41 Legendary Quotes From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Use as Your Next Instagram Caption
We've been fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer for practically our entire lives at this point, so we're excited about the news of the upcoming reboot, to say the least.
The series truly managed to convey the perfect blend of high school (later college) drama and supernatural horror, with a healthy dash of humor and some of the greatest TV characters we've ever had the pleasure of falling in love with. The Slayer herself, Buffy Summers, remains one of the all-time icons, and over 144 and seven seasons, the show introduced us to its intricately woven world of vampires, demons and the forces of darkness, with Buffy leading the way to stop evil in its tracks. We hope the new show manages to follow in its footsteps, but in the meantime, we're celebrating with these unforgettable quotes from the series—which also make perfect Instagram captions.
For when reports of your death have been greatly exaggerated:
"I may be dead, but I'm still pretty."
-Buffy Summers
For when love makes you into a fool:
"Love isn't brains, children, it's blood. Blood screaming inside you to work its will."
-Spike
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For dedicating yourself to saving some cash, for once:
"I like my money the way it is—when it's mine."
-Anya Jenkins
For understanding the importance of letting go:
"To forgive is an act of compassion … It's not done because people deserve it. It's done because they need it."
-Rupert Giles
For looking like a million bucks on your night out:
"When it comes to dating, I'm the Slayer."
-Cordelia Chase
For surviving another day:
"The hardest thing in this world is to live in it."
-Buffy Summers
For perhaps lacking a bit in subtlety:
"I have finesse. I have finesse coming out of my bottom!"
-Anya Jenkins
For showing off your latest piece of art:
"A doodle. I do doodle. You too. You do doodle, too."
-Willow Rosenberg
For being realistic about your limits:
"I laugh in the face of danger, and then I hide until it goes away."
-Xander Harris
For being a teensy bit impulsive:
"I was being patient. But it took too long."
-Anya Jenkins
(Buffy the Vampire Slayer via The WB)
For being a work in progress:
"I'm cookie dough. I'm not done baking. I'm not finished becoming whoever 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."
-Buffy Summers
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For when a pet gets all up in your face:
"Come in! Enjoy my personal space!"
-Anya Jenkins
For calling someone out (with pastries):
"You have the emotional maturity of a blueberry scone."
-Rupert Giles
For speaking your truth:4
"Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass."
-Cordelia Chase
For demonstrating your strength:
"I'm the thing that monsters have nightmares about."
-Buffy Summers
For meeting good people:
"If I'd had friends like you in high school, I'd have still dropped out, but I might have been sad about it."
-Faith Lehane
For not feeling cut out for the whole 'job' thing:
"I'm not really a computer person, ya know. Or a work of any kind person."
-Daniel "Oz" Osbourne
For feeling fearless:
"I'm not exactly quaking in my stylish-yet-affordable boots here."
-Buffy Summers
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For when you've put your foot in your mouth:
"Sometimes I shouldn't say words."
-Xander Harris
For when you look like pure perfection:
"You know, I honestly don't think there's a human word fabulous enough for me."
-Glorificus
For only ever being one message away:
"If the apocalypse comes, beep me."
-Buffy Summers
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For learning you don't have to do it all alone:
"Sometimes the most adult thing you can do is ask for help when you need it."
-Rupert Giles
For giving someone a clear invitation:
"Can you just be kissing me now?"
-Tara Maclay
For wishing you had much clearer instructions:
"Gee, can you vague that up for me?"
-Buffy Summer
For when you need to get off social media:
"With all the rubbish people keep sticking in my head, it's a wonder that there's room for my brain."
-Spike
For knowing you should never trust a pretty face:
"I've seen honest faces before. They usually come attached to liars."
-Willow Rosenberg
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For when your hopes are dashed:
"They were supposed to be my light at the end of the tunnel. I guess they were a train."
-Buffy Summers
For when you wanted the day to be carefree and whimsical:
"Great. Now I'm gonna be stuck with serious thoughts all day."
-Cordelia Chase
For dealing with all of life's ups and downs:
"The wheel never stops turning … You're up, you're down. Doesn't change what you are."
-Riley Finn
For loving every aspect of someone, good and bad:
"I've seen the best and the worst of you, and I understand, with perfect clarity, exactly what you are."
-Spike
For flaunting your competitive spirit:
"When I'm fighting, the whole told goes away and I only know one thing—that I'm gonna win, and they're gonna lose. I like that feeling."
-Faith Lehane
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For when you have zero clue what's going on:
"The who whatting how with huh?!?"
-Buffy Summers
For when you've been feeling less-than:
"Just because you're better than us doesn't mean you can be all superior."
-Xander Harris
For when current events are getting to you:
"The earth is doomed."
-Rupert Giles
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For hearing weird rumors about yourself:
"I'm not evil again. Why does everyone think that?"
-Angel
For looking at the root causes of someone's behavior:
"What is your childhood trauma?"
-Cordelia Chase
For when someone just won't shut up:
"Your mouth is open. Sound is coming from it. This is never good."
-Buffy Summers
For a more modern approach to your vows:
"Promise to love you, to cherish you, to honor you. But not to obey you, of course, because that's anachronistic and misogynistic and who do you think you are, like a sea captain or something?"
-Anya Jenkins
For pretending life is much, much simpler than it is:
"The good guys are always stalwart and true. The bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies and everybody lives happily ever after."
-Rupert Giles
For lifting up your whole group of powerful women:
"Thank God we're hot chicks with superpowers."
-Faith Lehane
For making the most of the day:
"Seize the moment, 'cause tomorrow you might be dead."
-Buffy Summers
(Buffy the Vampire Slayer via The WB)
Curious about the reboot? Click HERE to discover the biggest things we want from the upcoming show.