Could You Repeat That? 187
Stargate SG-1: Survival of the Fittest, Sabine C Bauer
"Daniel Jackson. What are you doing?" Teal'c used the exquisitely cautious tones of someone dealing with a raving lunatic.
Stargate SG-1: Alliances, Karen Miller
Daniel radiated concern the way Chernobyl radiated...all right, radiation. You could toast marshmallows on the warmth of his regard.
Stargate SG-1: Roswell, Sonny Whitelaw & Jennifer Fallon
"Ten blocks," Daniel whispered in her ear, which was both informative and a rather pleasant sensation. She should make Daniel whisper vital information into her ear more often.
Star Wars: A New Dawn, John Jackson Miller
"But seeing and doing nothing isn't the worst thing," Hera had said. "The worst thing is to see and not care."
Spindle's End, Robin McKinley
"Magic can't do everything."
Right, thought Rosie. It can only kill you or ruin your life or destroy everything that means anything to you. Fine.
Summer Knight, Jim Butcher
"I have never meant you lasting ill."
I scowled at her. "You tried to turn me into one of your hounds and keep me in a kennel, Godmother."
"You'd have been perfectly safe there," she pointed out.
Star Wars: Ahsoka, EK Johnston
She wasn't looking for a family, but Master Yoda had taught her that sometimes you found things you weren't expecting, and it only made sense to use them when you did.
This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Have you ever had a hunger that whetted itself on what you fed it, sharpened so keen and bright that it might split you open, break a new thing out?
Sometimes I think that's what I have instead of friends.
Sleeping Beauty: The One Who Took a Really Long Nap, Wendy Mass
It was hard to keep help at the castle, because the staff would quite often disappear under mysterious circumstances.
The City in the Middle of the Night, Charlie Jane Anders
"I don't deserve a friend like you," Mouth said.
She laughed. "Nah. It's more like, I'd be a shitty friend if I gave you what you deserved."
Star Wars: Razor's Edge, Martha Wells
"And she told the captain she would put a bounty on us."
"She can't if she's dead," Leia said.
Everyone stared at her. Han knew moments like this were why he found Leia Organa so attractive, and tried not to show it.
Rapunzel's Revenge, Shannon and Dean Hale
JACK: Give it here! That's my lucky bean.
RAPUNZEL: You've got a lucky bean?
JACK: You've got twenty feet of hair?
Stargate SG-1: Relativity, James Swallow
Here and now, with nothing to hand more lethal than his bootlaces and some sarcasm, Jack had to admit he was feeling somewhat vulnerable.
Star Wars: Aftermath: Life Debt, Chuck Wendig
"I want soldiers who hate what they had to do and fear having to do it again."
"And if that means we lose the war?"
"Then we lose the war by keeping ourselves."
Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Lost Stars, Claudia Gray
"If there's any chance that the good in the Empire can outweigh the bad, then it's our duty to preserve it."
"The Empire's rotten to the core. It's our duty to destroy it."
Stargate SG-1: The Barque of Heaven, Suzanne Wood
"O'Neill. I regret to inform you that I will be unable to complete the mission. I believe I am dying," Teal'c said matter-of-factly.
Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel, Megan Morrison
"How is your frog?"
The question gratified Rapunzel, but not quite enough.
Vanishing Point, Marcia Muller
"I've got a naturally suspicious mind. That doesn't mean I have to like my theories."
Stargate SG-1: Do No Harm, Karen Miller
Daniel thought louder than any man alive.
A Court of Silver Flames, Sarah J Maas
Gwyn whispered, "I am the rock against which the surf crashes." Nesta straightened at the words, as if they were a prayer and a summons. Gwyn lifted the blade. "Nothing can break me."
The Light Brigade, Kameron Hurley
They aren't capable of building something new. To build something new is to admit that the lives they lead aren't what they believed. And to lose that belief...threatens their sense of themselves.
Star Wars: Queen's Peril, EK Johnston
"The Jedi are fine, but I like it better when we're manipulating people," Rabe said.
