Odo: Forgive me, Major, I don’t mean to be difficult, but your faith seems to have led you to something of a contradiction.
Kira Nerys: I don’t see it as a contradiction.
Odo: I don’t understand.
Kira Nerys: That’s the thing about faith. If you don’t have it you can’t understand it, and if you do – no explanation is necessary.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 4: Episode 17 – “Accession”
The door of the pub had opened. A thick band of dusty sunlight split the room in two for a moment and then vanished, blocked by the incoming rush of a crowd of people.
First came Neville with Dean and Lavender, who were closely followed by Parvati and Padma Patil with (Harry’s stomach did a back flip) Cho and one of her usually giggling girlfriends, then (on her own and looking so dream that she might have walked in by accident) Luna Lovegood; then Katie Bell, Alicia Spinnet, and Angelina Johnson, Colin and Dennis Creevey, Ernie Macmillan, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Hannah Abbot, and a Hufflepuff girl with a long plait down her back whose name Harry did not know; three Ravenclaw boys he was pretty sure were called Anthony Goldstein, Michael Corner, and Terry Boot; Ginny, followed by a tall skinny blonde boy with an upturned nose whom Harry recognized vaguely as being a member of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, and bringing up the rear, Fred and George Weasley with their friend Lee Jordan, all three of whom were carrying large paper bags crammed with Zonko’s merchandise.
“A couple of people?” said Harry hoarsley to Hermione. “A couple of people?”
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J.K. Rowling
There are two kinds of fears: rational and irrational–or, in simpler terms, fears that make sense and fears that don’t. For instance, the Baudelaire orphans have a fear of Count Olaf, which makes perfect sense, because he is an evil man who wants to destroy them. But if they were afraid of lemon meringue pie, this would be an irrational fear, because lemon meringue pie is delicious and has never hurt a soul. Being afraid of a monster under the bed is perfectly rational, because there may in fact be a monster under your bed at any time, ready to eat you all up, but a fear of realtors is an irrational fear.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window – Lemony Snicket
Quark: Did you hear? Keiko’s gonna have another baby!
Worf: Now?
Miles O’Brien: No! Seven months.
Worf: I see…
Miles O’Brien: Worf delivered Molly, you know.
Julian Bashir: Really?
Miles O’Brien: The Enterprise was damaged. Keiko and he were trapped together when her time came.
Julian Bashir: Oh well, I’ll, uh, be sure and call you, when she’s ready to deliver; you can lend a hand.
Worf: Seven months? Unfortunately I will be away from the station at that time… Far away… Visiting my parents, on Earth… Excuse me.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 4: Episode 17 – “Accession”
“Harry,” she said timidly, “don’t you see? This . . . this is exactly why we need you. . . . We need to know what it’s r-really like . . . facing him . . facing V-Voldemort.”
It was the first time she had ever said Voldemort’s name, and it was this, more than anything else, that calmed Harry.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J.K. Rowling
“Delmo!” Sunny offered, which probably meant something along the lines of “If you wish, I will bite the telephone to show you that it is harmless.”
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window – Lemony Snicket
Julian Bashir: Quark, did you hear? Chief O’Brien is having a baby!
Quark: I thought your females carried your young.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 4: Episode 17 – “Accession”
“But I’m not talking about test results, Harry. Look what you’ve done!”
“How d’you mean?”
“You know what, I’m not sure I want someone this stupid teaching me,” Ron said to Hermione, smirking slightly.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J.K. Rowling
We all know, of course, that we should never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever fiddle around in any way with electronic devices. Never.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room – Lemony Snicket
(Yes, I counted the all of the evers.)
Odo: I’d say your brother’s doing well, Commander. He’s been on the job six hours he’s only killed four Boslics so far.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 4: Episode 15 – “Sons of Mogh”
The Love Pirate 