“And now, Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.”
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J. K. Rowling
“And now, Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.”
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J. K. Rowling
Buffy: Uh, Hi! Willow, right?
Willow: Why? I-I mean, hi! Uh, did you want me to move?
Buffy: Why don’t we start with, ‘Hi, I’m Buffy,’ and, uh, then let’s segue directly into me asking you for a favor. It doesn’t involve moving, but it does involve hanging out with me for a while.
Willow: But aren’t you hanging out with Cordelia?
Buffy: I can’t do both?
Willow: Not legally.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 1: Episode 1 – “Welcome to the Hellmouth”
Klaus had known for all twelve of his years that his older sister found a hand on her shoulder comforting–as long as the hand was attached to an arm, of course.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Austere Academy – Lemony Snicket
Julian Bashir: A compound fracture of the right radius, two fractured ribs, torn ligaments, strained tendons, numerous contusions, bruises and scratches. What have you been doing?
Quark: You mean, what have we been doing?
[Quark and Grilka erupt into naughty laughter]
Julian Bashir: Never mind. I don’t need that particular image running around my head. I’ll just treat you.
[Worf and Dax enter.]
Julian Bashir: What happened to you two?
Worf: We, uh…
Jadzia Dax: Well, if you must know…
Julian Bashir: No! I don’t need that particular image either. In fact, I’m going to stop asking that question altogether! People can come in, I will treat them, and that will be all.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 5: Episode 3 – “Looking for par’Mach in All the Wrong Places”
“I don’t mean to be rude –” he began, in a tone that threatened rudeness in every syllable.
“– yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often,” Dumbledore finished the sentence gravely. “Best to say nothing at all, my dear man.”
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J. K. Rowling
Cordelia: The Bronze. It’s the only club worth going to around here. They let anybody in, but it’s still the scene. It’s in the bad part of town.
Buffy: Where’s that?
Cordelia: About a half a block from the good part of town. We don’t have a whole lot of town here.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 1: Episode 1 – “Welcome to the Hellmouth”
Shyness is a curious thing, because, like quicksand, it can strike people at any time, and also, like quicksand, it usually makes its victims look down.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Austere Academy – Lemony Snicket