Go Your Own Way

Dexter 3×10

& Masuka: I’ve got a reputation to live up to. I mean, if my show does not make people vomit and have an erection at the same time, then I’ve let my audience down.

& Miguel: What are you doing in my office, Dex?
    Dexter: Winning.

& Rita: I feel like Cinderella. Except for the whole Disney virgin thing.
    Sylvia: Oh, don’t worry. No one’ll know Prince Charming knocked ya up before the ball.

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& Rita: Please don’t hate me, but I may have done a bad thing.
    Dexter: Do I need to sit down?
    Rita: I told Sylvia about Miguel and LaGuerta.
    Dexter: I’m gonna sit down.

& Miguel: Cause after all... familia is sacred.

& Dexter: At least I didn’t teach him how to get away with murder. I’m learning.

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The Itchy Brain Simulation

The Big Bang Theory 7×8

& Leonard: Okay, Sheldon, I know I was supposed to return this DVD a long time ago, and I know we rented it on your card. But it’s been, like, seven years and clearly nothing bad has happened. So in-in-in-instead of being a giant pain in the ass like you always are, what if this one time you just tried staying calm?
    Sheldon: ..... That seems like a reasonable request.

& Leonard: How about that? Sheldon’s being reasonable.
    Penny: Yeah, it’s freaking me out. I’m gonna go.

& Sheldon: Talking to you while you’re on the toilet isn’t exactly a picnic for me either, okay? Remember... when you can hear me, I can hear you.

& Sheldon: You completely disregard how uncomfortable unresolved issues are for me. It’s-it’s like, a... an itch in my brain I can’t scratch.

& Penny: I don’t know why but I always pictured her as Indian.
    Bernadette: I think that reason’s called racism.
    Penny: I’m gonna go talk to her.
    Bernadette: Why? What are you gonna say?
    Penny: I’m not gonna say anything. I just want to check her out. Because she hurt my friend. My Indian friend. Who’s racist now?
    Bernadette: You! Because you just called him your “Indian friend.”
    Penny: .... Yeah, well, you’re short.

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& Penny: You know, I may be a bad waitress, but you are a bad person. Now, you want to hear the specials?

& Penny: So, you can never take it off?

& Howard: Hey, what’re you working on?
    Sheldon: I’m thinking about how one could use the fact that a rapidly rotating mirror turns virtual photons into real ones as a method of observing dark energy.
    Howard: That’s a pretty cool idea.
    Sheldon: Yeah. It’s great you’re here. I’d love to get an engineer’s opinion.
    Howard: Sure.
    Sheldon: This chair is squeaky...

& Penny: Come on, take it off. I won’t tell.
    Leonard: No, no, honey, if I take it off, Sheldon wins.
    Penny: Sweetie... every night you don’t kill him in his sleep, he wins.

& Raj: I hope we can hang out again sometime. You know, as friends, lovemaking partners, whatever.
    Lucy: Oh, uh... I’m kind of seeing someone.
    Raj: I think I know the answer to this, but just to be clear, it’s not me, right?

& Amy: Sheldon... that was diabolical.
    Sheldon: I know... And it wasn’t easy. Do you have any idea what it’s like to wait for years and never know if you’re going to finally get satisfaction?

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Come Blow Your Horn

Revolution 2×8

& Aaron: We’re gonna wait right here like Miles told us to!
    Monroe: Whoa, okay, okay. Just don’t light me on fire or anything.

& Charlie: Hating you was the easy part. But letting it go?.. That’s hard.

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& Miles: It’s like EPCOT East Berlin out there. They have dogs. When the hell did they get dogs?

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Marta Complex

Arrested Development 1×12

& Lucille: Perhaps the two of you can have dinner alone.
    Carl Weathers: Oh, well, I never say no to dinner, with a beautiful lady that is.
    Lucille Austero: Do you like ham?
    Carl Weathers: No. I love it.

& Maeby: I don’t get it. Why do we have to change rooms?
    Lindsay: Cousins of the opposite gender shouldn’t be sharing a room.
    George Michael: But that’s just the point. I mean, we’re cousins. Gender has nothing to do with it. I mean, cousins can bunk together. That’s why they call it “bunkin’ cousins.”
    Lindsay: “Kissin’ cousins.”
    George Michael: We’re not kissing! That’s the point!

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& Lindsay: We’re all just gonna have a more normal arrangement. I’m gonna sleep with my daughter, and you’re gonna sleep with my husband...

& Tobias: Fourteen years of lies... Do you know the last time that I made love to my wife?
    George Michael: No.
    Tobias: I’ll tell you when.
    George Michael: No, don’t.

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The Makeover

Citizen Khan 2×6

& Mr. Khan: You see, the person who represents the mosque must be perfect embodiment of a Muslim man. I got big beard. Nice hat. Classic suit. Tradition never goes out of fashion, Amjad. You young people spend too much time on the Spacebook, Hotmails, watching videos on Boobtube.

& Mr. Khan: Feel my beard. Go on!

& Mr. Khan: Beards are very popular now. Did you know, one in five men in the UK has a beard? In Pakistan, it’s double. Even more if you include the womens.

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& Amjad: Hello? I’ve screwed myself in!

& Mr. Khan: This is just the kind of rubbish I’ve come to expect from you, Dave. It’s not your fault. You gingers are different from us Pakistanis.
    Dave: Surely we’re all the same in God’s eyes, Mr Khan.
    Mr. Khan: He only says that to make you feel better. We all know he has his favourites.

& Mr. Khan: Get off me!
    Dave: It’s a manicure, Mr Khan. Have you never had a manicure?
    Mr. Khan: Have I ever had a man do what?

& Mr. Khan: I love you, my darling. Don’t make your jalebis with another. Let me be your little gulab jamun!

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The Way Way Back

& Susanna: So, let me know if you have any other observations on weather patterns.

& Owen: I’m sorry. I’m developmentally challenged. Like bad. Nightmarey, special episode bad. I’m sorry.

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& Pam: You’re 14. And, I know that means you think you know everything, but... We do things. We do things to protect ourselves. Because we’re... We’re scared.

& Duncan: Don’t die wondering, man.

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The Wedding

Hello Ladies 1×7

& Jessica: What did you think?
    Nicole Mortimer: It’s really rare to get to watch a film while the filmmaker is sitting right there watching you.
    Jessica: Yeah. Right, but is there anything about the piece specifically?
    Nicole: The important thing isn’t what I think about it. It’s how do you feel about it?
    Jessica: I’m really proud of it.
    Nicole: Then it’s a success.
    Jessica: Yeah.

& Stuart: Why are these aliens only ever abducting farmers and people who live in trailer parks? Why do they never abduct, like, the president, or someone interesting, like, you know, Elton John?

