usually willing to rely on other people for. So it’s a nice feeling for her to start looking at Damon that way."

~ Julie Plec

"It’s wonderful to see these two people happy. I think they're very deserving of it. They're extremely deserving of it. Tthis is a time and space where they’ve both been through a lot, and you always want people to win. When you see love, you want it to win."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"It's certainly not the end of Delena, as anyone might be afraid, in fact, in a way, it's the beginning of the beginning."

~ Julie Plec about Elena's choice in season 3

"Tthere has yet to be an admission of that chemistry from her part. There's a big elephant in the room as far as all these fun little stolen moments and romantic banter and their dynamic with each other. It hasn't gone unnoticed from other people."

~ Julie Plec

"Our fans are the most extraordinary group, and they are very vocal."

~ Julie Plec about the Delena fandom

"We show the beginning stages of the Damon-Elena relationship that we’ve never seen before... It’s a story that reminds us why we love the Damon and Elena relationship. It reminds us that it’s a simple love story."

~ Caroline Dries

"It's always been that way with Elena. There's always this pushing and pulling. It really does make it a very dynamic component to their relationship that creates tension, chemistry."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"Elena spent the summer vacation kind of on a honeymoon with Damon, They’ve just been living happily in bliss,"

~ Caroline Dries

"I was all about, 'How do we keep this love fresh?' Because I love Elena and Damon together... So at the end of last season they decided they were going to get married and have kids, and that's the last milestone."

~ Caroline Dries

"Damon is here for the woman he loves. Her desire and safety is his whole life at the point."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"I’ll talk our scriptwriters into writing an Elena and Damon marriage into TVD."

~ Nina Dobrev

"Obviously they don’t care if anyone supports them, they only need each other."

~ Carina MacKenzie

"He’s taking care of this young, beautiful creature and he’s totally in love with this girl."

~ Ian Somerhalder

"There's something between these two. She's lying to herself by denying it."
~ TVFanatic

"How about that so-thick-you-could-cut-it-with-a-knife sexual tension between Damon and Elena?"
~ MTV

"Elena may not realize it yet, but all the fans do. She belongs with Damon"
~ FANBOLT

"Damon and Elena prove touching is overrated."
~ LA Times

"Elena and Damon. They’re bloody perfect together!"
~ Hollywood Life