The Plague, Albert Camus
In the memories of those who lived through them, the grim days of plague do not stand out like vivid flames, ravenous and inextinguishable, beaconing a troubled sky, but rather like the slow, deliberate progress of some monstrous thing crushing out all upon its path.
Stargate SG-1: Hydra, Holly Scott
"In my experience, gods are less impressive when personally encountered."
A Minor Mage, T Kingfisher
He knew farmers, he'd grown up with them, and they felt about the land the way wizards felt about their familiars. It was the land that told them what they were.
Murder in the Bastille, Cara Black
"You two don't give up, do you?"
"That's rhetorical n'est-ce pas?" said Rene. "In fact, we become vicious."
Silver in the Wood, Emily Tesh
When he looked up he found it was pitchy dark. Time had softened around him the way it so often did. Maybe that was the wood's version of pity.
Star Wars: Shadow Fall, Alexander Freed
Then a new thunderclap hit the battlefield. Wyl looked up and laughed like a man drenched in rain as a shadow passed over the stars.
Stargate SG-1: Valhalla, Tim Waggoner
"The trees are interesting," Daniel said.
"If by interesting you mean not interesting, then I agree," said O'Neill.
Zel, Donna Jo Napoli
Zel feels mystery enter her body, as though she harbors secrets even she cannot be allowed to know.
The Other Lady Vanishes, Amanda Quick
"Maybe a dose of naivete is the price you pay to be a good, decent person," Jake said. "Seems like the only alternative is to become cynical like me. I can't really recommend it."
Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising, Timothy Zahn
"The first thing Yiv will probably assume is that we'll try to steal a ship."
"Indeed he will," Thrawn agreed.
"So where are we going?"
Thrawn leaned forward, giving her a smile around the edge of his dripping hood. "To the spaceport," he said. "To steal a ship."
Stargate SG-1: The Power Behind the Throne, Steven Savile
He was not looking for power, he was looking for freedom. They were not guilts he harbored; they were angers that simmered barely in check.
Renegades, Marissa Meyer
"The pain will be tolerable," he said, in what was perhaps meant to be comforting.
Redesigning Composition for Multilingual Realities, Jay Jordan
...the shadowy figure of the native speaker--especially of English--has persisted in foreign language pedagogy to the present day.
Stargate SG-1: Four Dragons, Diana Dru Botsford
If the thing hit her, she’d be good as dead. As far Jack was concerned, he would be, too.
Star Wars: Dooku: Jedi Lost, Cavan Scott
QUI-GON: And? Sometimes to win you must lose.
KY-NAREC: Exactly. (BEAT) I think.
GRETZ: Please don't pretend you know what that means.
The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards
Years from now Norah would remember this evening, the gloomy disappointment and Bree bearing shimmering tokens from another world; her shiny boots, her earrings, her energy like a kind of light. How beautiful these things were to Norah, and how remote, how unreachable.
Stargate SG-1: Sunrise, Frances J Crane
It was somewhat surreal, sitting in this secret underground chamber, surrounded by user manuals for long-lost technology, watching Sorcha dial a phone number with the same reverence Sam had seen in the eyes of Jaffa kneeling before their false gods.
Ariadne, Jennifer Saint
Dionysus was a god and gods did not have to suffer the indignities of grief. I knew well enough from all the stories that when a god mourned, someone else would suffer.
Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan, Claudia Gray
Apparently, every once in a while, leadership meant abandoning decorum and yelling as loud as you could.
Stargate SG-1: Transitions, Sabine C Bauer
Alongside metal shrapnel, ancient soda cans, and one US Air Force general, Sam felt herself sailing through the air.
The Office of Historical Corrections, Danielle Evans
Midwest nice was a steady, polite gaslighting I found sinister, a forced humility that prevented anyone from speaking up when they'd been diminished or disrespected, lest they be labeled an outsider. I was bewildered by the pride the region took in these pathologies.
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire, Delilah S Dawson
"I'm assuming you didn't drag me all the way out here for some strange sort of ritual murder, but I'm not holding my breath."
She rolled her eyes. "If I wanted you dead, you'd already be dead."
