"I can waken things inside you that have been sleeping all your life."

1. How he can subsist on animal blood.
2. Why he loathes what we are.
3. Why he won't accept himself and me.
4. His need to brood. I'd say he read Wuthering Heights too many times, but he was doing it for centuries before.
5. Why he refuses to have any fun.
6. His moral center. That's got nothing to do with the vampirism, by the way. I didn't understand his pining for sainthood when we were human, either.
7. Why he persists in the notion that I need saving from myself. I'm perfectly happy as I am, thank you.
8. That he really believes it's still about Katherine.
9. Why he doesn't want Elena to be like us. What's noble and romantic about watching her die and losing her, again? My way--everyone wins.
10. Why he can't see Katherine had the right idea...she was just the wrong girl.

1. I was born in Florence, Italy a very long time ago.
2. I never much cared for my father. The feeling was mutual.
3. I don't believe in brooding.
4. I like who I am.
5. I have a younger brother who's been nothing but a pain in my ass for centuries.
6. Despite rumors you may have heard to the contrary, I don't seduce or feed on children.
7. I don't appreciate attempts to "save" me--I'm just fine, thanks.
8. I'm not sure I've ever actually been in love. Obsessed, yes. Love--I don't know.
9. He may be a pain in my ass, but no one gets to kill my brother but me. Someday. When he finally annoys me enough.
10. I don't sparkle.