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Silence. The convoy’s dust settled on the empty road. The inhabitants of Carcassonne all went to sleep; even the small boys who had been dropping mortar and clods of earth from the battlements onto the bear disappeared. Silence at last, and the chink of coins.

‘Two livres four sous,’ said the bear-leader. ‘One maravedi, two Levantine coins of whose exact provenance I am uncertain, a Scotch groat.’

‘When one sea-officer is to be roasted, there is always another hand to turn the spit,’ said the bear. ‘It is an old service proverb. I hope to God I have that fornicating young sod under my command one day. I’ll make him dance a hornpipe — oh, such a hornpipe. Stephen, prop my jaws open a little more, will you? I think I shall die in five minutes if you don’t. Could we not creep into a field and take it off?’

‘No,’ said Stephen. ‘But I shall lead you to an inn as soon as the market has cleared, and lodge you in a cool damp cellar for the afternoon. I will also get you a collar, to enable you to breathe. We must reach Couiza by dawn.’

Post Captain – Patrick O’Brian

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Kaylee: You’re gonna come with us. 

Book: Excuse me?

Kaylee: You like ships; you don’t seem to be lookin’ at the destinations. What you care about is ships, and mine’s the nicest. 

Book: She don’t look like much. 

Kaylee: Oh, she’ll fool ya. You ever sail in a Firefly?

Book: Long before you were crawlin’. Not an aught-three though, didn’t have the extenders, tended to shake. 

Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don’t care where you’re going?

Book: ‘Cause how you get there’s the worthier part. 

Kaylee: Are you a missionary?

Book: I guess. I’m a Shepherd from the Southdown Abbey. Book, I’m called Book. Been out of the world for a spell, like to walk it a while. Maybe bring the Word to them as need it told. 

Kaylee: Well I’m Kaykee, and this here’s Serenity. She’s the smoothest ride from here to Boros for anyone can pay… Can you… pay, or…

Book: Well, I got a little cash, and, uh… (opens box for Kaylee)

Kaylee: Oh, grandpa!

Book: I never married. 

Firefly – Episode 1 – “Serenity” 

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And then Harry heard a thin, piteous human scream from amidst the terrible commotion, the thunder of devouring flame. 

“It’s — too — dangerous —!” Ron yelled, but Harry wheeled in the air. His glasses giving his eyes some small protection from the smoke, he raked the firestorm below, seeking a sign of life, a limb or a face that was not yet charred like wood. . . .

And he saw them: Malfoy with his arms around the unconscious Goyle, the pair of them perched on a fragile tower of charred desks, and Harry dived. Malfoy saw him coming and raised one arm, but even as Harry grasped it he knew at once that it was no good: Goyle was too heavy and Malfoy’s hand, covered in sweat, slid instantly out of Harry’s —

“IF WE DIE FOR THEM, I’LL KILL YOU, HARRY!” roared Ron’s voice, and, as a great flaming chimera bore down on them, he and Hermione dragged Goyle onto their broom and rose, rolling and pitching, into the air once more as Malfoy clambered up behind Harry. 

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

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Willow: Hey, Amy.

Amy: Hey. Are you guys going to the Valentine’s Day dance at the Bronze? I think it’s gonna be a lot of fun.

Buffy: Go ahead. You know you wanna say it.

Willow: My boyfriend’s in the band!

Amy: Cool.

Buffy: I think you’ve now told everybody.

Willow: Only in this hemisphere.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2: Episode 16 – “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered”

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‘You speak of loss of weight. But I find that you yourself are thin. Nay, cadaverous, if I may speak as one physician to another. You have a very ill breath; your hair, already meagre two years ago, is now extremely sparse; you belch frequently; your eyes are hollow and dim. This is not merely your ill-considered use of tobacco — a noxious substance that should be prohibited by government — and of laudanum. I should very much like to see your excrement.’

‘You shall, my dear sir, you shall.’

Post Captain – Patrick O’Brian

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Zoe: He’s the captain, Wash. 

Wash: Right, I’m just the husband. 

Zoe: Look, I’ll ask him. 

Wash: Don’t forget to call him sir, he likes that. 

Mal: (walking in) Who likes what?

Zoe: It’s nothing, sir. 

Wash: (gives Zoe a thumbs up)

Firefly – Episode 1 – “Serenity”

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“Hang on a moment!” said Ron sharply. “We’ve forgotten someone!”

“Who?” asked Hermione. 

“The house-elves, they’ll all be down in the kitchen, won’t they?”

“You mean we ought to get them fighting?” asked Harry. 

“No,” said Ron seriously, “I mean we should tell them to get out. We don’t want any more Dobbies, do we? We can’t order them to die for us —”

There was a clatter as the basilisk fangs cascaded out of Hermione’s arms. Running at Ron, she flung them around his neck and kissed him full on the mouth. Ron threw away the fangs and broomstick he was holding and responded with such enthusiasm that he lifted Hermione off her feet. 

“Is this the moment?” Harry asked weakly, and when nothing happened except that Ron and Hermione gripped each other still more firmly and swayed on the spot, he raised his voice. “OI! There’s a war going on here!”

Ron and Hermione broke apart, their arms still around each other. 

“I know, mate,” said Rob, who looked as though he had recently been hit on the back of the head with a Bludger, “so it’s now or never, isn’t it?”

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

Today’s Movie: Inside Out

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Xander: So, what do you think?

Buffy: It’s nice.

Xander: But do you think Cordelia will like it?

Buffy: I don’t know.  Does she know what one of these is?

Xander: Okay, big yuks. When are you guys gonna stop making fun of me for dating Cordelia?

Buffy: I’m sorry. But never.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2: Episode 16 – “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered”

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Ant-Man shouldn’t work.  Just from a conceptual standpoint, a hero who can shrink and who hangs around with insects sounds a little goofy when compared to the exploits of the Avengers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  This isn’t Asgard or SHIELD and there’s no army of alien invaders or HYDRA soldiers with which to contend, so how could it ever feel as important or impactful as other recent Marvel films?  Add in the drama over the loss of the film’s original writer/director (and strongest advocate) Edgar Wright, and the resulting film could have been an inconsequential mess, throwing a goofy idea together with a handful of jokes and some cheesy action just to be another cog (about a straight, white male, of course) in the Marvel/Disney machine.  That Ant-Man succeeds at all is a testament to the creativity of Marvel’s storytelling and the strength of its cast, but more than that it’s perhaps Marvel’s most flat-out fun film to date.

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