"I got that idea by watching you commit murder, actually."
Beauty, Robin McKinley
"I think your name suits you very well."
"Oh no," I said. It was my turn for the tone of convincing horror. "I assure you I am very plain."
Stargate SG-1: Oceans of Dust, Peter J Evans
"Was that her, do you think? Or did the host get a look in?"
A smile ghosted across Daniel's face. "Does it matter?"
O'Neill looked at him, sadly. "No," he lied. "It doesn't matter at all."
How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor, Thomas C Foster
Our world is a giant apothecary of information, and some of it is terrible.
Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil, Susan Neiman
Quite apart from the fact that competitive suffering is bad for the soul, we have no means to measure evil's scale.
Stargate SG-1: Heart's Desire, Amy Griswold
"I'd like to think that Reba knows what she's doing flying in this weather."
"I do not believe that pirates are generally known for their caution and good judgment," Teal'c said.
Wires and Nerve, Marissa Meyer
IKO: I misread the romantic tension, didn't I?
KINNEY: This is not romantic tension! How do you even know what that means?
IKO: Well, I watch a lot of net dramas, usually while everyone else is sleeping.
Heartless, Marissa Meyer
"We are a parliament of idiots. A murder of fools."
"No," said Jest, his voice soft. "That would be an unkindness."
Revenant Gun, Yoon Ha Lee
Slowly, Jedao raised his hands and smiled at them. One woman's trigger finger shifted, withdrew. What the hell did I use to do while smiling at people? he wondered.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, David Grann
Mollie, frightened, got up and went to the window and could see something burning in the distant sky, as if the sun had burst violently into the night.
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Smoke and Shadow Part 2, Gene Luen Yang
ZUKO: So you know, for a little guy, he's been through a lot. But he could still get so much joy from chasing a flying bug.
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Smoke and Shadow Part 3, Gene Luen Yang
AANG: So Ukano's the leader of the New Ozai Society and the Safe Nation Society? That guy's really into societies!
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, Kelly Robson
With some mistakes, all you can do is beg fate to deal you a new hand.
"Daniel Jackson. What are you doing?" Teal'c used the exquisitely cautious tones of someone dealing with a raving lunatic.
Stargate SG-1: Alliances, Karen Miller
Daniel radiated concern the way Chernobyl radiated...all right, radiation. You could toast marshmallows on the warmth of his regard.
Stargate SG-1: Roswell, Sonny Whitelaw & Jennifer Fallon
"Ten blocks," Daniel whispered in her ear, which was both informative and a rather pleasant sensation. She should make Daniel whisper vital information into her ear more often.
Star Wars: A New Dawn, John Jackson Miller
"But seeing and doing nothing isn't the worst thing," Hera had said. "The worst thing is to see and not care."
Spindle's End, Robin McKinley
"Magic can't do everything."
Right, thought Rosie. It can only kill you or ruin your life or destroy everything that means anything to you. Fine.
Summer Knight, Jim Butcher
"I have never meant you lasting ill."
I scowled at her. "You tried to turn me into one of your hounds and keep me in a kennel, Godmother."
"You'd have been perfectly safe there," she pointed out.
Star Wars: Ahsoka, EK Johnston
She wasn't looking for a family, but Master Yoda had taught her that sometimes you found things you weren't expecting, and it only made sense to use them when you did.
This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Have you ever had a hunger that whetted itself on what you fed it, sharpened so keen and bright that it might split you open, break a new thing out?
Sometimes I think that's what I have instead of friends.
Sleeping Beauty: The One Who Took a Really Long Nap, Wendy Mass
It was hard to keep help at the castle, because the staff would quite often disappear under mysterious circumstances.
The City in the Middle of the Night, Charlie Jane Anders
"I don't deserve a friend like you," Mouth said.
She laughed. "Nah. It's more like, I'd be a shitty friend if I gave you what you deserved."
Star Wars: Razor's Edge, Martha Wells
"And she told the captain she would put a bounty on us."
"She can't if she's dead," Leia said.
