I have to hand it to the writers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: they know how to craft quippy, witty, and oh-so-sassy lines of dialogue—and they delivered every time. Cordelia’s one-liners were no exception. I’d argue that the writers of BTVS were the best in the business. They reliably captured the tone and angst of 90s California youth, while using Shakespearean themes as the backbone of the show—stitching together contemporary feelings and fantasy with the melodrama of literary giants from the