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{{quote|Wednesday looked at him with amusement and something else--irritation perhaps. Or pride. "Why don't you argue?" asked Wednesday. "Why don't you exclaim that it's all impossible? Why the hell do you just do what I say and take it all so fucking calmly?"
"Because you're not paying me to ask questions," said Shadow. And then he said, realizing the truth as the words came out of his mouth, "Anyway, nothing's really surprised me since Laura."
"Since {{spoiler|she came back from the dead}}?"
"Since {{spoiler|I learned she was screwing Robbie}}. That one hurt. Everything else just sits on the surface."
|''[[American Gods]]''}}
{{quote|''"Lay off would ya'? I'm as normal as they come and this is a contest of freaks. What do you want me to do, fire my slingshot at him?"''
|'''Maes Hughes''', ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''}}
{{quote|"Arthur had not been voted 'Most suitable to represent the human race.' In fact, he had been voted 'Most likely to end up living in a hole somewhere in the Eastend Downs with only the chip on his shoulder for company'."
|''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/And Another Thing|And Another Thing]]''}}
{{quote|I liked the idea of a pragmatic, unflappable, down-to-earth working class sort encountering all kinds of bizarre magical events and creatures, none of which seem to cause any fear or astonishment because his no-nonsense north of England attitude is ingrained in him to the very bone.
|'''Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw''' describing Derek Badger, the protagonist of his video game ''[[Poacher (video game)|Poacher]]''}}
{{quote|'''Doctor:''' Rory, take Hitler and put him in that cupboard over there. Now, do it!
'''Rory:''' (deadpan) Right. Putting Hitler in the cupboard. [[Alice in Wonderland|Cupboard, Hitler. Hitler, cupboard. C'mon.
|''[[Doctor Who]]''}}
{{quote|'''Pandora''': (looking down with mild surprise) An ancient being of tremendous power appears floating in your room, and you chastise her for turning on the lights too fast?
'''Sarah''': I react to paranormal stuff in one of two ways: curiosity or sass. You hurt my eyes. You get sass.
'''Pandora''': (grinning) ''Oh'' yes. I made the right [[Super Empowering|decision]] with ''you''.
| ''[[El Goonish Shive]]: Newspaper'' [http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp.php?id=288 page #288] }}
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