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[coolstorysister]

misc. quotes

I'm chasing my dreams.

Let's get stupid tattoos.

We got nothing to lose.

I've been thinking about that summer.

We said this would last forever.

These are the best nights.

Somehow, it feels like nothing's changed.

I'm just a kid.

Get a job!

No way!

I guess the apple don't fall far from the tree.

I've been looking at you so long, now I only see me.

Feels like you never understand me.

I just want to drive.

I can't help but get so angry you don't listen.

I wanna know where you go when you're feeling alone.

I have this deep, deep feeling in my ribs again.

I just keep, keep, keep moving on.

I showed up here alone.

I am my own home.

It's all right.

It's all I've ever known.

Maybe the fall was by design.

Someone's gonna break your heart again. That's just proof that you're alive.

I was never a supermodel, but you, you made me feel that way.

Will you still love me when I'm gray?

It's always on my mind.

I could probably fix it if I really tried.

You smell like lavander, like my mother.

What have I done?

Have I made a mistake?

I can't remember why I feel this way.

My home is not my home no more.

My home is now my grave.

The gifts you gave me, I'll keep them safe.

I see you everyday.

I had all I wanted. How on earth did I lose it in a day?

I left my sweatshirt at her place.

I'm turning back to my old ways.

I'm the same as what I hated.

I never knew.

I never knew what it would do to me.

I miss your laugh.

I miss your face.

I hate myself.

I hate this pain.

I hate that I lost everything.

It's cold outside this time of year.

I've lost my friend.

I never want to see a goldfish again.

I think I've had enough.

I welcome death with open arms, like an old friend I haven't seen since I was young.

Maybe I'd feel better then.

Don't let me leave.

Don't let me leave it all behind.

I can't control the thoughts I have.

I can't imagine what it's like to live with certainty.

I like to rewatch movies so I know the end of every scene.

I know the end of everything.

I won't ever leave my room. It's safer here.

Safety's all I want and all I need.

Let me die in peace.

I've never felt so free.

My head's spinning.

I can't help but think of who I'm abandoning.

It cannot end like this.

I know what I stand to lose.

I can't let go of who I was.

I can pick up all the pieces.

It's all in your head.

Leave it all behind.

I'll be waiting for you here.

Remember who you are.

None of it's true.

Hello again, it's nice to see you're back.

Did you like the things you saw?

I'm just one call away.

Please don't be afraid to call me back.

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misc quotes

The women here, they look like movie stars.

In spite of myself, I just can't stop thinking.

Remember when we'd sit around an old fire and you'd get your guitar out to sing?

I'm sorry.

You've never looked more needy or desperate.

I've never been more worried about the state of the world.

The time just stay passing.

I don't like being famous.

I swear the life I live's so boring. I don't know why they make it look so cool in stories.

I was born to fly.

Take me out.

There's so much I haven't seen.

Don't let me rot inside this town.

I know how it's gonna end, but it's too late to turn around.

I don't care if it hurts.

Smile for the cameras.

You've been crying.

It's in the way you say my name.

Speak up!

I know you hate me.

Don't leave me waiting.

If you won't end things, then I will.

Yeah, I noticed that.

I notice everything you do.

Everybody knows you don't love me the same.

So cruel to be lying to my face.

I know what you're too scared to say.

Don't make me do this.

All your dreams will come true.

Throw yourself into the vessel of possibilities.

There is no return.

Pathetic humans in despair.

All beauty lies within.

Picture it somehow in your head.

The good ones get shot.

Won't you hear me out?

When it all burns down, I will hold you close for the minute it takes.

I know it sounds insane.

We don't have to be enemies.

The future is a foreign land.

We could grow old together.

We could love one another.

You cannot hide in the darkness.

Can you hear the rumble?

I know your soul is not tainted, even though you've been told so.

I can see through the scars inside you.

You and I see eye to eye.

Can you hear the thunder?

Now there is nothing between us.

Can't you see that you're lost without me?

I'm with you always.

Will you walk the line?

Remember always that love is all you need.