Everyone stared at her. Han knew moments like this were why he found Leia Organa so attractive, and tried not to show it.
Rapunzel's Revenge, Shannon and Dean Hale
JACK: Give it here! That's my lucky bean.
RAPUNZEL: You've got a lucky bean?
JACK: You've got twenty feet of hair?
Stargate SG-1: Relativity, James Swallow
Here and now, with nothing to hand more lethal than his bootlaces and some sarcasm, Jack had to admit he was feeling somewhat vulnerable.
Star Wars: Aftermath: Life Debt, Chuck Wendig
"I want soldiers who hate what they had to do and fear having to do it again."
"And if that means we lose the war?"
"Then we lose the war by keeping ourselves."
Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Lost Stars, Claudia Gray
"If there's any chance that the good in the Empire can outweigh the bad, then it's our duty to preserve it."
"The Empire's rotten to the core. It's our duty to destroy it."
Stargate SG-1: The Barque of Heaven, Suzanne Wood
"O'Neill. I regret to inform you that I will be unable to complete the mission. I believe I am dying," Teal'c said matter-of-factly.
Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel, Megan Morrison
"How is your frog?"
The question gratified Rapunzel, but not quite enough.
Vanishing Point, Marcia Muller
"I've got a naturally suspicious mind. That doesn't mean I have to like my theories."
Stargate SG-1: Do No Harm, Karen Miller
Daniel thought louder than any man alive.
A Court of Silver Flames, Sarah J Maas
Gwyn whispered, "I am the rock against which the surf crashes." Nesta straightened at the words, as if they were a prayer and a summons. Gwyn lifted the blade. "Nothing can break me."
The Light Brigade, Kameron Hurley
They aren't capable of building something new. To build something new is to admit that the lives they lead aren't what they believed. And to lose that belief...threatens their sense of themselves.
Star Wars: Queen's Peril, EK Johnston
"The Jedi are fine, but I like it better when we're manipulating people," Rabe said.
The Plague, Albert Camus
In the memories of those who lived through them, the grim days of plague do not stand out like vivid flames, ravenous and inextinguishable, beaconing a troubled sky, but rather like the slow, deliberate progress of some monstrous thing crushing out all upon its path.
Stargate SG-1: Hydra, Holly Scott
"In my experience, gods are less impressive when personally encountered."
A Minor Mage, T Kingfisher
He knew farmers, he'd grown up with them, and they felt about the land the way wizards felt about their familiars. It was the land that told them what they were.
Murder in the Bastille, Cara Black
"You two don't give up, do you?"
"That's rhetorical n'est-ce pas?" said Rene. "In fact, we become vicious."
Silver in the Wood, Emily Tesh
When he looked up he found it was pitchy dark. Time had softened around him the way it so often did. Maybe that was the wood's version of pity.
Star Wars: Shadow Fall, Alexander Freed
Then a new thunderclap hit the battlefield. Wyl looked up and laughed like a man drenched in rain as a shadow passed over the stars.
Stargate SG-1: Valhalla, Tim Waggoner
"The trees are interesting," Daniel said.
"If by interesting you mean not interesting, then I agree," said O'Neill.
Zel, Donna Jo Napoli
Zel feels mystery enter her body, as though she harbors secrets even she cannot be allowed to know.
The Other Lady Vanishes, Amanda Quick
"Maybe a dose of naivete is the price you pay to be a good, decent person," Jake said. "Seems like the only alternative is to become cynical like me. I can't really recommend it."
Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising, Timothy Zahn
"The first thing Yiv will probably assume is that we'll try to steal a ship."
"Indeed he will," Thrawn agreed.
"So where are we going?"
Thrawn leaned forward, giving her a smile around the edge of his dripping hood. "To the spaceport," he said. "To steal a ship."
Stargate SG-1: The Power Behind the Throne, Steven Savile
He was not looking for power, he was looking for freedom. They were not guilts he harbored; they were angers that simmered barely in check.
Renegades, Marissa Meyer
"The pain will be tolerable," he said, in what was perhaps meant to be comforting.
