Post brief quotes from fiction/narrative/whatever

[Jizzelbin]

"Good golly miss Molly, she sure like to ball!"

— Little Dick Penniman

[Elendil's Heir]

Devlin: "A man doesn't tell a woman what to do. She tells herself."

Notorious

[Jizzelbin]

"Robertson: 'He [Ronnie Hawkins] called me up and I said 'Sure, I'd like a job, what does it mean, what do I do? He said 'Well, son, you won't make much money, but you'll get more pussy than Frank Sinatra.''"

— interview in The Last Waltz

[Elendil's Heir]

Alicia: "There's nothing like a love song to give you a good laugh."

Notorious

[Jizzelbin]

"I still ask, ‘Where is the server?’ How come they never got the server? Where is the server? I want to see the server. Let’s see what’s on the server.'”

— Cicero, reported speech in his second Catiline accusatory oration.

[Elendil's Heir]

Madame Sebastian: "We are protected by the enormity of your stupidity, for a time."

Notorious

[Jizzelbin]

"In February [2019], for example, Google debuted a method for encrypting most low-end Android devices regardless of how piddly their processors are."

— L. H. Newman, "The Debate Over How to Encrypt the Internet of Things," Wired 23-Nov-2019

[Elendil's Heir]

Devlin: "I knew her before you, loved her before you, only I'm not as lucky as you."

Notorious

[Jizzelbin]

"If the user prefer older methods to use his desktop, then GNOME is not an option. With the hot corners as well as the no minimize button, plus the other application layout method, it’ll take the most newcomers getting easily used to it." — a remarkable phrase I happened upon for a reason that is unknown to me, and whose provenance I shall not name, because it's too absurd to deserve credit.

[Elendil's Heir]

Alicia: "You're sore because you've fallen for a little drunk you tamed in Miami and you don't like it. It makes you sick all over, doesn't it? People will laugh at you, the invincible Devlin, in love with someone who isn't worth even wasting the words on."

Notorious

[Jizzelbin]

"Buffy: You just say: 'Hey, I got a thing, you maybe got a thing, maybe we could have a thing.
Rupert: Well, thank you, Cyrano.
Buffy: I'm not finished. Then you say, 'How do you feel about Mexican?'
Rupert: About Mexicans?
Buffy: Mexican. Food. You take her for food, for which you then pay."

— Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Season 2, Episode 2, "Some Assembly Required"

[Elendil's Heir]

Madame Sebastian: "Wouldn't it be a little too much if we both grinned at her like idiots?"

Notorious

[Jizzelbin]

"Xander: On a scale of one to ten? It sucked. Well, I guess it could be worse: I could have gangrene on my face."

— Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1, Episode 12, "Prophecy Girl"

[Elendil's Heir]

Alicia: "Dev, is that you? I'm glad you're late. This chicken took longer than I expected. I hope it isn't done too much. It caught fire once."

Notorious