Anime & Manga
"He puts on a big tough guy act to try and hide the fact that he's a total softee underneath."
— Kagome about Inuyasha, Inuyasha
Comic Books
"Poor Flash, he's so afraid that I might find out he's really got a heart somewhere under that thick skin."
—Peter Parker, The Amazing Spider-Man (Lee & Ditko) #10 (1963)
Fan Works
Sasuke: You know, it's kinda weird waiting for Naruto. Just yesterday we all thought he was dead.
Hinata: Umm... Aren't you glad he's back?
Sasuke: Don't tell him I said this, but yeah. I actually missed having the knucklehead around. It's certainly a lot more... interesting with him around.
Hinata: [giggle] Awwww. You're just a big softy under all that cool exterior.
Sasuke: Softy?! Whatever! Just don't spread it around 'cause I'll just deny it.
Hinata: Umm... Aren't you glad he's back?
Sasuke: Don't tell him I said this, but yeah. I actually missed having the knucklehead around. It's certainly a lot more... interesting with him around.
Hinata: [giggle] Awwww. You're just a big softy under all that cool exterior.
Sasuke: Softy?! Whatever! Just don't spread it around 'cause I'll just deny it.
He watched as two of Dimmsdale's most popular kids walked off, no doubt gossiping about some other poor soul, perhaps even him. He never understood why he put up with this crap, and most of all, he never understood why Trixie was such a nice and understanding girl when alone, but, for lack of a better word, a total snob when she was around any of her stupid little bunch of spoiled friends.
Typical case of good girl caught in the wrong crowd.
Live-Action TV
Abby: Do you know what I think? Underneath it all you're actually quite nice.
Lester: Repeat that disgraceful slander and you'll be hearing from my lawyers.
Lester: Repeat that disgraceful slander and you'll be hearing from my lawyers.
— Primeval, Series 4 Episode 4
"I have never understood why it should be necessary to become irrational in order to prove that you care, or, indeed, why it should be necessary to prove it at all."
— Avon, Blake's 7, "Duel"
Literature
"Kell has only two faces ... The one he wears for the world at large, and the one he wears for those he loves."
— Rhy, Shades of Magic
Podcasts
Buddy: Oh, and Pete? You asked about your calling card?
Peter: I did, yes. But I don't need to—
Buddy: An enduring moral core, coupled with a strong desire to excise that core completely. Demonstrated, of course, by a consistent pattern of pro-bono work followed up by a lot of con-bono — like having a heart embarrasses you.
Peter: I did, yes. But I don't need to—
Buddy: An enduring moral core, coupled with a strong desire to excise that core completely. Demonstrated, of course, by a consistent pattern of pro-bono work followed up by a lot of con-bono — like having a heart embarrasses you.
— The Penumbra Podcast, "Juno Steel and the Man in Glass"
Western Animation
Optimus: By the way, you did good out there.
Rattrap: Eh, you weren't so bad yourself. But, uh, don't tell anybody I said so.
Rattrap: Eh, you weren't so bad yourself. But, uh, don't tell anybody I said so.
Real Life
"Best way to not get your heart broken is to pretend you don't have one."
