"We know Arnie's got his issues: the steroids, the sexism, the puns he reflexively utters after murdering folks. But turn on commentary for one of his movies sometime and try not to be utterly charmed as a man that could tear your head off with his teeth turns into an excitable child every time something explodes."
"I was voted "Sensitive Soul of the Month" by Hulking Brute Magazine."
— Knuckles the Echidna, Sonic Boom, "Nominatus Rising"
"There's a man in there," Yang gasped, "who has bought me flowers. He literally travelled to Vale and back to buy me flowers."
[...]
Yang squirmed on the spot, somehow feeling naked and uncertain. "No one's ever bought me flowers before," she whispered, almost too quietly to be heard. It felt humiliating to even admit but... well, she was the tomboy, the fighter and the rough one. Who would ever buy Yang Xiao-Long flowers? Hah, what a joke – buy her a drink or some fighting magazine. She wouldn't like girly stuff.
She quickly turned and fluffed the flowers up again, inhaling their scent.
[...]
Yang squirmed on the spot, somehow feeling naked and uncertain. "No one's ever bought me flowers before," she whispered, almost too quietly to be heard. It felt humiliating to even admit but... well, she was the tomboy, the fighter and the rough one. Who would ever buy Yang Xiao-Long flowers? Hah, what a joke – buy her a drink or some fighting magazine. She wouldn't like girly stuff.
She quickly turned and fluffed the flowers up again, inhaling their scent.
Doyle: You know your trouble, don't you? Underneath that hard shell, you're just a...great big softie.
Bodie: Maybe so. But it's the outside that slays them, isn't it?
— The Professionals, "Dead Reckoning"
"August takes note after note and finds it almost funny—that all the fighting only conspired to make Jane gentle. Fearsome and flirty and full of bad jokes, and (has an) incorrigible sweet tooth and a steel-toe boot as a last resort."
"Only the strongest of men can cultivate a tender heart. To become hard and brittle throughout the entire body is easy, and is often mistaken for strength. To remain soft at the core - there is no more difficult task in the entire Wheel."
— Unknown, Kill Six Billion Demons
Through rain, wind, and weather,
Hell-Bent for Leather,
Wishing my girl was by my side.
Hell-Bent for Leather,
Wishing my girl was by my side.
— Frankie Laine, "Rawhide"