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& Stuart: Happy with the 13-year-old single malt?
    Kimberly: Fantastic.
    Stuart: I love 13-year-olds.

& Stuart: What are you up to?
    Jessica: Mm, just stealing some silverware.

& Jessica: You’re too tall to dance with a human woman.
    Stuart: That is why I aim for supermodels.

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Gerontion

Homeland 3×7

& Javadi: What’s your point, Saul? That I’ve been brought down by a girl? By two girls?

& Javadi: She was my wife. She was unfaithful.
    Saul: She was your ex-wife. It was 35 years ago.
    Javadi: In the eyes of God, we’re still married. I should have stoned her to death, but you didn’t give me enough time.

& Saul: It’s the curse of old men to realize that in the end, we control nothing.

& Franklin: We talked about this, the need to wean you of your cold war bullshit.
    Saul: We agreed to disagree.
    Franklin: I don’t see it that way, not when I’m inheriting your mess in ten days.
    Saul: A mess...

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& Dar Adal: An audacious operation.
    Saul: Just the beginning.
Ω Something’s not right.

& Dar Adal: You don’t have to explain yourself, Saul. You are the goddamn Acting Director of the Central Intelligence Agency... For ten more days.

& Quinn: What do they say, confession is good for the soul?
    Carrie: Only you didn’t do it.
    Quinn: I know. But it made me feel better. Wrong crime, right guy, I guess.

& Quinn: I just do not believe anymore.
    Carrie: Believe what?
    Quinn: That anything justifies the damage we do.

& Quinn: Sure, Carrie. Whatever you need.

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The Marchioness

Elementary 2×7

& Sherlock: I often wonder if I should have been born in another time...

& Sherlock: My-my... My senses are unusually— well, one could even say unnaturally— keen. And ours is an era of distraction. It’s, uh, a punishing drumbeat of constant input. This-this cacophony which follows us into our homes and into our beds and seeps into our... into our souls, for want of a better word. For a long time, uh, there was only one poultice for my raw nerve endings, and that was, uh, copious drug use. So in my less productive moments, I’m given to wonder... if I’d just been born when it was a little... quieter out there, would I have even become an addict in the first place? Might I have been more focused?.. A more fully realized person?..
    AA: What, like Ancient Greece?
    Sherlock: You have any idea what passed for dental care in the Hellenic era?! No, no, I’d, um, I’d want some of the wonders of modernity. Just before everything got... amplified.

& Watson: I’m confused. Didn’t you and your brother’s fiancé...
    Sherlock: What? Copulate? Engage in several bouts of vigorous sex? Yes, yes, we did.

& Watson: “Marquess”?
    Sherlock: It’s mid-level nobility. It’s smack between an earl and a duke.

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& Mycroft: I know you and Joan rarely sit down for a meal.
    Sherlock: That’s by design— a lingering dinner, especially in the midst of a case, is an indulgence.
    Mycroft: You think conversation’s an indulgence?
    Sherlock: The meal itself is an indulgence. Conversation is an annoyance within an indulgence...

& Mycroft: I don’t quite believe I’m going to say this to a grown man... Your food’s getting cold.

& Sherlock: Ah, sorry, I can’t do this. There’s just too much tension.
    Watson: What are you talking about? There’s no tension!
    Mycroft: We’re having a nice time.
    Sherlock: You must be joking. Watson carries unease between her shoulder blades. Her trapezius muscles are in knots, and it’s carrying over to her deltoids.
    Watson: My back is fine.
    Sherlock: What happened between you two in London?

& Sherlock: Oh, my God.
    Watson: I was in London— I didn’t know he was gonna come here.
    Sherlock: You had sex with my brother. Willingly?

& Sherlock: Is this going to be an ongoing arrangement? Because, if it is, I’ll need to plan accordingly. ... You haven’t discussed it! Well, get it sorted immediately, would you? It’s the least you could do... Just out of curiosity— was he any good? My brother. Does he have a talent for the act of coitus? ... Mycroft, your thoughts on Watson?

& Watson: Do you think you’re maybe overthinking this?

& Watson: Uh! Why are you poking me with your single stick?
    Sherlock: I’m poking the covers to determine whether or not my brother is in there with you.

& Sherlock: I won’t discuss the holidays, you know.
    Mycroft: That’s fine.
    Sherlock: I’ve no interest in covering our past in a glaze of nostalgia.
    Mycroft: I accept your terms completely... Where does that leave us, then? What would you like to talk about?

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A Bottle of Wine and a Jackhammer

Two and a Half Men 8×2

& Charlie: Damn it. How do you get a guy to leave your house who doesn’t wanna go?
    Berta: Tell him you missed your period and you’re out of pot. Always worked for me.

& Charlie: You’re giving those two morons a vote?
    Alan: It’s too traumatic. Turning their lives upside down.
    Charlie: So? Let them be traumatized. That’s the trouble with kids these days: Not enough trauma.

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& Alan: I know you were looking forward to having the house back to yourself... but it’s just not gonna happen.
    Charlie: Oh, it’s gonna happen. As God is my witness, and by all that’s holy, it’s gonna happen.     Amen. Keep packing.

& Alan: Okay, we’re leaving.
    Charlie: What you say?
    Alan: I said we’re all packed and we’re leaving!
    Charlie: I know. I know. I heard you. I just never get tired of hearing it.

& Alan: But you gotta remember when...
    Charlie: Let me save you some trouble. My past is divided... between things I can’t remember and things I don’t wanna remember. You’re both.

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Misfits 5×3

& Finn: What’s the plan?
    Jess: Well, we ring the doorbell and when she answers the door, we ask her if she knows where Abby is.
    Finn: .... That could work.

& Abby: Everyone, this is Laura. Laura, this is everyone.

& Abby: Hi, I’m Abby, and I’m a lesbian.
    Rudy: Well done!

& Abby: I found out who I am. Guess what. I’m imaginary.

& Rudy: For the love of God, can a ridiculously handsome man not do anything in peace? Eh?

& Rudy: Finn, it’s the oldest trick in the book, you douche! You don’t underst... Come on. Really? You just... You take the finger of the KitKat, you insert it up your anus, you give it to the unsuspecting victim, that’s good times. ... It was a more innocent time, I’ll have you know, when children were allowed to be bloody children. Thank you very much, judgy.

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& Finn: You’ve got it all wrong. I’m not gay... I look gay. But I’m not... It’s probably because I’m petit.

& Finn: Jess? It’s me. I’m at the Community Centre. And there’s a situation. So we’re gonna need your car to move the situation. Call me.

& Rudy: What the...? Finlay, what the fuck? What’ve you done?
    Finn: Nothing.
    Alex: Did you kill the probation worker?
Ω Again? Finally!
    Finn: No. And yes.

