‘He would not do anything rash?’
‘Never in life. It’s true, you know; quite true,’ he added, seeing that Sophia was not wholly persuaded that Jack at sea and Jack ashore were two different persons.
HMS Surprise — Patrick O’Brian
Kaylee: The only place I seen somethin’ so nice is some of the things Inara has.
Mal: Well, we best be movin’.
Zoe: I guess she needs all that stuff, the life she leads.
Kaylee: Well, sure. Sometimes the customers buy her things. Some real rich men.
Mal: Come on! These ain’t feathers I’m toting here, ya know?
Kaylee: I like the ruffles. Inara gets to wear whatever she wants.
Mal: What are you going to do in that rig? Flounce around the engine room? Be like a sheep walking on its hind legs.
(Kaylee walks off, hurt. Zoe gives Mal a death stare and takes his bag from him.)
Zoe: See you on the ship, Captain.
(Zoe, Wash and Kaylee board the mule and leave.)
Jayne: Is she mad or something?
Firefly – Episode 4 – “Shindig”
Bailey: Raising my voice back there doesn’t mean I was scared or couldn’t do my job. It means I happen to have a human thing called an adrenaline gland.
Spock: It does sound most inconvenient, however. Have you considered having it removed?
Bailey: Very funny.
Sulu: You try to cross brains with Spock, he’ll cut you to pieces every time.
Star Trek – Season 1: Episode 2 – “The Corbomite Maneuver”
Willow: Okay. Now, he’s had his two o’clock feeding, and, uh, after sunrise, if he forgets where his clothes are, they’re on top of the file cabinet in his cage. I put those towels up for privacy.
Xander: Uh, no worries. I can handle the Oz Full Monty. I mean, not ‘handle’ handle, like ‘hands to flesh’ handle.
Willow: Mm, okay. Well, it’s not for you. It’s for me, ’cause I’m still getting used to half a Monty.
Xander: Oh. Good…. Half? You and Oz? Which half?
Willow: Wouldn’t *you* like to know?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Season 3: Episode 4 — “Beauty and the Beasts”
‘How I wish I had held my tongue,’ thought Sophie. She looked anxiously at Stephen as he sat there, bent and staring into the red cavern under the log. ‘Poor dear thing,’ she thought, ‘how very much he is in need of darning — how very much he needs someone to look after him. He really is not fit to wander about the world along; it is so hard to unworldly people. How could she have been so cruel? It was like hitting a child. A child. How little learning does for a man — he knows almost nothing: he had but to say “Pray be so good as to marry me” last summer and she would have cried “Oh yes, if you please”. I told him so. Not that she would ever have made him happy, the . . .’ Bitch was the word that struggled to make itself heard; but it struggled in vain.
HMS Surprise – Patrick O’Brian
Kaylee: Oh, look at the pretties!
Wash: What am I looking at, the girls or the clothes?
Jayne: There’s girls?
Zoe: The clothes, please.
Kaylee: Say, look at the fluffy one.
Zoe: Too much foofaraw. If I’m going to wear a dress, I’d want something with some slink.
Wash: You want a slinky dress? I can buy you a slinky dress. Captain, can I have money for a slinky dress?
Jayne: I’ll chip in.
Zoe: I can hurt you.
Firefly – Episode 4 – “Shindig”
Kirk: You could see the alarm lights flashing from there, McCoy. Why didn’t you tell me?
Bones: Finally finished a physical on you, didn’t I. (Kirk leaves) What am I, a doctor or a moon shuttle conductor? If I jumped every time a light came on around here, I’d end up talking to myself.
Star Trek – Season 1: Episode 2 – “The Corbomite Maneuver”
Willow: And over here, we have the cafeteria, where we were mauled by snakes.
Xander: And this is the spot where Angel tried to kill Willow.
Willow: Oh, and over there in the lounge is where Spike and his gang nearly massacred us all on Parent-Teacher night. Oh, a-and up those stairs, I was sucked into a muddy grave.
Xander: And they say young people don’t learn anything in high school nowadays, but, um, I’ve learned to be afraid.
Faith: You guys are a hoot and a half. If I’d had friends like you in high school, I… probably still would’ve dropped out. But I might’ve been sad about it, you know?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Season 3: Episode 3 – “Faith, Hope & Trick”
Admiral Harte, still hoping to curry favour and at the same time to gratify a personal malevolence, said, ‘Would it be in order to call upon Sir Joseph to declare a personal interest?’
‘No sir, it would not,’ cried Admiral Parr, his port-wine face flushing purple. ‘A most improper suggestion, by God.’ His voice trailed away in a series of coughs and grunts, through which could be heard ‘infernal presumption – new member – mere rear-admiral – little shit.’
HMS Surprise – Patrick O’Brian
Inara: Good afternoon, Captain.
Mal: Morning. We’re downing, and in case that Wash don’t kill us all, local time’s going to be in the a.m., 10 or so.
Inara: Yes, I saw that.
Mal: Making plans? “Atherton Wing”. He’s a regular, ain’t he?
Inara: I’ve seen him before.
Mal: Oh, I never did. Not what I pictured – young. Must be rich too, to afford your rates.
Inara: I suppose. He has engaged me for several days.
Mal: Days!? Boy must have stamina.
Inara: (smiling) He does.
Mal: Well…fine. Is he letting you out at all?
Inara: Actually, we’re attending a ball tomorrow night.
Mal: Tell me, do all the men there pay for their dates, or just the young rich ones with stamina?
Inara: Most of the women in there will not be Companions, if that’s what you’re asking. Perhaps the other men couldn’t attract one.
Mal: Hmm. It’s sounds like the finest party I can imagine getting paid to go to.
Inara: I don’t suppose you’d find it up to standards of your outings. More conversation and somewhat less petty theft and getting hit with pool cues. (dismissing him) I understand if you need to go prepare for that “It’s 10 in the morning” issue.
Mal: Yeah. Better go do that. ‘Cause I think this is more of an evening look.
Firefly – Episode 4 – “Shindig”
The Love Pirate 