Tell me who you wanna be.

I will set you free.

There's a darkness at the heart of my love.

Tonight we're summoned for a divine cause.

He is insurrection.

It ain't always what it seems when you cling onto a dream.

You know that it takes two.

Luckily, he wants to do you too.

I'll bury you in treasures.

I'm the ruler of the earth.

I will smother you in riches.

Come together, together as one.

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misc quotes

Aim your lethal weapons at me.

Excuse me, have I met you before?

You really get me going.

I've never been this way.

You're making me feel like I'm wanted.

I'd give up my life for your loving.

Dead or alive, I'm a wanted man.

Listen to me now.

Lord, I know I'd never forget it.

I'm missing home.

I miss you.

I'm getting old.

There's nothing to be sorry about.

I'm so proud of all you've done.

Tell me your memories of when you were young.

Tell me your story.

You can play all of your favorite songs.

Lateky, it's getting hard.

It makes me cry a little bit.

Everything I am is because of you.

How rude.

I kinda like it anyways.

I don't mind if this is gonna take a million days.

I know you'll come around to me eventually.

Sit back, relax, enjoy my company.

I want to give you the world.

Check the doors.

Check the windows.

Pull the blinds.

I'm just trying to stay quiet.

I don't sleep much.

That's crazy. How'd you know that?

Is it light out yet?

Better find out.

I don't wanna stop now.

Say the word.

Give a call.

I'll be coming back around.

I got God on my side.

The real world is not far.

Put the past in the past.

A new day is coming.

My savior!

Just take me anywhere.

Get ready for the next part.

This life, it was never about the money.

Maybe second place is just the first to lose.

You'll never see me again.

The little mess you made is all over the news.

The littlest mistake can leave the darkest bruise.

Maybe I'm too late.

Maybe it's too soon.

Who gets all the blame?

I guess it's up to you.

She was just a friend.

God, I hope it's ironic.

It's all just so familiar.

Maybe it's useless?

Fuck my life!

Won't you let an innocent woman be?

Half your brain just ain't there.

Why so sexy if so dumb?

If I'm not there, it won't get done.

I choose to blame your mom.

If you were to ask about the pain, I would lie.

I need time, but it's running out.

I know that I can't live without you.

It wouldn't last.

They don't care.

Say your prayers.

You're almost there.

Would you wait for me?

I don't want to say this wrong.

Would you stay with me?

Maybe we could make this home.

You should run away with me.

I like that you like me.

You got good taste.

I could close my eyes and draw your face.

I'll say sorry in advance.

My head's a mess.

It's like that every day.

I'll try my best.

It sounds cliche.

Let's leave this town.

Will you save this dance?

I know this night might be our last.

I know I should have the spirit.

Do you know your crimes?

Do you think about me?

Were you ever mine?

I don't wanna be alone.

You do it because you know you can.

After all, I'm standing.

I played your twisted game.

Now watch me walk through the flames.

[coolstorysister]

misc quotes

If you die, and I live, I'd have nothing.

Your family needs you.

You have to live. For them.

"Nobody needs me." "I do. I need you."

Remember who the real enemy is.

We want our love to be eternal.

He could have killed me, but instead he showed me mercy.

She wasn't just my ally, she was my friend.

I see her in the flowers that grow in the meadow by my house.

She was too young, too gentle, and I couldn't save her. I'm sorry.

You guys look amazing.

See, this is why no one let's you make the plans.

See, the way the whole "friend" thing works is you have to tell each other the deep stuff.

You have been our mission from the beginning.

The plan was always to get you out.

People are looking to you.

You've given them an opportunity. They just have to be brave enough to take it.

Yeah, well, yes! I am angry! You know, I'm getting totally screwed over here.

Love is weird.

Any secrets worth my time?

I'm an open book. Everybody always seems to know my secrets before I know them myself.

I'm really not in the mood for a lecture.

You don't have to apologize to anybody, including me.

I've never been very good at friends.

Make him pay for it.

"Any last advice?" "Stay alive."