& Jess: I found the situation. Where are you?
    Finn: I’m sitting on the situation.
    Jess: What situation are you talking about?
    Finn: The probation worker situation. What situation are you talking about?
    Jess: The Abby situation. What’s the probation worker situation?

& Rudy: We should get his cock out.
    Alex: Any particular reason, or do you just wanna... give it an airing?
    Rudy: For the comedy, innit, you know. It’s always... Come on, for the comedy.
    Alex: .... It works for me.

& Rudy: Hey, listen. Seriously, if you want to use our room, you want to have a talk or just sit on each other’s faces, or talk while you’re sat on each other’s faces... I’ve been known to recite poetry... Should I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and temperate.

& Finn: Women are the fucking mystery. I mean, even their genitalia’s mysterious, what, with all the little different crevices and folds, different compartments, just... You know, sometimes I wonder whether there’s stuff up there they’re just not telling us about.

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The Proton Displacement

The Big Bang Theory 7×7

& Leonard: Hey, Sheldon, let’s go mock the people buying homeopathic medicine— you love that.

& Sheldon: Sheldon Cooper does not cry.
    Howard: It’s true, you’d rust.

& Sheldon: They say don’t meet your heroes. Don’t peek behind that curtain of fame and celebrity, because if you do, you’ll see them as they really are— degenerate carnival folk.

& Sheldon: Look, when it comes to social skills, I’ve mastered the big three. There’s the coy smile... There’s the friendly chuckle... There’s the vocalization of sympathy. ’Aw...’ That last one’s tricky, I’m still working on it.

& Penny: What’s going on with [your mom and dad]?
    Raj: They’re just having a little trouble communicating. My dad says it’s because the sound of my mom’s voice makes him want to tear his ears off and sew them over his eyes so he never has to look at her again.

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& Howard: Look who’s here to put the “Jew” in “Jewelry Night”!
    Bernadette: Oh, sure, so it’s fine when you say it.

& Arthur Jeffries: This is so exciting, I-I feel... like I’m 75 again.

& Arthur: Can-can I ask you a question?
    Leonard: Yeah, sure.
    Arthur: W-Why do you put up with Sheldon?
    Leonard: Oh, uh, you know, because we’re friends.
    Arthur: Why?
    Leonard: Wow, you ask really hard questions.

& Leonard: I-I know he can be aggravating, but what you have to remember is that he’s not doing it on purpose. It’s just how he is. But he’s also loyal and trustworthy and we have fun together...
    Arthur: You... you know you’re describing a dog.
    Leonard: He did bite me once. But in his defense, I came up behind him while he was eating, so...
    Arthur: Yeah, they-they hate that.

& Howard: It was very brave of you to tell me.
    Raj: Thank you. It wasn’t easy.
    Bernadette: They’re gonna have sex before Sheldon and I do, I knew it!

& Sheldon: Arthur. I’m surprised to see you here.
    Arthur: Yeah, me, too. Somewhere around the third floor, I began to see a white light.

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About Last Night

Dexter 3×9

& Dexter: You should trust your instincts on this one.
    Debra: This one of your creepy insights?
    Dexter: Why does it always have to be creepy?

& Dexter: You got rid of her because she got in your way. Whatever happened to serving justice?
    Miguel: Is that really why you do this, Dex? To serve justice? We don’t have to pretend with each other.

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& Dexter: How well can you really know someone? How much do you want to know?

& Dexter: Today, I feel something real.

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Internment

The Walking Dead 4×5

& Hershel: I think we should make some new rules before they get back. I hereby declare we have spaghetti Tuesdays every Wednesday... First we have to find some spaghetti.

& Hershel: It’s hard in here. But we’re holding it together. We’re gonna make it. Don’t you believe that?
    Maggie: .... Of course.
    Hershel: Just hold it together a little longer. Please?

& Rick: I need you to stay here.
    Carl: I will. But, Dad... you can’t keep me from it.
    Rick: From what?
    Carl: From what always happens.
    Rick: Yeah. Maybe. But I think it’s my job to try.

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& Rick: Are you okay?
    Hershel: I talked to him yesterday about Steinbeck... He told me a quote. “A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.”

& Hershel: I still think there’s a plan. I still believe there’s a reason.
    Rick: You think it’s all a test?
    Hershel: Life was always a test, Rick.

& Daryl: He’s a tough son of a bitch.
    Hershel: He is.
    Daryl: You’re a tough son of a bitch.
    Hershel: I am.

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Three Girls and a Guy Named Bud

Two and a Half Men 8×1

& Charlie: For what possible activity would I need my pants off and my shoes on?
    Alan: I don’t know. Chasing a reluctant hooker?
    Charlie: Can’t rule it out.

& Alan: I was with Lyndsey.
    Charlie: Who’s Lyndsey?
    Alan: Eldridge’s mom.
    Charlie: Who’s Eldridge?
    Alan: Jake’s friend. Jake is my son.
    Charlie: I know who Jake is. What I don’t know is where my pants are.

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& Alan: What? What is there to think through? The possibility of my son hosting an orgy?
    Charlie: Now, not to be a stickler... but technically, an orgy requires a minimum of six participants.
    Alan: What?!
    Charlie: It goes masturbation, one on one... threesome, two couples swinging, two couples with a looky-loo, orgy, six.
    Alan: It frightens me that you know that.
    Charlie: Everybody knows that.

& Alan: So when I asked you, why did you lie?
    Jake: It’s usually the simpler path.

& Charlie: Want a beer?
    Alan: You just said you were quitting.
    Charlie: I did and I am. My drinking days are over. See? Beer.

& Judith: I think that’s enough beer, sweetheart. I’ll get Jake...
    Charlie: There you go, pal.
    Herb: Thanks, but you heard her. I’ve had enough.

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The Damage a Man Can Do

Dexter 3×8

& Dexter: It’s said that everything is connected to everything. The butterfly effect. You drop a pebble into a pond and the ripples radiate outwards, touching and affecting everything. Until finally a fish grows arms and legs and crawls out of the water. And picks up a rock and smashes the next two fish over the head. And we have the first serial killer.

& Miguel: You’re clearly not a sports fan, are you?
    Dexter: Not really. I’m more of a National Geographic kinda guy. Sharks, bears, the occasional penguin.

& Dexter: The waffle is a lot like the pancake, only square.

& Quinn: Your brother’s kind of a dweeb, huh?
    Debra: You say anything more about my brother and I will kick your fucking nuts down your throat!
    Quinn: That doesn’t even make any sense.

& Dexter: We also need to make sure that he’s likely to kill again.
    Miguel: Why is that?
    Dexter: It’s just one of the rules.
    Miguel: One of these days I’m gonna make you sit down and write out all these rules for me.

