![“There was a body on the ground on this spot - not quite a corpse. The body had no heartbeat; it did not breathe, and there was no brain activity. But somewhere in it there was a slow pulsing. […] The pulsing was made up of nothing but a memory. The memory of a girl with dark blue eyes and golden hair and a small face with brown eyes. And the taste: the taste of two maiden’s tears. Elena. Bonnie. They are waiting for me. If I can figure out who I am. And that sparked a fierce determination. […] Something stirred in the brain, a self-revelation. A name. Damon.” - The Return - Midnight](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltby4iMv7q1r03i5ro1_500.jpg)
“There was a body on the ground on this spot - not quite a corpse. The body had no heartbeat; it did not breathe, and there was no brain activity. But somewhere in it there was a slow pulsing. […] The pulsing was made up of nothing but a memory. The memory of a girl with dark blue eyes and golden hair and a small face with brown eyes. And the taste: the taste of two maiden’s tears. Elena. Bonnie. They are waiting for me. If I can figure out who I am. And that sparked a fierce determination. […] Something stirred in the brain, a self-revelation. A name. Damon.” - The Return - Midnight