"Still not clean. Stink of failure still on me."
—Homer Simpson, The Simpsons
"Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go take a shower so I can't tell if I'm crying or not."
All in all, this entire process had become less of a morning shower to her then a morning ritual. Not in the least because she had increasingly needed the hot, soothing water to wash away the dark shades that haunted her sleep… even if she would never admit it to anyone. Least of all herself.
— Asuka, Once More with Feeling
Dodge: What are you doing?
Ellie Whedon: S-sitting.
Dodge: I see. [checks the water] That's freezing. You're freezing.
Ellie Whedon: All those puh-p-people are d-dead. Because of us. Because of me...
[He's] still in the showers. We think he's trying to drown himself.
—Harry Potter on Quidditch captain Wood after a defeat