& Dexter: I’m gonna put together a starter kit for you.

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& Dexter: You ever drop a quart of milk?.. Watch it spread over the whole kitchen floor, the mess it makes?
    Miguel: Yeah.
    Dexter: There’s six quarts of blood in the human body. This isn’t gonna be pretty.

& Ellen Wolf: After a pair of empty marriages, I realized... the secret to long life and happiness is... well, chocolate, and flirting with young, hopefully hung, men.
    LaGuerta: Sounds fattening and dangerous.
    Ellen Wolf: Oh, but so fun.

& Dexter: A Dutch farmer sees his crop fail. No money to his name, he takes a job working on a boat. An unseasonably strong wind blows him to Indonesia. He drops a bean into the soil. And voilà, 400 years later... Java. Everything is connected.

& Dexter: She said she didn’t want one.
    Debra: My God, you just get dumber every day. How do you survive in this world? Of course she wants one.
    Dexter: How am I supposed to know that?
    Debra: You’re such a Y-chromosome cliché. Just buy her a beautiful, romantic, “I love you with all of my heart” fucking engagement ring. And Dex... size matters.

& Miguel: How many, Dex?

& Miguel: Poetic.

& Dexter: How do you feel?
    Miguel: Fantastic.

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The Patriot Act

Revolution 2×7

& Cynthia: So what, we’re just supposed to do whatever these Patriots say?
    Aaron: Just calm down.
    Cynthia: Aaron, they are telling us which books we are allowed to teach and which ones we’re not.
    Aaron: I’m not saying don’t get upset. I’m saying calm down.

& Director Truman: First, watch your mouth. Second... I’m sorry, your town? This is Willoughby, USA. Your job is to keep our town healthy, happy, and compliant. That’s all. I mean, unless you’re not a loyal American.

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& Dr. Horn: It’s genius work, doctor. Da Vinci work.
    Rachel: We ruined the world.
    Dr. Horn: Doesn’t make it any less genius.

& Monroe: No, Miles. I’m not all right. I’m hungry.

& Justine: What do you want?
    Neville: Where is the old ball and chain?

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Easy as Pie

Dexter 3×7

& Rita: I need your guest list. And your head count so we can pick a venue and give a budget to the caterer.
    Dexter: Well, there’s Deb and, uh... Deb, that’s it. That’s my list.

& Camilla: Death will be a mercy, Dexter. No more pain, no more chemo. Just... peace. And the best part?.. I’ll get to see Gene.

& Angel: There’s no way your nickname was worse than “Fatista”. Cause “Gianna” just rolls off the...
    Gianna: “Vagianna”.
    Angel: OK, you win. Kids can be cruel.

---

& Camilla: I know your secret, Dexter.

& Dexter: Either way, life was good before him. It’ll be good after.

& Dexter: Am I really a good friend? Miguel thinks so. Rita... Camilla. I wouldn’t know. I don’t have a lot of experience in that area... Maybe with practice.

& Camilla: You finally brought me... the perfect pie.

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Burn, Witch. Burn!

American Horror Story: Coven

3×5

& Fiona: Hold her. She’s your daughter. You have to keep them close so they feel safe.

Ω Chainsaw? Nice.

& Marie Laveau: I don’t know what that was, but they got some real power in that witch house now.

& Fiona: You’re one step up from the men who stand in front of Home Depot.

& Pembroke: You give us no choice... Burn the witch.
    Quentin: Seconded.
    Fiona: The decision of this council... is unanimous and final.

---

& Zoe: This is just a joke, right? We’re not actually burning her.
    Queenie: You don’t mess with a Supreme.

Johnny Winter & Dr. John — A Right Place At The Wrong Time

♪ I was in the right place ♪
♪ But it must’ve been the wrong time ♪
♪ I’d have said the right thing ♪
♪ But I must’ve used the wrong line ♪
♪ I was on the right trip ♪
♪ But it must be the wrong car ♪
♪ Head is in a bad place ♪
♪ And I wonder what it’s good for ♪

& Fiona: Any last words?
    Myrtle Snow: You’re all a bunch of little toads in a pot that Fiona is slowly bringing to a boil. You won’t even feel it until it’s too late. I’d rather burn than boil.

& Queenie: Did I help you frame a guilty woman or an innocent one?..
    Fiona: None of us are innocent. No one.

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Σ It’s all about mothers & daughters.

Mrs Biggs 1×5

& Ronnie: ’My darling wife, my poor sweet love. All the bitterness and anger in the world won’t bring our little Nick back to us. He was a happy chap and he gave us many happy memories. Let us use them. I don’t want to mourn any more because that belongs to the dead. I want to feel joy in my heart whenever my thoughts turn to the little boy we called Handsome Harry, Nickpops and even Sherbie Dab. I don’t believe he has gone anywhere. I know he is part of me and he’s with me with his trains and his Lego and shining morning face. Wherever I go, I’ll always have him with me.’

& Constantine: Hi, I’m Constantine. My friends call me Conti.
    Ronnie: I’m... Ooh, what am I today? Oh, yes. Roy Keynes. How do you do?

& Charmian: Sir, I can’t promise I will graduate. But I can promise I will give you my absolute all... I recently lost my son. He was only ten but already he was showing great promise. And it was my dearest wish that he should go to university to study for the degree that I missed out on. Now that we’ve been granted leave to stay in Australia, I would like to do this for him.

& Ronnie: Where it all began... Well, I suppose you could say it all began with a girl on a train.

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& Ronnie: No more hiding, Charm. We can live as husband and wife again.
    Charmian: ... But what? What’s the catch?

& Ronnie: It isn’t a competition. She’s just helping us out.
    Charmian: It seems to me she’s got designs on becoming the new Mrs Biggs.
    Ronnie: Anyway, it’s not the perfect, but the imperfect, who have need of love.
    Charmian: Don’t you dare quote Oscar Wilde to me.

& Ronnie: Look, Charm, just give it another couple of months, yeah? Then we can all move in together. Raimunda and the baby and you and the boys. What do you think?

& Ronnie: I can’t, love. I need to be free.
    Charmian: Oh, Ron. You’re confusing being free with not being in prison. You really think this is what it’s like to be free?..

& Mr Powell: Told you he was no good.

& Charmian: The future’s full of possibilities. The past will only drag us down.

& Charmian: After all, what am I here? I’m just Mrs Biggs... the train robber’s wife.

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Σ That's all. Twaz good.

White House Down

& President Sawyer: Wake me if civilization ends.

& Cale: So how is your blog coming along?
    Emily: Nobody says “blog” anymore, John.
    Cale: What do you mean, they don’t say “blog”? I just learned “blog.”

& Cale: What do you want me to do? I’ll start at the... I’ll start at the bottom. Just give me a chance.

