"It was always 'Socrates what is truth?', 'Socrates with the nature of the good?', 'Socrates what should I order?', 'Socrates what are you having?', and not once did anyone ever say Socrates Hemlock is poisonous."
I quote this bit all the time and no one ever has any idea what I'm going on about. (As opposed to all the other times they have no idea what I'm going on about.)
"You will feel pain in this hand within the box. Pain. But! Withdraw the hand and I'll touch your neck with my gom jabbar--the death so swift it's like the fall of the headsman's axe. Withdraw your hand and the gom jabbar takes you. Understand?"
I stare her straight in the eye while I remove my hand from the box.
Every time I see a facehugger attack I reflexively think "if only they were wearing a mask".
LOSTie forever, Fire Starter, Westworld host, SciFi geek jonesing for his cortexiphan fix. Don't Panic! I WILL fix your computer, but I won't like it.