“General: Where are you from?Spike: London.General: Which part?Spike: ... Well, all of me.”

“Spike Spiegel: Hey, Jet, did you know that there are three things that I hate?Jet Black: Whatever...Spike Spiegel: Kids... animals... and women with atitude.Jet Black: Oh?Spike Spiegel: So why do we have all three neatly gathered on our ship!”

“The beatings are further proof that Spike's "humiliation," the level to which he has sunk, and a physical sign of vulnerability. But they are also "sexy wounds" (as Buffy playing Robot-Buffy says in "Intervention"), since Spike's body is displayed to be looked at. Further, as with Angel and Dru, Spike and Buffy's relationship uses pain/violence as eroticism (when Spike tells Buddy "I love you," she responds "You're in love with pain" ["Smashed"]). Mulvey's association of voyeurism, sadism, and narrative is useful here.”

“Aidan from the past: He took her hands in his bloodied, callused ones. “Accept me?” His eyes glowed, his lashes spiked from rain.Declan in the present: He gripped her nape. “I fuckin love you, Regin!” Rain spiked his lashes as he gazed down at her, commanding her, “Love me back!”

“You can't drive a Spike with a Tack Hammer”

“I'm watching a dream I'll never wake up from.-Spike Speigel”