& Walker: Carol, how are you still awake?
    Finnerty: Caffeine and patriotism, sir.

& Halsey: Who is this man?
    Walker: He is... He’s a concerned citizen.

& Walker: You killed the secretary of defense.
    Stenz: Well, he wasn’t doing a very good job.

& Finnerty: Hello, this is Special Agent Carol Finnerty. To whom am I speaking?
    Tyler: That sounds official. Please hold. Your call’s very important to us.

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& Cale: I got three rounds. Tell me you got some weapons in the residence.
    Sawyer: No, we usually have two agents right there with machine guns... We got some knives in the kitchen.
    Cale: What?
    Sawyer: They’re big knives.
    Cale: Great, then you can make me a sandwich.

& Sawyer: You smoke? Neither do I.

& Sawyer: Get your hands off my Jordans!

& Cale: What the hell are you getting in the back for?
    Sawyer: Sorry, force of habit.

& — I’m not sure using heavy artillery is a wise...
    Sawyer: I don’t give a damn. You get that tank... and you put a hole in the goddamn fence!

& Sawyer: There’s a camera system here in the car. There.
    Cale: What am I doing with zombies?
    Sawyer: It’s my daughter’s favorite movie.

& Finnerty: Your first act as president... is going to be bombing the White House?
    Raphelson: Believe me, I know, I know... But our country is stronger than one house.

& Cale: There’s an air strike coming! Get them out of here.
Go! You heard the man! Tour’s over.

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Shazia's Gym Visit

Citizen Khan 2×5

& Mr. Khan: Gingers going down! Let’s bring back the browns.

& Mr. Khan: We Muslims don’t need to go to the gym. If you pray five times a day, you get plenty exercise. It’s all that bending down, isn’t it?
    Alia: That’s why I’m so slim, Papaji.
    Mr. Khan: Oh, this girl... she’s like a one-woman praying machine.

& Alia: The Wi-Fi’s not working, Papaji.
    Mr. Khan: Oh, come on! That’s the second time this month!
    Alia: You need to complain to the service provider.
    Mr. Khan: Don’t worry. I’m going to... Keith! Keith!
    Keith: Yes?
    Mr. Khan: Have you changed your internet password?
    Keith: Yes, I think so.
    Mr. Khan: Well, bloody well change it back again!

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& Mr. Khan: I need the office. I’m meeting a VIP.
    Dave: What?
    Mr. Khan: It stands for “Very Important Pakistani”.
    Dave: Right, I meant who?

& Mr. Khan: Look, I’ve got nothing against the womens, but they are different to us. We talk about cricket. They talk about hair and shoes. This is what’s so good about the mosque. We keep them separate.

& Mr. Khan: Look, this is the mosque office. You’ve got to tick two boxes to get in here. One — Muslim. Two — mans. You got no tick so far.

& Mr. Khan: It’s probably a little bit different to how the other guy does it. You see, yoga is mainly an Indian invention. What I do is more like... Pakistani yoga. It’s called... “poga”.

& Shazia: What are you doing here? You said you weren’t coming.
Mr. Khan: I wasn’t going to. And then I met this woman, and it all went a bit pear shaped.
    — Pear shaped? How rude!
    Mr. Khan: Not you. You’re more like two mangoes and a celery stick.

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Mrs Biggs 1×4

& Sheree: What is it you said you did for a living?
    Ronnie: Well, I could bullshit you, but the truth is... I’m a carpenter.
    Sheree: Really?
    Ronnie: Nothing wrong with carpenters. I think you’ll find Jesus’s old man was one.

& Charmian: We’ve got to move.

---

& Nicky: Why are they calling Dad by his real name? Will he get arrested?

& Charmian: Well, then, go without us. ... As long as you’re free, we still have some hope we can be together again one day. That’s worth fighting for.

& Charmian: You don’t work the night-shift on minimum wage if you have hidden resources. In the end, we had no money. That’s the laugh of the whole thing.

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Long Beach

Hello Ladies 1×6

& Jessica: Name three American football teams.
    Stuart: Miami Dolphins, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Tigers. Done.
    Jessica: You just named a football team, a basketball team, and a baseball team.
    Stuart: Well, how am I supposed to remember? I mean, every fucking American sports team’s just a bloody city and some arbitrary animal stuck together. Oh, look at me, I’m a fan of the Chicago Squids. What does it even mean?

& Lopez: Give us your wallet or lick my fucking balls!
    Stuart: Sir, if I lick your balls, can I definitely keep my wallet, please?

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& Jessica: Romance is not dead...
    Glenn: Man, I been thinking about sucking your tits all day.

& Stuart: We can’t just walk out and say nothing!
    D-boy: Yes, we can. Come on.
    — ’Sup? What were you guys doing in there?
    D-boy: Nothing.
    Stuart: I was sucking his cock. ... What... what he said.

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This Is Not Gonna End Well

Two and a Half Men 7×22

& Jake: Man, I love German cars...
    Charlie: If you keep your nose clean and work hard... someday you’ll be able to park them for a living.

& Alan: You know I was just trying to show concern for my son.
    Charlie: I do. And you know I was just trying to cause... severe nerve damage to your shoulder.
    Alan: I do. You know, we should maybe come up with some safe word... like “pumpernickel.”
    Charlie: Sure, whatever.

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& Charlie: Alan?
    Alan: Yeah?
    Charlie: You need teeth to say “pumpernickel.”

& Alan: You ever think about your dad and Ed having sex?..

& Jake: “Happy birthday, thinking of you.”
    Charlie: What’s wrong with it?
    Jake: It’s, what do you call it? Redumbnent.
    Charlie: “Redumbnent”?
    Jake: Yeah. You got her a present and you got her a birthday card. You’re obviously thinking of her. Saying you’re thinking of her is redumbnent.
    Charlie: So if you act like a moron, saying you’re a moron would be redumbnent.
    Jake: Now you’re getting it.

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Misfits 5×2

& Alex: So, what did she look like?
    Rudy: Right, well, try to imagine, if an orang-utan and a bulldog, they spawned a child, yeah? Now try and imagine, that bloody child grows up and impregnates a pig. Eurgh. This pig-dog-monkey hybrid thing would be a thing of beauty in comparison.

& Jess: If she was so hideously ugly, why did you have sex with her?
    Rudy: Really? Do you know, this... this is just... this is the problem, isn’t it, when you’re having sex with ugly birds? You’re damned if you do, and you’re damned if you don’t.

& Rudy: I think I’m going to cry.

& Abby: I’m going to think about this while I change my tampon.

& Rudy: I can’t do this. I can’t do it on my own. I’m not... I’m not mature enough. You know what? I might have a big lush pubic bush, but that does not maketh me a man.

