In times of stress Jack Aubrey had two main reactions: he either became aggressive or he became amorous; he longed either for the violent catharsis of action or for that of making love. He loved a battle: he loved a wench.
Master and Commander – Patrick O’Brian
“Snape, headmaster! Snape in Dumbledore’s study — Merlin’s pants!” she shrieked, making both Harry and Ron jump. She leapt up from the table and hurtled from the room, shouting as she went, “I’ll be back in a minute!”
“‘Merlin’s pants’?” repeated Ron, looking amused. “She must be upset.” He pulled the newspaper toward him and perused the article about Snape.
…
“Oh, here she is,” Ron added, craning around in his seat to watch Hermione reentering the kitchen. “And what in the name of Merlin’s most baggy Y Fronts was that about?”
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling
Ezri Dax: I bumped into Captain Boday the other night.
Miles O’Brien: Captain Boday?
Julian Bashir: The Gallamite. Jadzia dated him.
Miles O’Brien: Oh, the toothy smile and the transparent skull?
Julian Bashir: That’s him…. Personally, I don’t know what Jadzia ever saw in the man.
Miles O’Brien: Well – his brains.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Episode 17 – “Penumbra”
Willow: Boy, we blend right in.
Xander: In no way do we stick out like sore thumbs.
Angel: Let’s look around. You guys check out downstairs.
Xander: Sure thing, Bossy the cow!
Willow: Okay, but do they really stick out?
Xander: What?
Willow: Sore thumbs. Do they stick out? I mean, have you ever seen a thumb and gone, ‘Wow! That baby is sore!’
Xander: You have too many thoughts.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2: Episode 7 – “Lie to Me”
‘Let us say ten minutes to run from the cove to the tower, and . . . ‘
‘Allow twenty, if you please,’ said Stephen. ‘You portly men of a sanguine complexion often die suddenly, from unconsidered exertion in the heat. Apoplexy — congestion.’
‘I wish, I wish you would not say things like that, Doctor,’ said Jack, in a low tone: they all looked at Stephen with some reproach and Jack added, ‘Besides, I am not portly.’
‘The captain has an uncommon genteel figgar,’ said Mr Marshall.
Master and Commander – Patrick O’Brian
Garak: The eternal optimist!
Julian Bashir: Guilty as charged.
Garak: How sad. I must tell you, I’m disappointed at hearing you mouth the usual platitudes of peace and friendship regarding an implacable foe like the Romulans. But, I live in hope that one day, you’ll come to see this universe for what it truly is, rather than what you’d wish it to be.
Julian Bashir: Then I shall endeavor to become more cynical with each passing day. Look gift horses squarely in the mouth, and find clouds in every silver lining.
Garak: If only you meant it.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Episode 16 – “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges”
“When you cleaned out this house of anything valuable,” Harry began, but Mundungus interrupted him again.
“Sirius never cared about any of the junk —”
There was a sound of pattering feet, a blaze of shining copper, an echoing clang, and a shriek of agony: Kreacher had taken a run at Mundungus and hit him over the head with a saucepan.
“Call ‘im off, call ‘im off, ‘e should be locked up!” screamed Mundungus, cowering as Kreacher raised the heavy-bottomed pan again.
“Kreacher, no!” shouted Harry.
Kreacher’s thin arms trembled with the weight of the pan, still held aloft.
“Perhaps just one more, Master Harry, for luck?”
Ron laughed.
“We need him conscious, Kreacher, but if he needs persuading you can do the honors,” said Harry.
“Thank you very much, Master,” said Kreacher with a bow, and he retreated a short distance, his great pale eyes still fixed upon Mundungus with loathing.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J. K. Rowling
Angel: He leaves no paper trail, no records, that’s incriminating enough.
Xander: Yeah, I’m gonna have to go with Dead Boy on this one.
Angel: Could you *not* call me that?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2: Episode 7 – “Lie to Me”
‘Sir, sir,’ piped Babbington into Jack’s ear.
‘Hush, sweetheart,’ murmured his captain, whose dreaming mind was occupied with quite another sex. ‘Eh?’
Master and Commander – Patrick O’Brian
Nog: Uh-oh…
Odo: What do you mean, “uh-oh”? We don’t have time for “uh-oh”.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Episode 15 – “Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang”
The Love Pirate 