Because Stefan thinks so:
"You should keep using it, Stefan said voicelessly. Your influence over him is strongest."
- Stefan to Elena, about Damon. Midnight.
"Of one thing I am certain: he would never harm you. He loves you. How can he help it?"
- Stefan, on Damon, in a letter to Elena. Nightfall.
“You can pretend you don’t care. You can fool the whole world. But I know differently."
- Stefan, about Damon missing Elena. Dark Reunion.
"Damon is gone Elena. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry if I kept you from being with him as much as you wanted to. I’m sorry if I came between you. I didn’t understand, just how much you loved each other… I do now."
- Stefan to Elena. Midnight.
Because Bonnie thinks so:
“But there had to be some other reason, Bonnie's mind told her. Because you're not Elena, and he's never going to treat you the way he treats Elena.”
– Bonnie thinking about Damon. Midnight.
"Wonderful, thought Bonnie, depression settling like a dark blanket over her. Matt, Stefan and Damon, all together, all thinking of Elena."
– Dark Reunion.
Because Elena thinks so:
Still, there was no point in hurting Damon. She loved Damon, too. “I’ll try,” she promised.
- Elena. The Fury.
“You see, vampires show love by exchanging blood. The problem was…that I was sharing blood with Damon, too."
- Elena. Shadow Souls.
"And then she remembered something else: how Damon had acted later that night, how he'd kept her safe, even been gentle with her. Stefan was looking at her, and his expression had changed from belligerence to bitter anger and fear. Part of her wanted to reassure him completely, to throw her arms around him and tell him that she was his and always would be and that nothing else mattered. Not the town, not Damon, not anything.
But she wasn't doing it."
- Elena. The Fury.
"In the end Damon had died to save Bonnie. Elena herself needed no more proof of his feelings about her. She would always love Damon and she would never allow anything to diminish that love."
- Midnight.
Because Damon thinks so
Damon to Elena: “I’m going to have you in the end, you know."
- The Struggle.
"There was no slightest motion she had made, no briefest word that she had said that he hadn’t noticed and locked in his heart as a treasure”
- Narration about Damon's feelings for Elena. Midnight.
"Then Damon caught Elena’s eye, and all petty and conventional concerns seemed to drop away."
- Nightfall.
"Elena...things are beginning to feel strange now. Not pain. But I have to tell you...what I know you already know...How I fell in love with you."
- Damon to Elena. Midnight.
"I loved once - just once, really, in my whole life. Can you remember that I loved you? That makes my life...worth...something..."
- Damon to Elena. Midnight.
Because Damon chooses Elena above other girls:
“I've had many companions girls as young as you and women who were the beauties of Europe. But you’re the one I want at my side”
– Damon to Elena. Shadow Souls.
"There were at least 3 or 4 billion people on this planet that would give anything to be with Elena Gilbert. He happened to be one of them."
- Damon. Shadow Souls.
“"He felt as if seconds were suddenly stretching into minutes, each one of incalculable worth. What was important? Telling Elena…Telling Elena…something. Something…sorry…I thought I’d made my peace…but not with the one person who mattered…yes, who mattered the most”
– Damon's thought as he is dying. Shadow Souls.
“Elena needed to hold onto something. And suddenly she was. Damon had reached across Bonnie's lap and taken her hand.”
- Midnight.
"She was… damn it, she was everything. Witty, enchanting, smart, brave & beautiful, he knew his eyes were saying all."
- Damon about Elena. Nightfall.
"It was difficult for anyone to stay annoyed at Elena. You couldn’t say she was too exuberant, like Bonnie or too serene, like Meredith."
– Damon, thinking about Elena. Shadow Souls.
Because she alone is his humanity and their souls are connected:
"Time stopped. Elena found that she was instinctively groping for the mind of the one who was kissing her so sweetly. When two auras mingled as deeply as this, two souls were laid bare to each other."
- Narration about Damon and Elena. Shadow Souls.
"But none of them, Damon thought, flashing a
diamond-bright smile around the circle that was closing in on him, had the motivation of knowing that the lives of three young human girls depended on him—and that one of them was the jewel in the crown of humanity, Elena Gilbert"
- Shadow Souls
"If you die again, I’ll be wrapped in chains all over. The child showed her a pitiable picture of himself covered by coil after coil of heavy chains."
– Damon's inner soul, thinking about the possibility of Elena dying again. Shadow Souls.
"Something in Elena kept whispering to her that of course she had heard his call from the moment she first saw him, first felt his aura call to her."
- Elena about Damon. Midnight.
"I just kissed you. I'm kissing you again. Can you feel that?' 'Forever, Elena. I'll...take that with me. It's part of me now...do you see?"
- Damon about Elena. Midnight.
"You're branded on my soul."
- Damon to Elena. Midnight.
Because Damon compared their relationship to epic couples in history:
"Prince? Don’t you need a knight, then?” Damon breathed this directly into her ear. Elena stood like a statue. But what he said next rocked her entire universe.“You like the story of Camelot, don’t you? Only here you’re the queen, princess. You married your not-quite-fairy-tale prince, but along came a knight who knew even more of your secrets, and he called to you…"
— Midnight (Lancelot and Guinevere)
“You look like Wendy” Damon said, and his smile was wicked, flashing, and definitely appreciative. He cocked his head to the side coaxingly. “Why, Wendy…Darling,” Damon said, and his voice was a caress. Elena felt an inward shiver. - Shadow Souls (Wendy and Peter Pan)
Elena:"We can stop it before it hurts or—or kills—anyone else.” Damon: “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn about anyone else"
- The Fury. (Scarlett and Rhett)
******If anyone has quotes to add to any of these sections, let me know!!*********
Klaus compelled Stefan to feed on Elena once the clock was on zero. When the clock was on zero, Stefan stabbed himself, to slow himself down, to give Elena a fair chance to run. It was a noble, and selfless act, but it was not resisting compulsion. When Klaus compelled Stefan to turn off his emotions, and to feed from Elena, Stefan did. He DID turn off his emotions, and he DID feed from Elena.
Damon allowed, ORDERED Jeremy to kill him when he was compelled to kill him. He’d rather sacrifice his own life, instead of taking Jeremy’s, because he knows how much Jeremy means to Elena.
So, Stelena shippers who believe Stefan loves Elena more, because of their stupid ‘compulsion theory’, can shove that theory right up their ass, because it’s a load of crap!
Damon allowed, ORDERED Jeremy to kill him when he was compelled to kill him. He’d rather sacrifice his own life, instead of taking Jeremy’s, because he knows how much Jeremy means to Elena.
So, Stelena shippers who believe Stefan loves Elena more, because of their stupid ‘compulsion theory’, can shove that theory right up their ass, because it’s a load of crap!
