Phrases that caught my eye (to be updated)
•Fuck-me-pheromones (from an a/b/o fic)
•The Lion the witch and the audacity of this bitch (a classic)
•It could always be worse, and it could alway get worse:3 (ominous foreshadowing of a characters life about to go downhill)
•tastes like lightly seasoned cardboard (made it up, liked how it sounds)
•There’s no kill like overkill (scene where a furious elven lord decimated an orc)
•Sometimes to get to heaven you gotta raise a little hell
•Cold wash of horror
•He moved around the kitchen, making himself tea the way Alfred taught him to when unwanted guests were over. Bitter and weak, to match their soul (just really cracked me up)
•”I want to do bad things to you”
”…like what?”
”BREAK YOUR FUCKING NECK”
•You wouldn’t believe me and that’s not your fault
•Step away in a feeble attempt to get away from a danger long passed
•Plus, y'know—I know you folks have regulations and all that, HIPAA, that kind of thing, and I have enough money to sue God,
•I'm still not sure I am not dreaming this. Maybe I've been knocked on the head and these are my last dreams. Such strange, sweet dreams that they are…
•But when you stare at me so, it would take a blind man to not know you're interested. You watch me like a hawk, and I've never felt so hunted. (Excerpt from an exceptionally good fic called ‘Shadow of the Shire’ where there are hobbit assassins)
•patented ‘I’m-smiling’ smile
•you cannot please everyone, so all that is left is pleasing yourself
•and there is something in his tone, something so true it makes Will wonder if every word the man has said before was a lie. (A hannigram a/b/o fic)
•Bilbo stares at him, and thinks very seriously about the possibility of kneecapping the dwarf just to send a message
•a true blue egomaniac
•The walls that climb themselves
•and still, the sea is salt (in reference to a great tragedy on a personal or widespread level, but that ultimately does not have any bearing on the way of the world)
•I’m going to break your walking sticks (referring to legs)
•“Hello there, Professor,” Harry greets the man before he would be hexed into oblivion. That had happened before and it had been a harsh lecture that taught Harry two important lessons: one is to never surprise Severus Snape, because the consequences are unpredictable. The other is that Snape always attacks first when seeing a dark silhouette where it ought not to be one, and only starts asking questions if the person survived his spell. (kept as a possible character reference for Snape)
•The crystal ball says that’s bullshit