& Mum: Well, there was all that trouble with the Boy Scouts.
    Rudy: Fucking hell! That was an experimental stage, weren’t it? No-one judged Isaac Newton when he were friggin’ wanking on apples, did they?
    Mum: Yeah, well, apples aren’t the same as 12-year-old boys.
    Rudy: Yeah, maybe not to you, Mum. And maybe that’s why you never discovered the fucking... the laws of gravity.

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& Dad: So, if, er... you’re not gay, what did you want to talk to us about, son?

& Abby: I keep asking girls in the bar if it’s theirs, and none of them are her.
    Alex: She’s like Cinderella...
    Abby: This Cinderella, did you shag her?
    Alex: What? No! Cinderella, like in the fairy tale... Pumpkin... Fairy godmother... She had a glass slipper.

& Finn: See, I wish Jess was here, cos girls can intervene in this kind of thing without getting their heads kicked in.

& Alex: Where’s the kid?
    Finn: See, this is why you shouldn’t help people out. Not so much as a... a “Thanks, here’s a 20, have a few drinks on me.” Just... ungrateful little shit. Stepping up like that, though, that... that was kind of superhero.

& Abby: Can I get you a drink?
    Laura: Oh... It’s OK.
    Abby: I’m not going to drug you and take you to my basement and rape you with a massive strap-on... I live in a flat, and it doesn’t have a basement.

& Mum: Rudy? Don’t be so rude!

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Still Positive

Homeland 3×6

& Mira: His name is Alain Bernard. He didn’t stay the night, if that’s what you’re wondering.
    Saul: How un-French of him.

& Carrie: Tell your men that your plan to recruit me as an asset has worked. Then I’ll take you to Saul.
    Javadi: Now?
    Carrie: You can finish your cigarette.

& Dar Adal: How can I be of service, Senator?
    Lockhart: My confirmation hearing is in 12 days. I don’t want any surprises on my first day as director.
No skeletons, no unfinished business, no more Sergeant Brodys, no Carrie Mathisons.
    Dar Adal: God forbid.

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& Saul: By being late, he’s making a point.
    Quinn: Which is?
    Saul: You may have me over a barrel, but I’ll never be your bitch.

& Fara: He’s cruising a residential area. Small streets. Lots of trees.
    Saul: Run a check to see what, if any, Iranian Americans live in the area.
    Fara: Racial profiling by neighborhood?
    Quinn: FBI calls it domain management. I’ll check their database.

& Quinn: This is just the fucking beginning.

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Indifference

The Walking Dead 4×4

& Lizzy: I think a lot of people are going to die. It’s what always happens. Makes me sad, but... at least they get to come back.
    Carol: Lizzy, when they come back, they aren’t— people aren’t who they were.
    Lizzy: Yeah, but they’re something. They’re someone. I’m little now. If I don’t die, I’ll get big. I’ll be me, but I’ll be different. It’s how it is.

& Lizzy: I’m not afraid to kill. I’m just afraid.
    Carol: You can’t be.
    Lizzy: How?
    Carol: You fight it... And fight it. You don’t give up. And then one day, you just change. We all change.

& Rick: The “skin-eaters”? We call them walkers.

---

& Michonne: Anger makes you stupid. Stupid gets you killed.

& Carol: I killed two people and you haven’t said a word about it.
    Rick: What do you want me to say?
    Carol: It’s not about what you say. It’s about facing reality. It always comes for us and over and over again we face it so that we can live.
    Rick: So that we can live.
    Carol: That’s right. That’s what it always comes down to.

& Carol: You can be a farmer, Rick. You can’t just be a farmer.

& Rick: You’re not that woman who was too scared to be alone, not anymore. You’re gonna start over, find others, people who don’t know, and you’re gonna survive out here. You will.

♪ Everything changes ♪
♪ I don’t want mine ♪
♪ this time ♪
♪ Everything changes ♪

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Σ Bye-bye, Carol?

An Unnatural Arrangement

Elementary 2×6

& Sherlock: I present to you the human condition in all its sordid glory.
    Watson: It’s a bunch of guys in a cell. We have a finite number of Friday nights in our lives. Why are we spending one of them here?
    Sherlock: Because it’s Friday night. This is when the holding cells are at their busiest.

& Watson: Sherlock and I would be happy to take a look.
    Basken: I said hi to that guy once, and, uh, h-he said that I interrupted his train of thought. He, uh, called me a bell-end...

& Watson: Did you know that Captain Gregson turned down a promotion that would have made him the youngest detective in the NYPD?..
    Sherlock: He is also, judging by his e-mails, surprisingly tolerant of forwarded videos of mischievous kittens.

& Sherlock: Quite frankly, I’m surprised it’s taken this long for the captain’s marriage to buckle. He’s an excellent detective.
    Watson: What does that have to do with it?
    Sherlock: Well, as you know, detection is a calling, not a job. Hardly leaves one with time left over to sustain the elaborate ruse of marriage.
    Watson: Because, of course, you think marriage is an elaborate ruse.
    Sherlock: There are other ways to describe it. An unnatural arrangement which forces its participants into an unhealthy monogamy. An accretion of petty fights and resentful compromises which, like Chinese water torture, slowly transforms both parties into howling, neurotic versions of their former selves.

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& Bell: I know, not what we hoped for, but I got a detail together, and Holmes and Watson are off running down some Holmes-and-Watson thing, so...

& Sherlock: Oh, yes. That Basken. I refer to most of the detectives here as “not Bell.”

& Watson: I didn’t ask you to look into it!
    Sherlock: Nor did you ask me not to.
    Watson: No, I...
    Sherlock: We live together, we work together, Watson. When it comes to cases, there is no “his” or “hers”; there is partnership. I assist you, you assist me. What matters is the result. Or do you disagree?

& Gregson: It’s... it’s probably too late. She and I... talked. I don’t think it’s gonna work out.
    Sherlock: .... If you should need someone to talk to, then, please know I’ll, uh... I’ll make Watson available to you.

& Sherlock: How did we think to look for him, you ask? Well, you have your femi-Nazi hound to thank for that.

& Sherlock: You should know, Captain, I usually cheer the end of any marriage. As an institution, I think it’s outlasted its usefulness by quite a large... margin.
    Gregson: Huh.
    Sherlock: And yet I’ve come to appreciate the premise of partnership. It’s far more intricate than I had previously imagined. The very smallest gesture can speak volumes.
    Gregson: You’re telling me not to give up?
    Sherlock: I’m telling you, you should never have entered into the charade that is wedded matrimony... You had a partner. Perhaps you still do...

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Dead Man Walking

Revolution 2×6

& Aaron: Thank you for a truly horrific evening.

& Monroe: Told you it would work. You wanted a war... you got one.