Redesigning Composition for Multilingual Realities, Jay Jordan
...the shadowy figure of the native speaker--especially of English--has persisted in foreign language pedagogy to the present day.
Stargate SG-1: Four Dragons, Diana Dru Botsford
If the thing hit her, she’d be good as dead. As far Jack was concerned, he would be, too.
Star Wars: Dooku: Jedi Lost, Cavan Scott
QUI-GON: And? Sometimes to win you must lose.
KY-NAREC: Exactly. (BEAT) I think.
GRETZ: Please don't pretend you know what that means.
The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards
Years from now Norah would remember this evening, the gloomy disappointment and Bree bearing shimmering tokens from another world; her shiny boots, her earrings, her energy like a kind of light. How beautiful these things were to Norah, and how remote, how unreachable.
Stargate SG-1: Sunrise, Frances J Crane
It was somewhat surreal, sitting in this secret underground chamber, surrounded by user manuals for long-lost technology, watching Sorcha dial a phone number with the same reverence Sam had seen in the eyes of Jaffa kneeling before their false gods.
Ariadne, Jennifer Saint
Dionysus was a god and gods did not have to suffer the indignities of grief. I knew well enough from all the stories that when a god mourned, someone else would suffer.
Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan, Claudia Gray
Apparently, every once in a while, leadership meant abandoning decorum and yelling as loud as you could.
Stargate SG-1: Transitions, Sabine C Bauer
Alongside metal shrapnel, ancient soda cans, and one US Air Force general, Sam felt herself sailing through the air.
The Office of Historical Corrections, Danielle Evans
Midwest nice was a steady, polite gaslighting I found sinister, a forced humility that prevented anyone from speaking up when they'd been diminished or disrespected, lest they be labeled an outsider. I was bewildered by the pride the region took in these pathologies.
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire, Delilah S Dawson
"I'm assuming you didn't drag me all the way out here for some strange sort of ritual murder, but I'm not holding my breath."
She rolled her eyes. "If I wanted you dead, you'd already be dead."
"I got that idea by watching you commit murder, actually."
Beauty, Robin McKinley
"I think your name suits you very well."
"Oh no," I said. It was my turn for the tone of convincing horror. "I assure you I am very plain."
Stargate SG-1: Oceans of Dust, Peter J Evans
"Was that her, do you think? Or did the host get a look in?"
A smile ghosted across Daniel's face. "Does it matter?"
O'Neill looked at him, sadly. "No," he lied. "It doesn't matter at all."
How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor, Thomas C Foster
Our world is a giant apothecary of information, and some of it is terrible.
Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil, Susan Neiman
Quite apart from the fact that competitive suffering is bad for the soul, we have no means to measure evil's scale.
Stargate SG-1: Heart's Desire, Amy Griswold
"I'd like to think that Reba knows what she's doing flying in this weather."
"I do not believe that pirates are generally known for their caution and good judgment," Teal'c said.
Wires and Nerve, Marissa Meyer
IKO: I misread the romantic tension, didn't I?
KINNEY: This is not romantic tension! How do you even know what that means?
IKO: Well, I watch a lot of net dramas, usually while everyone else is sleeping.
Heartless, Marissa Meyer
"We are a parliament of idiots. A murder of fools."
"No," said Jest, his voice soft. "That would be an unkindness."
Revenant Gun, Yoon Ha Lee
Slowly, Jedao raised his hands and smiled at them. One woman's trigger finger shifted, withdrew. What the hell did I use to do while smiling at people? he wondered.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, David Grann
Mollie, frightened, got up and went to the window and could see something burning in the distant sky, as if the sun had burst violently into the night.
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Smoke and Shadow Part 2, Gene Luen Yang
ZUKO: So you know, for a little guy, he's been through a lot. But he could still get so much joy from chasing a flying bug.
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Smoke and Shadow Part 3, Gene Luen Yang
AANG: So Ukano's the leader of the New Ozai Society and the Safe Nation Society? That guy's really into societies!
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, Kelly Robson
With some mistakes, all you can do is beg fate to deal you a new hand.