“Selfless” quotes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Spike, this basement is killing you. This is the Hellmouth. There is something bad down here, possibly everything bad.

Spike [laughs]: Can't hear you. Can't hear you.

You have a soul? Fine. Show me.

Spike

Scream "Montresor" all you like, pet.

Get up and get out of this basement.

Spike

I don't have anywhere else to go.

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AAnya

I uh, I don't talk to people much. I mean, I talk to them, but they don't talk to me. Except to say that "your questions are irksome," or "perhaps you should take your furs and your literal interpretations to the other side of the river."

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[Buffy, Xander and Willow argue about whether to kill the re-demonized Anya.]

You think we haven't seen all this before? The part where you just cut us all out. Just step away from everything human and act like you're the law. If you knew what I felt -

I killed Angel!! Do you even remember that?! I would have given up everything I had to be with... I loved him more than I will ever love anything in this life! And I put a sword through his heart because I had to.

And that all worked out OK.

Do you remember cheering me on? Both of you! Do you remember giving me Willow's message? "Kick his ass."

Willow [shocked]: I never said that!

This is different.

It is always different! It's always complicated. And at some point, someone has to draw the line and that is always going to be me! You get down on me for cutting myself off but in the end, the Slayer is always cut off. There's no mystical guidebook, no all-knowing council. Human rules don't apply. There's only me. I am the law.

There has to be another way.

Then please find it.

[Xander walks out the front door. Buffy turns to Willow, silently asking her help to dispatch Anya.]

I can't. I'm sorry. [Buffy grabs a sword and heads outside]

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You don't understand. This isn't an intervention. Buffy's coming to kill you.

AAnya

She's coming to try.

Xander [exasperated]: Did everybody have their Crazy Flakes today? You guys are friends! How could you talk like this?

AAnya

I have a job to do. And so does Buffy. Xander, you've always seen what you wanted to but you knew, sooner or later, it would come to this.

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DHD'Hoffryn

[surveying the fraternity boys Anya killed] Oh, breathtaking! It's like somebody slaughtered an Abercrombie and Fitch catalog.

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My advice to you is do exactly what everyone else does, all the time.

Got it.

Do what everyone else does, wear what everyone else wears, say what everyone else says.

Okay.

People may say something to you, you don't understand. Just don't be afraid to keep your mouth shut and pretend like you know what they're saying.

You know, Dawn, I've been to college before.

People may say something like, "My protein window closes in an hour." Just nod and smile. "Mm-hmm." Turns out it has something to do with fitness.

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Have you talked to her lately?

Not since that night with the Gnarl demon. And that wasn't exactly the kind of "How have you been?" kind of talking. More the "pierce its eye with something sharp" kind of talking. I'm thinking I should call her.

I just don't want you to get your hopes up.

"Hopes?" [scoffs] Oh, no, no, no, no, no. There are no hopes. Anya and I are done. I love being single. I'm a strong, successful male who's giddy at the thought, of all the women I will no doubt be dating in the near future.

Strong, successful males say "giddy"?

I just worry about her, that's all.

Anya?

Yeah. She seems so sad.

She should try acting like everybody else more.