& Monroe: You know, I was thinking... I really hate the son of a bitch, but you know who’d be handy against these guys?.. Tom Neville.
Ω Hell, yeah.

& Justine: That’s what the cadets are, at this point. Patriot special ops... this is their boot camp.
    Neville: More like Hitler youth on meth.
    Justine: That too.
    Neville: What kind of crazy-ass game are you people running?

Ω Monroe can’t just go away.

& Bonnie Webster: Human Torch... It’s your comic. What’s it about?
    Aaron: Um, it’s about this guy who can... torch things.

& Bonnie: I’m a writer, Aaron. The truth isn’t my business. My job is to make heroes and villains.

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& Monroe: You gotta stop thinking so hard. You’re gonna stain your pants.

& Miles: Jailbreak’s one thing, Charlie, but bank job? No. No way.

& Charlie: If you really cared about me, then you would’ve asked me just once how I’ve been this whole time. {...} But you don’t want to hear ..., do you? That’s the thing. You don’t listen. Never have. Because you’re smarter than everybody else. And you’re always right. Even when you’re dead wrong.

& Monroe: Isn’t Texas adorable? Lethal injection? They should just put a bullet in my head, save the drama.

Ω Rachel makes an injection? Ha! I knew, there’s an exit.

& Monroe: We did what you wanted. We gutted the other camp. {...}
    Miles: Any casualties?
    Monroe: You mean any survivors?
    Miles: Who asked you to kill anybody?
    Monroe: Who asks for anything, Miles? Bad things... they just happen.

Ω Monroe’s dead. Long live to Monroe?

& Neville: Hey... You recognize me?
    Jason: Yes, sir! That’s why I’m gonna rip your lungs out.

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Σ They’re not bad after all in Season 2. Same problems with time and continuum as in Season 1, but a plot screenplay and dialogues significantly improved.

Gumby with a Pokey

Two and a Half Men 7×21

& Alan: Oh, hey, you wanna drive up and get it with me?
    Charlie: Let’s see, do I wanna drive six hours to Sacramento... to pick up a dead guy’s clock?
    Alan: With me.
    Charlie: Don’t take this the wrong way... but I would rather get a maple-syrup enema... and then sit on an anthill.

& Charlie: I’ve actually compiled a list of things I’d rather do... than spend long periods of time with you in an enclosed space. You wanna hear some more?
    Alan: No.
    Charlie: You sure? I got a beauty that involves hemorrhoids, a bottle-brush and sea salt...

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& Alan: My life isn’t over, you know.
    Jake: Okay.
    Alan: What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.
    Jake: Well, then you must be, like, the Hulk.

& Charlie: What do you think?
    Berta: I’ve rolled better joints on the back of a motorcycle... while digging a bullet out of my boyfriend’s shoulder.

& Jake: So when you sell it, what are you gonna do with the cash?
    Alan: Uh, I’m not sure. I might buy a new car. I might pay your Uncle Charlie some of what I owe him. Uh, I might put it in your college fund...
    Jake: So, what kind of car are you gonna get?

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Running Mans

The Wrong Mans 1×6

& Sam: Phil, give me your phone... They can trace it.
    Phil: I only got it two weeks ago.
    Sam: Phil!.. Phil, come on...
    Phil: I don’t want to go back to a Nokia! Please!

& Paul: Oh, come on! You know how it works! They spy on us, we spy on them. Nothing actually happens. I just got played by both sides.

& Phil: Or you can let Sam go... cos it’s over. We won. And you lost... bitch.

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& Phil: You took a bullet for me!
    Sam: That’s what friends do.
    Phil: I’m wearing a bulletproof vest.
    Sam: I wish you’d told me that before.

& — Best friends!
    Phil: Oh, you’ve got to explode it! If you don’t explode it, it doesn’t mean anything! We’ve already been through this. You go in... and then we go, “Boom”... We go in and then you go, “Boom.” OK?
    Sam: All right.
    Phil: In and, “Boom.”
    Sam: All right. Best friends.
    Phil: .... Boom.

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Σ WTF? Definitely, not finale. Season 2 on a horizon? Or an episode 7?

Pool Party

Hello Ladies 1×5

& Jessica: Well, technically, this is not the hills. You should put “the base of the hills.”
    Stuart: This is the hills, all right? You can see the H of the Hollywood sign from here.
    Jessica: Yeah, if you stand on the roof.

& Jessica: No, I’m not gonna invite a bunch of my girlfriends over just so you can hit on them.
    Stuart: That’s not what it’s about. You can invite your dude friends, if you want, as long as they are hip and trendy.
    Rory: Ethnic would be great, too, ’cause I feel like we need more diversity.

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& Jessica: Haven’t you ever felt the need to help someone less fortunate than you?
    Stuart: Yes, it’s why I let you live in my guesthouse.

& Stuart: I actually make my money owning and operating a successful web design business.
    Rory: Oh, hey, mention that we’re making big strides in CSS framework integration.

& Wade: You know, but a party takes so much organization.
    Stuart: Don’t worry about it. I got my best man on it.
    Rory: I got it. I’ve been reading a lot of books on parties. And I got a spreadsheet.

& Heaven: Fuck you, fucking googly-eyed beanpole cunt.
    Stuart: What?!
    Jessica: Drugs.

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Орсон Скотт Кард — Тень Эндера (2/2)

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&  — Тут вот ведь в чем дело: мы в любой ситуации находим надежду, мы приспосабливаемся к чему угодно.
     — Вот почему я никогда не могла понять самоубийц. Даже страдающих от депрессии или сознания собственной вины... На мой взгляд, самоубийство никогда не вызывается желанием прервать жизнь. ... Это единственный способ для бессильного человека заставить всех остальных людей отвернуться в сторону, чтобы не видеть его позора. Он жаждет не смерти, он жаждет укрытия.

&  Командиры, правящие с помощью страха и принимающие решения единолично, рано или поздно терпят сокрушительные поражения.

&  Как сказал Наполеон, единственная вещь, которая в действительности контролируется военачальником, — это его собственная армия: ее мораль, обучение, надежность, инициативность, управление, и в меньшей степени — снабжение, кадры, средства транспортировки, лояльность, отвага солдат. Что будет делать неприятель, на чьей стороне окажется удача, — эти факторы могут повергнуть в прах любые планы. Но командующий должен уметь изменить свои планы, причем сделать это мгновенно в случае, если появятся препятствия или откроется какая-то новая возможность.
     Если его армия не готова и не повинуется его воле, тогда все его военное искусство обречено на неудачу.

&  Вообще лесть редко не срабатывает, а если она искренняя, то она доходит до сердца всегда.

