When he straightened up again, there were six Harry Potters gasping and panting in front of him.
Fred and George turned to each other and said together, “Wow — we’re identical!”
“I dunno, though, I think I’m still better-looking,” said Fred, examining his reflection in the kettle.
“Bah,” said Fleur, checking herself in the microwave door, “Bill, don’t look at me — I’m ‘ideous.”
…
“I knew Ginny was lying about that tattoo,” said Ron, looking down at his bare chest.
“Harry, your eyesight really is awful,” said Hermione, as she put on glasses.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling
Giles: You have responsibilities that other girls do not.
Buffy: Oh! I know this one! ‘Slaying entails certain sacrifices, blah, blah, bity blah, I’m so stuffy, gimme a scone.’
Giles: It’s as if you know me.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2: Episode 4 – “Inca Mummy Girl”
Taking one’s chances is like taking a bath, because sometimes you end up feeling comfortable and warm, and sometimes there is something terrible lurking around that you cannot see until it is too late and you can do nothing else but scream and cling to a plastic duck.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Slippery Slope – Lemony Snicket
Julian Bashir: This gives me a chance to honor her memory, and I’m gonna take it. And that, my friend, is my final word on the subject.
Miles O’Brien: You know what this means, don’t you?
Julian Bashir: Yes. That I’m risking my life for a very dubious cause.
Miles O’Brien: No. It means I’m going to risk my life for a friend who’s risking his life for a very dubious cause.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Episode 1 – “Image in the Sand”
Harry dropped the hair into the mudlike liquid. The moment it made contact with its surface, the potion began to froth and smoke, then, all at once, it turned into a clear, bright gold.
“Ooh, you look much tastier than Crabbe and Goyle, Harry,” said Hermione, before catching sight of Ron’s raised eyebrows, blushing slightly, and saying, “Oh, you know what I mean — Goyle’s potion looked like bogies.”
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling
Joyce: Principal Snyder said you were a troublemaker. And I could care less. I have a daughter who can take care of herself. Who’s brave and resourceful and thinks of others in a crisis. No matter who you hang out with or what dumb teenage stuff you think you need to do, I’m gonna sleep better knowing all that.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2: Episode 3 – “School Hard”
But wishing, like sipping a glass of punch, or pulling aside a bearskin rug in order to access a hidden trapdoor in the floor, is merely a quiet way to spend one’s time before the candles are extinguished on one’s birthday cake.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Slippery Slope – Lemony Snicket
The Love Pirate 