quotes of the day

HP fanfic quotes:

• "Good morning."
  
  Snape's greeting caused a low muttering from the assembled students. Never in the six and a half years he'd been teaching the group had he ever said 'good' anything.
  
  
• Both Sirius and Remus had private rooms in the staff wing, but he'd never really considered where Snape's rooms were located or what they might be like. If asked, Harry would have said they'd be dank and dismal with a couple of hard wooden chairs, walls probably lined with jars of unmentionable things and the smell of something obnoxious bubbling in a cauldron. Or maybe, a huge cave, where Snape could hang bat-like from the ceiling.

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Home quote:

Chris: Mm. We should have run the dishwasher last night.
Me: Mm, yeah.
Chris: The cold, harsh reality of morning sets in.
Me: Yes. And it's so, so different from the cold harsh reality of morning in fanfics. No "Mulder and Scully awoke in each other's arms, wondering Have we ruined our partnership, where is this going, etc..." no. It's all about dishes.

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Famous quote:

Does anybody know the source and exact wording of a quote that goes something like, "Man is only twenty-four hours and two meals away from savagery?"