She's committed, I'll give her that.

Fear does not work as long as there is hope.

"Something is different. I can see it." "What can you see?" "Hope."

"You were dead. Your heart stopped." "It's okay. It's working now."

We're a team, aren't we?

You both deserved so much better.

It must be a fragile system if it can be brought down by just a few berries.

But our lives aren't just measured in years. They're measured in the lives of people we touch around us.

Tick tock.

My love, you have my heart for all of eternity.

She just wants to save her own skin. It's as simple as that.

She's become a beacon of hope.

She has to be eliminated.

"I'm here to drink." "Oh, finally, something I can help you with."

I don't want you to get hurt.

I got them out in time.

It's all gone.

You could live a hundred lifetimes and never deserve that girl.

Get out of my way!

"You don't want to shoot her." "How about I shoot both of you?"

Trust me, I'm trying to help you.

I never said she was smart.

The best way to bring folks together is to give them a real good enemy.

"I'll say this much, she doesn't give a twig about what anyone thinks." "Of course she does. She just pretends not to."

"You have no real power!" "Exactly! That's why I need you."

Everyone deserves a chance to fly.

Are people born wicked? Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?

"Why is it you're always causing some sort of commotion?" "I don't cause commotions. I am one."

So you think I should just keep my mouth shut, is that what you're saying?

You think I want to be this way?!

You think I want to care this much?!

I know that my life would be much easier if I didn't care.

Do you ever let anyone else talk?

You could've walked away back there.

I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow.

There is an enemy who must be found and captured.

Believe nothing she says.

"Don't be afraid." "I'm not afraid."

I've just had a vision, almost like a prophecy.

"No, I did not eat grass as a child." "Oh, you didn't? I did."

I saved you some space, by the way.

Do you really think this is fair?

No! Leave her alone! She hasn't done anything wrong! I'm the one you want!

Offering to help someone that you don't know with skills that you don't have...I'm sure everyone is duly impressed.

"I could care less what others think." "Couldn't."

What? What are you staring at? Do I have something in my teeth?

You can do this. You can do anything.

I hope you'll save a dance for me tonight.

I'll be right there waiting.

Well, maybe I could invite her.

"You would do that for me?" "I would do anything for you."

It's clear we deserve each other.

You're perfect.

I don't care! I want her! I don't think she's perfect anymore and I still want her.

This must be what other people feel like. How do they bear it?

Something just takes over me. Something I can't control. And when it does, bad things happen.

This is so much bigger than us.

Why couldn't you have stayed calm for once instead of flying off the handle?!

You won't even notice I'm gone.

It's good to see me, isn't it?

Are you looking for something? Or...someone?

"What was I doing?" "How would I know?"

Once you learn to harness your emotions, the sky's the limit.

You don't know what you're doing with that!

Maybe you're not as powerful as you think you are.

My personal opinion, dear, is that you do not have what it takes. I hope you prove me wrong. I doubt you will.

She had her secrets.

Something has changed within me.

I'm through with playing by the rules of someone else's game.

It's time to trust my instincts.

I hope you're happy now.

I hope you think you're clever.

Your whole life is gonna change, and it's all because of me.

"Can I touch it?" "No."

[coolstorysister]

Hero Sentences

(Sentences for muses who want to be heroes. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Vengeance won't change the past - mine or anyone else's."

"How would you like to save a life?"

"You know, for someone who says they don't want to be a hero, you sure end up being one a lot."

"You can't save everyone, no matter how hard you try!"

"Don't try to be a hero!"

"Somebody's got to act. It's the right thing to do."

"Someday you'll thank me, or you won't. I don't care; you'll be alive."

"Why do you have to be special? Why can't you just be you?"

"If there's one thing I don't need, it's a hero!"

"I'm going to be special. You'll see."

"In the face of pain, there are no heroes."

"You're at the pinnacle. Everybody's hero. But you know what? A pinnacle means there's only one way to go, and that's down."

"This is a brave thing you've done today. We're all in your debt."

"I wish I could say I was making a difference, but I don't know."

