“Why are they all staring?” demanded Albus as he and Rose craned around to look at the other students.
“Don’t let it worry you,” said Ron. “It’s me. I’m extremely famous.”
Albus, Rose, Hugo, and Lily laughed.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling
Scott: Hi, Buffy.
Buffy: Hi.
(Scott walks off)
Willow: I think that went very well. Don’t you think that went very well?
Cordelia: He didn’t try to slit our throats or anything. That’s progress.
Willow: Hey, did you do that little half-smile thing?
Buffy: Look, I’m not trying to snare Scott Hope. I just want to get my life back, you know, do normal stuff.
Willow: Like date?
Buffy: Well…
Xander: Oh, you wanna date. I saw that half-smile, you little slut. (Buffy punches him) Ow.
Buffy: All right, yes, date and shop and hang out and go to school and save the world from unspeakable demons. You know, I wanna do girlie stuff!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Season 3: Episode 3 – “Faith, Hope & Trick”
‘Jack,’ said he, walking into the cabin, ‘what are you at?’
‘I am trying to get this God-damned plant to stand upright. Do what I may, they keep wilting. I water them before breakfast and again in the last dog-watch, and still they wilt. Upon my word, it is too bad.’
‘What do you water them with?’
‘The best water, straight from the scuttle-butt.’
‘If you anoint them with the vile concoction we drink and wash in, of course they will wilt. You must send ashore for some rain-water; and at that rate of watering, some aquatic plants.’
‘What an admirable notion, Stephen. I shall do so at once. Thank you. But apart from these poxed vegetables, don’t you think it looks tolerably well? Comfortable? Homelike? The gunner’s wife said she had never seen the like: all she could suggest was somewhere to hang their clothes, and a pincushion.’
The cabin resembled a cross between a brothel and an undertaker’s parlour, but Stephen only said that he agreed with Mrs Armstrong and suggested that it might be a little less like a state funeral if the tubs were not quite so rigidly arranged about each cot.
Post Captain – Patrick O’Brian
Simon: (sarcastically) Oh yes, he’s a real beast. It’s a wonder you’re still alive.
Jayne: Looked bigger when I couldn’t see him.
Firefly – Episode 3 – “Bushwhacked”
“Bye, Al,” said Harry as his son hugged him. “Don’t forget Hagrid’s invited you to tea next Friday. Don’t mess with Peeves. Don’t duel anyone till you’ve learned how. And don’t let James wind you up.”
“What if I’m in Slytherin?”
The whisper was for his father alone, and Harry knew that only the moment of departure could have forced Albus to reveal how great and sincere that fear was.
Harry crouched down so that Albus’s face was slightly above his own. Alone of Harry’s three children, Albus had inherited Lily’s eyes.
“Albus Severus,” Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, “you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest mane I ever knew.”
“But just say –“
“– then Slytherin House will have gained an excellent student, won’t it? It doesn’t matter to us, Al. But if it matters to you, you’ll be able to choose Gryffindor over Slytherin. The Sorting Hat takes your choice into account.”
“Really?”
“It did for me,” said Harry.
He had never told any of his children that before, and he saw the wonder in Albus’s face when he said it.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling
The Love Pirate 