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&  Никто из нас не собирается ждать, когда же будет нанесен смертельный удар. Потому что — и это самое главное — нам плевать на спортивный дух и справедливость. Мы солдаты. А солдаты не дают равных шансов врагу из соображений спортивности. Солдаты стреляют в спину, они ставят ловушки и организуют засады. Они врут врагам и скопом набрасываются на одного, если такая возможность возникает.

&  Поражение — учитель более суровый и умный, чем победа.

&  Нельзя вычеркивать невозможное, потому что неизвестно, какие именно наши предположения о том, что возможно в глубинах вселенной, окажутся совершеннейшей чушью.

&  — Мы все полетим вверх тормашками.
     — А что такое "тормашки"? Что-то вроде задницы?
     — Никто не знает. Даже офицер — он учился так давно, что уже успел все позабыть. Даже таблицу умножения.

&  — Ты думал, что если запустить снежный ком по склону, то он обязательно покатится туда, куда ты хотел? Ты умен, но наивен, Боб. Дай пинок вселенной и гадай, как лягут костяшки домино, и всегда окажется, что некоторые костяшки лягут совсем не так, как ожидалось.

&  — Если вы позволите им победить, в живых не останется ни одного политика.
     — Русские перестали быть плохими парнями еще в двадцатом веке.
     — Те, кто творит злые дела, — всегда остаются плохими парнями.

&  Тот, кто по-настоящему гуманен, никогда не согласится с понятием "приемлемости потерь". Приемлемость выгрызает им души.

&  Иногда людям необходимо говорить правду или просто просить их сделать то-то и то-то, а не хитростью заманивать их в ловушки.

&  Если и существует в истории военной науки хоть один верный вывод, то он таков: иногда случается, что одна из воюющих сторон так могуча и непобедима, что единственным приемлемым решением для другой стороны является упорядоченное, но немедленное отступление, дабы сохранить силы для будущих сражений. ...
     Когда у вас есть только один парень с лопатой, нечего и думать строить плотину, которая защитит вашу землю от наступления океана.

&  — А русский язык выучить трудно?
     — Это у тебя сходит за юмор?
     — Нет, это просто такой вопрос.

  ... — Я ж тебе говорил, что они у нас клевые родители.”

Тень Гегемона (Сага теней—2)

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

& Jocelyn: Jesus!
    Simon: Nope. Just me.

& Clary: I don’t even know why I’m talking to you. You’re a killer. A cold-blooded killer.
    Jace: As opposed to a peace-loving killer?

& Clary: What the hell was that?
    Jace: You wouldn’t believe me if I told you.
    Clary: Try me.
    Jace: It was a demon.
    Clary: You’re right. I don’t believe you.

& Jace: Jace Wayland. Demon hunter.
    Simon: Simon Lewis. Keymaster. Are you the Gatekeeper?
    Jace: I have no idea what you’re talking about.

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& Hodge: There’s only one thing you need to know. The stories you were told as a little girl... about monsters and nightmares... legends whispered around campfires... they’re all true.

& Simon: So how do you kill a zombie?
    Isabelle: We don’t.
    Simon: Of course. They’re already dead.
    Isabelle: No. They don’t exist.

& Hodge: ...a war against evil... a war that can never be won... but must always be fought.

& Clary: So Bach is to demons... what garlic is to vampires.
    Jace: Kind of. I mean, you can run out of garlic. You can’t really run out of music.

& Valentine: It’s all a matter of perception. You see? Now you’re Morgenstern.

& Clary: Go ahead. You can hang your head out the window if you need to.
    Alaric: I’m a Werewolf, not a Golden Retriever!

& Simon: The werewolves are here to save us... Never thought I’d say that.

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Орсон Скотт Кард — Тень Эндера

Эндер Виггинс — 6

См. Игра Эндера (Эндер Виггинс—1)

Сага теней — 1

  “— Вы полагаете, что у вас уже есть тот, кто вам нужен, и потому мою программу можно прикрыть? ...

&  Камнем можно расколоть любую голову.

&  Если назревает война, надо быть к ней готовыми.

&  В первый раз с ног можно сбить любого, так как никто не ждет, что его собьют.

&  Она все еще выжидала. Гордость может выдать на-гора больше, если ей дать побольше времени.

&  Разве слово "цивилизованный" и не означает ... умение ждать, чтобы получить то, что тебе нужно?

&  Выжить — это еще не все. И так было всегда. Где-то, еще глубже, чем страстное желание насытить физический голод, лежало желание порядка, желание знать, как и что организовано, желание понять, как устроен мир, в котором он живет.

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&  Боб встал, обошел стол и, подойдя к сестре Карлотте, обхватил ее обеими руками. Она схватила его, посадила на колени и крепко прижала к себе. Ее слезы падали прямо на макушку Боба, и он очень надеялся, что из носа у нее не течет. Боб прижимался к ней, пока она удерживала его, а когда она разжала руки, он тоже отпустил ее. Это было именно то, что ей нужно от него, — единственная плата, которую она взяла у Боба за все это время. За все ужины, все обеды, все уроки, книги, знания, языки, за все его будущее он заплатил ей, приняв участие в игре "Давай притворимся, что..."

&  В самом деле — велика ли честь стать самой свирепой собакой в стае дворняжек?

&  — Идешь?
     Боб не ответил. А что говорить-то? Он ведь стоит. На глупый вопрос лучше вообще не отвечать.

&  И вообще, не надо давать своим эмоциям брать верх. Эмоциональность отнюдь не помощь в выживании. Важно другое: как можно больше узнать, проанализировать ситуацию, выработать на этой основе линию поведения, а затем решительно приступить к делу. Узнавай, думай, выбирай, делай. А места для "чувствуй" тут нет. Нет, чувства-то у Боба, конечно, есть.
     Но он просто отказывался думать о них, полагаться на них или позволять им влиять на его решения, когда на кону стояли большие ставки.

&  Ты просто живешь в том месте, где оказался, вот и все.
     Ты не думаешь больше о том месте, где жил раньше, или о том, где хотел бы жить. Здесь — это там, где ты есть, где ты должен найти путь к выживанию. Эту задачу не решишь, валяясь в постели и хныкая.

&  Те, кто жаждет, обязательно всегда хотят доказывать свое право.
     Взгляните на Наполеона. Взгляните на Гитлера. Они были необычайно решительны вначале, а потому и в дальнейшем им приходилось снова и снова доказывать свою решительность, хотя по ситуации следовало бы быть осторожнее или даже отступить. Паттон, Цезарь, Александр — все необычайно решительны и ни один так и не добился поставленной цели.

&  Невнимательность превращает в шутов даже самых лучших из нас.

&  Вообще не так уж много людей ненавидят друг друга. Зато у тех, которые преисполнены жадностью или ненавистью, гордыней или страхом, чувства столь сильны, что вполне могут ввергнуть человечество в войну.

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