"If there's a chance I could help save some lives, how do I say no to that?"

"This hero stuff is only going to get somebody hurt."

"Once they hear what you did, they'll say you're a hero."

"Do you love humanity enough to save it?"

"People need hope. To know someone's out there for them."

"In the events that anything should happen - which it won't! - I want you to tell the world that I did something."

"I tried saving the world. All I did was make it worse."

"You are in grave danger."

"We still have a chance to save half the world. It's worth a try, isn't it?"

"I thought you were a myth!"

"You just can't help yourself, can you? Saving everyone. You just can't stop yourself."

"You wanted to live forever, didn't you? Well, you damn near made it."

"You think you're going to be a hero? You are not. None of us are."

"Everything they say about you is true!"

[coolstorysister]

TELL ME I'M PRETTY

starters taken from lyrics from the album tell me i'm pretty by cage the elephant.

i think it's pretty strange.

you're the one i love the most.

i remember clearly.

you know what they say, the wicked get no rest.

i can hear the sounds of sirens.

what if you die?

from the moment i first saw you, i was yours and you were mine.

look into my eyes.

i'm not your punching bag.

you've got your troubles, and i've got mine.

you need love.

they don't mess around.

i wanna waste my life with you.

i don't know if i spoke the truth.

no more time for cheap excuses.

you say that i'm insane, i say you're probably right.

i've seen those eyes before.

i try to find the will to carry on.

i'm telling the truth.

nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.

the light will guide you home.

i said it was love.

where did you go?

we've all got something important to say.

don't look at me that way.

well, the look in your eyes says you're feeling the same way too.

god, don't let me lose my mind.

best to go while you're still breathing.

i think we should just let go.

wonder how much longer i can carry on.

deep down, we both knew you were trouble by design.

you know, they'll drive you crazy.

give me a sign, tell me, what should i do?

i get in trouble cause i speak my mind.

what kind of man are you?

my heart feels cold as ice.

will i pass the test?

let your hair down, let's unwind.

my only hope is someday to be back beside you.

got so much to lose, got so much to prove.

i made up my mind.

i never saw it coming.

after all the dust has settled, we can settle down.

it's anybody's guess.

these days, they take so long.

they've knocked on every door.

sometimes i like it when i make you cry.

if i were you, i would be leaving.

now i'm under your spell.

i've been facing trouble almost all my life.

talking's a waste of time.

better make it fast, before i change my mind.

everyone's been searching high and low.

kick, scream, fight.

i was always playing the part.

how long will we let it go?

the years, they turn so fast.

they're coming for you.

everywhere i look i catch a glimpse of you.

it's too late to say goodbye.

if you take a swing, the kid swings back.

how's it feel to be a ghost?

i take a look at myself and i stop and stare, and i wonder, who is this standing here?

i'm just trying to catch a feel from you.

i know tomorrow we may have regrets.

i know tomorrow we may have regrets, but as for right now, where's the party at?

i can tell you want to play.

soon the present will be past, and you'll look back and laugh.

just the two of us, forever.

how hard will i fall if i live a double life?

hold on with all your might.

can you help me?

you've got me begging for more.

you're gonna die.

you know that i would save you if i could.

open up your eyes or life will pass you by.

wish we could go back to the start.

i don't feel right.

i did it for life, i didn't do it for you.

take all your problems, leave them far behind.

they're gonna try to break you.

there was no changing my mind.

still, all these words i've spoken don't mean anything at all.

i want you back.

nothing else will ever be enough.

i say i'm sorry almost every time.

oh my god, is this real?

i'm sorry, love, for all the damage done.

better make it fast, because there ain't much time.

i thought that you were joking.

you can have my heart, any place, any time.

wait till tomorrow, then we can reflect.

your mother's worried sick.

no turning back.

like it or not, it's a matter of time.

