Quoting
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- This does not apply when the character is quoting/reciting, nor when they are rapping or their inner poet is deliberately igniting; only when they are speaking off the top of their head does this trope apply, that's what I said.
Source: Rhymes on a Dime -
Everyone thought a copycat sent letters quoting the book to the original killer, who died reciting the quote; turns out the letters were from the original's wife who has since decided to embrace her "ability" to amplify serial killing tendencies after the copycat fell in love with her.
Source: Series / Criminal Minds - The album begins and ends with this trope; the first track, "Bath", opens with Neil quoting from the hymn Our God, Our Help in Ages Past, and the final track, "Ode to the Man", is a recording of Micheál Mac Liammóir reciting one of Horace's odes (taken from the British film Tom Jones).
Source: Spoken Word in Music
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