Joss Whedon

In veneration to Joss Whedon I've decided to put up some of his more memorable quotes. If you like please feel free to attribute them to his works, characters, etc.

1. Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us... passion rules us all, and we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... and the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion maybe we'd know some kind of peace... but we would be hollow... Empty rooms shuttered and dank. Without passion we'd be truly dead.

2. Nothing in the world is the way it ought to be. It's harsh and it's cruel, but that's why there's us. It doesn't matter where we come from, what we done or suffered or even if we make a difference. We live as if the world was what it should be, to show it what it can be

3. When I say, "I love you," it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are

4. Out. For. A. Walk. Bitch.

5. You’re not friends. You’ll never be friends. You’ll be in love 'till it kills you both. You’ll fight and you’ll shag and you’ll hate each other till it makes you quiver, but you’ll never be friends. Love isn’t brains, children, it’s blood; blood screaming inside of you to work it’s will. I may be love’s bitch but at least I'm man enough to admit it

6. Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

7. I brought you some supper but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped...sin and hellfire... one has lepers

8. The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems

9. Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

10. How can I thank you, you mysterious black-clad hunk of a night thing? No need, little lady, your tears of gratitude are enough for me. You see, I was once a badass vampire, but love and a pesky curse defanged me. Now I'm just a big, fluffy puppy with bad teeth. No, not the hair. Never the hair. But there must be some way I can show my appreciation? No, helping those in need's my job, and working up a load of sexual tension and prancing away like a magnificent poof is truly thanks enough. I understand. I have a nephew who is gay, so... Say no more. Evil's still afoot. And I'm almost out of that nancy-boy hair-gel I like so much. Quickly, to the Angel-mobile, away.

11. If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater

12. Pupils were fixed and dilapidated...

13. Oh, listen to Mary Poppins. He's got his crust all stiff and upper with that nancy-boy accent. You Englishmen are always so... Bloody hell! Sodding, blimey, shagging, knickers, bollocks, oh God! I'm English!

14. What part of punching you in the face do you not understand?

15. Y'all got on this boat for different reasons, but y'all come to the same place. So now I'm asking more of you than I have before. Maybe all. Sure as I know anything, I know this - they will try again. Maybe on another world, maybe on this very ground swept clean. A year from now, ten? They'll swing back to the belief that they can make people... better. And I do not hold to that. So no more runnin'. I aim to misbehave.

16. You want me to leave, you can put your hands on my hot tight little body and make me

17. Shiny Cap'n