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state of paradise.

dialogue prompts from state of paradise by laura van den berg.

the more times a story is shared, the more powerful it becomes.

it's like you've been in my head.

some people are like cosmic vacuums, always searching for other selves to consume.

you have freakishly pointy elbows.

once you start running, it can be hard to stop.

sometimes i can't believe a place like this exists.

i've lived many other lives since then.

this is a place with its own laws.

cats always look like they're casually dreaming of murder.

go where you need to be.

what's wrong with just staying where you're needed?

failures of foresight are the worst kind.

trees communicate with one another. they experience pain.

i thought i'd been stabbed by a ghost.

violence runs in our family.

i felt like i had a head full of bees, and i wanted to kill the hive.

i was sure you were never coming back.

i'm tired of discussing things that have already happened.

i feel like the last person left on earth.

people love to read about things that aren't possible.

time travel is trending.

you can't follow instructions to save your life.

i want to see what you can do.

you look real good. keep it up.

why were you so unhappy?

there isn't a clear answer for every question.

stop acting like a little bitch.

sometimes we are called back to the things we most want to flee.

aren't you freaking out?

sometimes i wonder what our memories are for.

we leave places, and we don't leave places.

i need a new system for processing reality.

stop skulking around.

where have you been? where did you come from?

the directives of the dead are very powerful.

how do you know that's what happened? how can you be sure?

i can't tell anyone else what really happened.

i'm pretty sure i've been having an existential meltdown for years.

i can't even deal with this bullshit right now.

there cannot be a utopia with people in it.

can you recommend a good paranormal investigator?

am i different than you remember?

some events are too big to even acknowledge.

i think i found a clue.

when we are denied a story, a light goes off.

is it hard for you to be here?

i learned how to fake everything.

i feel like a canoe in a tsunami.

action leads to more action.

we only know what we perceive, and we perceive so very little.

memory is a place, too.

cults are very seductive. they're portals to another world.

trauma can alter us in the most unexpected ways.

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sky daddy.

dialogue prompts from sky daddy: a novel by kate folk.

college isn't right for everyone.

god, i wish i had your energy.

i know i'm not the ____ you hoped for.

if you need help with your dating profile, hit me up.

i was trying to look seductive, i guess.

you were popular in high school, weren't you?

hey, are you [name]?

what's going on? was there a robbery?

i feel like i'm in trouble.

i've always wanted to live _____.

it's like you were born to be a _____.

love is a scam.

i think _____ is cheating on me.

i don't think the universe cares, especially about you. no offense.

do you really need to manifest it if you already have it?

a perspective shift can be a total game-changer.

how long have you known?

someone has to do it. it might as well be me.

you have options. you're not a martyr.

can we cool it with the cynicism?

i've never felt so accepted.

i know i was out of line today.

i feel like everyone's moving on and i'm stuck in the same place.

i don't think you give yourself enough credit.

at some point, i lost a shoe.

i never leave home without _____.

crazy running into you here.

i hope you're making the most of your youth.

i've been abandoned. can you believe it?

if you could do anything in the world right now, what would you do?

i'm glad i ran into you tonight.

tonight is about new beginnings.

_____ always lifts my spirits.

i wasn't planning on anything like that happening.

i always wanted to join the mile-high club.

you must feel like you hit the jackpot.

i'm a lot better now, but i still have bad days.

i can tell when people pity me.

i want to hear more about your life.

i needed your support and you just bounced.

i'm really sorry i left.

it's mutually assured destruction.

i don't really believe in right or wrong.

you're tough to please, aren't you?

is it cool if we pretend like we're dating?

what else have you lied about?

can't sleep. up for a chat?

i didn't realize you had such a complicated history.

i thought i was over it. it was so long ago.

i like you. i feel like i can tell you anything and you won't judge me.

if someone found out, we'd be in trouble.

you didn't come home last night.

what's gotten into you?

how often is 'sometimes'?

i got you a lamp. it treats seasonal depressive disorder.

i'm sick of being held back by fear.

so when's our next lesson, coach?

i might have gotten myself into something.

god, i'm so sick of men like him.

promise you won't tell anyone. not even ____.

i've done worse things, too. things i don't even want to talk about.

