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Now and then Jack’s big hunter brought his ears to bear; this was a recent purchase, a strongly-built bay, quite up to Jack’s sixteen stone. But it did not much care for hunting, and then like so many geldings it spent much of its time mourning for its lost stones: a discontented horse. If the moods that succeeded one another in its head had taken the form of words they would have run, ‘Too heavy — sits too far forward when we go over a fence — have carried him far enough for one day — shall have him off presently, see if I don’t. I smell a mare! A mare! Oh!’ Its flaring nostrils quivered, and it stamped. 

Post Captain – Patrick O’Brian

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Quark: A-ha, I knew it! When I saw the two of you slip out, I said to myself, that no-good, misanthropic, cantankerous changeling is trying to sneak off the station without anyone noticing.

Odo: That was the idea.

Quark: Well, it’s not gonna happen, is it?

Odo: Apparently not.

Quark: So – now that I’m here… is there something you want to say to me?

Odo: Such as?

Quark: Such as… ‘Goodbye. You certainly were a worthy adversary.’ Or maybe something with the words ‘mutual respect’ in it.

Odo: No.

Quark: No? What do you mean, no?

Odo: I mean, no. I have nothing I want to say to you.

Quark: You telling me that after all these years, after all we’ve been through, you’re not even gonna say goodbye to me?

Odo: That’s right. Nerys, I’ll be on the runabout.

Kira Nerys: Don’t take it hard, Quark.

Quark: Hard? What’re you talking about? That man loves me! Couldn’t you see? It was written all over his back.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Episode 25 – “What You Leave Behind”

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“That’s when they decided there was only one way to stop me, I suppose, and they went for Gran.”

“They what?” said Harry, Ron, and Hermione together. 

“Yeah,” said Neville, panting a little now, because the passage was climbing so steeply, “well, you can see their thinking. It had worked really well, kidnapping kids to force their relatives to behave, I s’pose it was only a matter of time before they did it the other way around. Thing was,” he faced them, and Harry was astonished to see that he was grinning, “they bit off a bit more than they could chew with Gran. Little old witch living alone, they probably thought they didn’t need to send anyone particularly powerful. Anyway,” Neville laughed, “Dawlish is still in St Mungo’s and Gran’s on the run. She sent me a letter,” he clapped a hand to the breast pocket of his robes, “telling me she was proud of me, that I’m my parents’ son, and to keep it up.”

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling

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(Xander drops his egg)

Willow: It didn’t break! How come it didn’t break?

Xander: Which is another secret to conscientious egg care: pot of scalding water and about eight minutes.

Willow: You boiled your young?

Xander: Yeah! I know it sounds cruel, but sometimes you gotta be cruel to be kind! I mean, you can bet that little Xander here is thick skinned now.

Giles: Technically that would be cheating, yes?

Xander: No! It’s like a short cut. You know, when you run a race?

Buffy: That would also be cheating.

Willow: You should be ashamed.

Giles: I suppose there is a sort of… Machiavellian ingenuity to your transgression.

Xander: I resent that! Or possibly thank you.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2: Episode 12 – “Bad Eggs”

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‘Looking for a fox, are they?’ said Stephen Maturin, as though hippogriffs were the more usual quarry in England, and he relapsed into a brown study, munching slowly upon his bread. 

Post Captain – Patrick O’Brian

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Benjamin Sisko: This may be the last time we’re all together. But no matter what the future holds, no matter how far we travel, a part of us – a very important part – will always remain here, on Deep Space Nine.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Episode 25 – “What You Leave Behind”

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“Neville, she’s all right, we’ve seen her —”

“Yeah, I know, she managed to get a message to me.”

From his pocket he pulled a golden coin, and Harry recognized it as one of the fake Galleons that Dumbledore’s Army had used to send one another messages.

“These have been great,” said Neville, beaming at Hermione. “The Carrows never rumbled how we were communicating, it drove them mad. We used to sneak out at night and put graffiti on the walls: Dumbledore’s Army, Still recruiting, stuff like that.  Snape hated it.”

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling.

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Willow:  Buffy! How come you weren’t in class?

Buffy:  Vampire issues. Did Mr. Whitmore notice I was tardy?

Xander:  I think the word you’re searching for is ‘absent’.

Willow:  Tardy people show.

Buffy:  Right.

Willow:  And, yes, he did notice, so he wanted me to give you this.

(hands her an egg)

Buffy:  As far as punishments go this is fairly abstract.

Willow:  No, it’s your baby!

Buffy:  Okay, I get it even less.

Xander:  Well, you know, it’s the whole ‘sex leads to responsibility’ thing, which I personally don’t get. You gotta take care of the egg. It’s a baby. You gotta keep it safe and teach it Christian values.

Willow:  My egg is Jewish.

Xander:  Then teach it that Dreidel song.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2: Episode 12 – “Bad Eggs”

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The president cleared his throat again in the dead silence, and speaking in a clear, seamanlike voice that combined gravity, formality and cheerfulness, he said, ‘Captain Aubrey: it is no small pleasure to me to receive the commands of the court I have the honour to preside at, that in delivering you your sword, I should congratulate you upon its being restored by both friend and foe alike; hoping ere long you will be called upon to draw it once more in the honourable defence of your country. 

Master and Commander – Patrick O’Brian

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Quark: Earth’s nothing more than a rotating ball of boredom.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Episode 25 – “What You Leave Behind”