Stephen looked at him attentively, took his pulse, gazed at his tongue, asked squalid questions, examined him. ‘Is it a wound going bad?’ asked Jack, alarmed by his gravity.
‘It is a wound, if you wish,’ said Stephen. ‘But not from our battle with the Cacafuego. Some lady of your acquaintance has been too liberal with her favours, too universally kind.’
‘Oh, Lord,’ cried Jack, to whom this had never happened before.
Master and Commander – Patrick O’Brian
Julian Bashir: One thing’s for sure: Sloan knew he had the perfect bait, that I wouldn’t be able to resist it. But there was one thing he failed to consider.
Miles O’Brien: And what’s that?
Julian Bashir: You. To Miles Edward O’Brien!
Miles O’Brien: To friendship. Well, I’d better get home. Keiko is holding dinner for me.
Julian Bashir: This late?
Miles O’Brien: Yeah, well, she’s a helluva woman.
Julian Bashir: That’s why you love her.
Miles O’Brien: M-hm, that’s right – that’s why I love her… You wanna come?
Julian Bashir: Sure.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Episode 23 – “Extreme Measures”
Luna had decorated her bedroom ceiling with five beautifully painted faces: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Neville. They were not moving as the portraits at Hogwarts moved, but there was a certain magic about them all the same: Harry thought they breathed. What appeared to be fine golden chains wove around the pictures, linking them together, but after examining them for a minute or so, Harry realized that the chains were actually one word, repeated a thousand times in golden ink: friends . . . friends . . . friends . . .
Harry felt a great rush of affection for Luna.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling
Kendra: I study because it is required. The Slayer handbook insists on it.
Willow: There’s a Slayer handbook?
Buffy: Wait. Handbook? What handbook? How come I don’t have a handbook?
Willow: Is there a T-shirt, too? ‘Cause that would be cool…
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2: Episode 10 – “What’s My Line, Part 2”
‘Do you follow me, Dr Maturin?’
‘I do indeed, sir, and am much obliged to you for your candor in telling me this: it confirms what was in my mind and I shall do all I can to make him conscious of the delicacy of his position. Though upon my word,’ he added with a sigh, ‘there are times when it seems to me that nothing short of a radical ablation of the membrum virile would answer, in this case.’
‘That is very generally the peccant part,’ said Mr Florey.
Master and Commander – Patrick O’Brian
Miles O’Brien: Aha! Here we go. I knew Quark was hoarding a bottle of the good stuff.
Julian Bashir: [inspects the label] This is older than I am.
Miles O’Brien: What? …I’m drinking with a child!
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Episode 23 – “Extreme Measures”
The Love Pirate 