I’m cookie dough. I’m not done baking. I’m not finished becoming who ever the hell it is I’m gonna turn out to be. I make it through this, and the next thing, and the next thing, and maybe one day, I turn around and realize I’m ready. I’m cookies. And then, you know, if I want someone to eat or enjoy warm, delicious, cookie me, then that’s fine. That’ll be then. When I’m done.
Angel 1.01, City of Once upon a time, there was a vampire. And he was the meanest vampire in all the land. I mean, other vampires were afraid of him, he was such a bastard. Then, one day, he's cursed, by gypsies. They restore his human soul. And all of a sudden, he's mad with guilt. You know, "What have I done…" You know, he's freaked. Okay. Now I'm sleepy. Yeah, well, it's a fairly dull tale. It needs a bit of sex, is my feeling. So, sure enough, enters a girl. Pretty little blonde thing. Vampire Slayer by trade. And our vampire falls madly in love with her. But eventually the two of them, well, they get fleshy with one another. And the moment he-- well, I guess the technical term is "Perfect Happiness". But when our boy gets there, he goes bad again, he kills again. It's ugly. So when he gets his soul back for the second time, he figures, hey, he can't be anywhere near young Miss Puppy-Eyes without endangering them both. So, what does he do? He takes off, goes to L.A. To fight evil and atone for his crimes. He's a shadow, a faceless champion of the hapless human race.
Sometimes, some rare times, a secret stays undiscovered because it is something too big for the mind to hold. It is too strange, too vast, too terrifying to contemplate. All of us have secrets in our lives. We’re keepers or keptfrom, players or played. Secrets and cockroaches — that’s what will be left at the end of it all.
What if you could have that power… now? In every generation, one slayer is born… because a bunch of men who died thousands of years ago made up that rule. They were powerful men. So I say we change the rule. I say my power… should be our power. From now on, every girl in the world who might be a slayer… will be a slayer. Every girl who could have the power… will have the power… can stand up, will stand up. Slayers… every one of us. Make your choice. Are you ready to be strong?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 7
The first day of kindergarten, you cried because you broke the yellow crayon, and you were too afraid to tell anyone. You've come pretty far, ending the world, not a terrific notion. But the thing is, yeah. I love you. I love crayon-breaky Willow and I love, scary, veiny Willow. So if I'm going out, it's here. If you wanna kill the world, well, then start with me. I've earned that. You think I won't? It doesn't matter. I'll still love you.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 6
Dawn, listen to me. Listen… I love you. I will always love you. But this is the work that I have to do… Tell Giles that… tell Giles I figured it out, and, and I'm okay… And give my love to my friends. You have to take care of them now. You have to take care of each other. You have to be strong. Dawn, the hardest thing in this world… is to live in it… Be brave. Live. For me.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 5