- "No way, you know the invisibility spell?! I'll trade you for the popularity spell!"
- “Why are you going to London?” Harry asked, trying to keep things friendly. “Taking Dudley to the hospital,” growled Uncled Vernon. “Got to have that ruddy tail removed before he goes to Smeltings.”
- She glanced down at the contents of her plate. <i>Just tell him what it is. Simple. Look at it and say what it is.</i> “Sloppy Joe,” she managed. “Hmm,” he said, sounding doubtful. “May he rest in peace.”
- You here to finish me off, sweetheart?
- What do we say to the God of Death?
- The stars don't fall for men
- “There's no throne, there is no version of this where you come out on top. Maybe your army comes and maybe it's too much for us but it's all on you. Because if we can't protect the Earth, you can be damned well sure we'll avenge it.”
- Doth thou mother know you weareth her drapes?
- “As you wish. My word is my word. We shall run away… change our names, perhaps. Live out our days in some small fishing village by the coast where no one will ever guess who we once were.”
- And I didn't think I'd catch fire when I held my hand to the flame
- And I didn't think it would catch up as fast as I could have run
- Don't hold this war inside
- Somebody somewhere will clean out your wounds
- “The song’s not over yet. We could dance a little while longer.” “There’s nothing I’d like more, but you and I both know this isn’t our song. We’ll dance again, Walker, but not until the music’s right.”
- This should make him happy. This should change him. But it doesn't. It can't. He's been changed already. And I don't know what to write anymore, because I'm afraid of what it will be. Because I can't think, and she asks me to write, but I won't know what to write. I can't think. I can't think. Isobel. Isobel. Isobel.
- This is the part where you're supposed to say, “Wait...” I'm supposed to start to leave, and that's when you forgive me for being such a coward... and for being the last one to figure out what everyone else already knew. Then you call out, “Wait. Don't go,” and I stop... and we hold each other, and then we know everything's going to be okay.
- Learning to see the puzzle in everything? They're everywhere. Once you start looking, it's impossible to stop. It just so happens, people and all their deceits and illusions that inform everything they do tend to be the most fascinating puzzles of all. Of course, they don't always appreciate being seen as such.
- “Oh, no, you don't. You really think I'm going to let you get away with that? That might play with the masses, but underneath that angry young woman shell, there's a slightly less angry young woman who's just dying to bake me something. You're a marshmallow, Veronica Mars. A twinkie.”
- “I don’t know if you can hear me, but I need you to wake up. I know you’re not a traitor, and right now, you’re the only one that can help me help you. I need you, Annie. I never need anyone, but I need you.”
- I'd like to remind you that I'm holding an axe
- Stop playing with the horn, Lionel.
- “What's insane is a ten percent levy on baked goods. You do realize the Revolutionary War began on less than two percent...? How is the public not flocking to the streets in outrage?!”
- I was born in thunder, and in thunder, I will mangle your being.
- Out here, everything hurts. You wanna get through this? Do as I say. Now pick up what you can and run.
jul 13 2011 ∞
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