your room is like a sensory deprivation tank.

i feel like a criminal.

it's going to be okay, right?

our fates are somehow interwoven.

you need a hobby.

want to see a video of _____?

it seems pretty crazy now, doesn't it?

i need to get out of here, one way or another. this place is haunted.

i've made a mess of everything.

i've resolved to be normal.

i'd love to return the favor.

i'm trying to be a good person.

were you thinking of me all this time?

you're so tall.

i'm trying not to worry about the future.

none of us are getting any younger.

it was a good idea, but we were too early.

i've always worried about you making your way in the world.

some of the stuff you said was pretty weird.

it felt a little too real for me.

you're still young. you can have it all.

i'm sorry for wasting your time.

i couldn't believe it was you.

i really don't think you should do this. it could backfire.

you're kind of an asshole.

is this a joke? i don't think it's funny.

i finally have the courage to ask for what i want.

go after your dreams, you crazy bitch.

i hope you get everything you want from life.

i took you for granted.

everything okay, hon?

i'm afraid ____ doesn't feel the same way i do.

______ are better than people.

i'm here if you ever want to talk.

i'm too far gone now to pretend.

are you okay? you look terrible, no offense.

eventually, it passes. you'll see.

our thoughts aren't powerful enough to make anything happen.

i only bring trouble to the people who love me.

if you knew about the things i've done, you wouldn't miss me.

you've always been a good friend.

what day is it?

i thought it was what i deserved.

whatever happens, happens. i'm done living in fear.

you about ready to come home?

are you sure you want to do this?

i'm going to close my eyes now, if you don't mind.

[coolstorysister]

the golem of brooklyn.

dialogue prompts from the golem of brooklyn by adam mansbach.

i'm a terrible judge of reality.

i don't think dolphins are primates.

let the medicine do its work.

you can't end a movie like that.

what's the last thing you remember before all this?

i wouldn't be here if it wasn't important.

there are many ways to be a learned man.

if you're not angry, you're not paying attention.

it's good to see you motivated, at least.

if swedish prison cells were in brooklyn, they'd rent for more than my apartment.

how do you know who i am?

you fucking millennial.

we should get off the grid for a while.

i'll eat anything. except arby's.

i kind of almost burned down the house.

i don't talk when there's nothing to say.

this is the first time i've ever been out of the city.

i need some action. i've been sitting on my ass all day.

is that bigfoot?

it's been a labor of love. and hate.

you, my friend, are a miracle.

nobody remembers who we used to be. including us.

how many times have you read that book?

is this what it's like to be young?

that was just drunk talk.

i'm feeling a lot of fomo right now.

i don't feel great about it, to be honest.

more than one thing can be true.

are we going, or are we talking?

i have no money, by the way.

what are you imagining?

why does everybody but me have a secret agenda?

remind me to never take you to a comedy club.

let's get out and stretch our legs, okay?

i want the world to know about you.

it's their turn to be afraid.

should i make up a name?

maybe safety is always an illusion.

i'm sorry, but i can't do this. i won't.

i'm sitting as tight as i can.

you were in my dream.

you're a weird kid.

tell me a story.

i am a being of pure spirit and pure disobedience.

we are opposites, you and i.

how would you stop me?

_____ is just the kind of thing i love to hate.

productive day in the woods?

i personally don't give a flying fuck.

i never was much for religion.

'what is hateful to you, don't do to your neighbor': that's the torah. the rest is just commentary.

i'm a little confused about your attitude.

you have no respect for anything. no culture at all.

a braid is six times stronger than the pieces you make it from.

you better have a really good story to keep my mind off the pain.

this is not a story i normally tell. it makes me look incredibly bad.

that was my first kiss.

do you want to come up to my room?

i was trying to be a whole new person.

you made up an evil twin?

you didn't say you were a cop.

not everybody's into subtlety.

a disguise might come in handy.

you okay? you having trouble breathing?

it's a lot to process all at once.

bet you feel pretty stupid.

that would fuck anybody up.

this is your chance to tell your side of the story.

it really is a fantastic time to go some place the fuck else.

it's all gonna get worse.

you sound like a fucking idiot.

