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"Don't worry. A violent death is the last thing that'll happen to you."

Lawyer: Can you describe your job?
Veronica: Yes.
Lawyer: How would you describe your job?
Veronica: Cleverly.

Jacob: Hey, Elspeth. Does that look like lunch to you? [points at a restaurant]
Elspeth: That looks like a building to me, but it probably contains something that looks like lunch.

"Titania has already laid down the law. We've obeyed it. Not our fault if what she decreed was not what she wanted."
Lily, The Dresden Files: Proven Guilty

Voice of the Bug: Place... projectile weapon... on the ground.
Edgar: You can have my gun (cocks it) when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.
Bug: Your proposal is acceptable.

Batman: Let her go.
The Joker: Very poor choice of words.
drops Rachel Dawes out of a window

Mapleshade: Remember your promise? Remember the exact words? You vow to put your clan above everything else you want? Your mother, father, mate, kits, and leader! From that one promise, I could take everything precious to you!

"The Emperor wants the thaumaturge alive; everyone else can die," Berne said simply.

This particular instruction had been carefully planned; he had to be able to say truthfully to Ma'elKoth that he didn't order a massacre.

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