(Meme) Stump the author

Since Emmie is awfully persuasive:

1.) Go to my fic lists and pick out a line or two from one of my stories. (Must be a full line, please -- no sentence fragments or speech tags or other such nonsense.)  Fic List 2006-08  Fic List 2009 -10

2.) I will respond with which story of mine I think it's from.

3.) If you do stump me, I might possibly be able to provide a drabble. Maybe. No promises. I haven't written a drabble in well over a year. Feel free to post a prompt, but I really wouldn't hold your breath. Sorry. :-) On the other hand, if you stump me I do hereby give thee licence to mock me...