[coolstorysister]

RANDOM SONG LYRICS 003. as shuffled on my phone. change wording as desired, etc.

do we get what we deserve?

we get what we deserve.

do you date to look him right in the eyes?

they will run you down.

nothing heard, nothing said.

feels like i'm going insane.

it can creep up inside you and consume you.

it's too close for comfort.

if you must falter, be wise.

am i scaring you tonight?

release me from this curse i'm in.

trying to maintain, but i'm struggling.

while we're on the subject.

could we change the subject now?

looking towards the future.

we were begging for the past.

we knew we had the good things, but those never seemed to last.

everyone's unhappy.

nothing ever went quite exactly as we planned.

our ideas held no water.

i laugh all the way to hell.

everyone goes crazy over such and such and such.

we just used it as a crutch.

i know this of myself and i assume as much for other people.

was it ever worth it?

was there all that much to gain?

we knew we'd missed the boat.

a tiny man would tell a joke and get a tiny laugh from all the folks.

what useless tools ourselves.

true that love in withdrawal was the weeping of me.

you're good to me.

with the roar of the fire, my heart rose to its feet.

i fell in love with the fire long ago.

though i've handled the wood, i still worship the flame.

zip your lip like a padlock.

i don't really care where you live at.

baby, shut up.

think you'll be getting this? nah.

i wanna be naked and you're wasted.

you're always saying some shit.

it's another tequila sunrise.

just another lonely boy in town.

she wasn't just another woman.

it's a hollow feeling.

take another shot of courage.

this old world still looks the same.

don't write yourself off yet.

it's only in your head.

just try your best.

try everything you can.

everything'll be just fine.

you know they're all the same.

you know you're doing better on your own.

it doesn't matter if it's good enough.

they found her lost in her memory.

when the sun calls it quits, the penny drops.

the summer of another lover come and go.

she's gone when the leaves turn brown.

never met another who was as good a lover as you.

________'s not a bomb site, it's a treasure chest.

she said i should come over.

don't you know i'd chop a limb off just to have a good time.

shut up and move with me.

get out of my face.

i didn't queue for an hour to leave straightaway.

shut up and stay with me.

let go of my hand.

i never knew i was a techno fan.

this is not a weird weekend.

it's an angry wormhole.

i never wanna see this stop.

new blood joins this earth and quickly he's subdued.

through constant pained disgrace, he learned their rules.

deprived of all his thoughts, he struggles on.

i dub thee unforgiven.

they dedicate their lives to running all of his.

this fight he cannot win.

he the prepares to die regretfully.

never free, never me.

you labeled me, i'll label you.

she was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene.

she told me her name as she caused a scene.

be careful of who you love.

__________ is not my lover.

so take my strong advice.

always think twice.

i will never rust.

if you like your coffee hot, let me be your coffee pot.

you call the shots, baby.

i just wanna be yours.

secrets i have held in my heart are harder to hide than i thought.

[coolstorysister]

Assorted Media Sentences, Vol. 25

(Sentences from various pieces of media. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"All you ever have on your mind is money!"

"If you're going to be a pest, I'm just going to ignore you!"

"If I wasn't so wide awake, I'd swear I was dreaming!"

"I'm a thief! I'm not a murderer!"

"If you're good at reading people, it's mostly because you learnt as a child, trying to stay one step ahead of whatever tormented you."

"You know, being a warrior is not just being able to strike your opponent down with a sword. It's finding good reason to draw your sword in the first place."

"Are you conspiring with my mother now?"

"If your foot slips, we both fall."

"What do you want from your life, anyway?"

"The police are, as usual, completely out of their depth."

"Once again, you've deliberately held me at arm's length. I really think you might treat me with a little more frankness!"

"If you're looking for sensational material for one of your chronicles of crime, I suggest you adopt your usual practice and make it up."

"What I've got to do is going to tear me apart."

"You're no better than your father!"

"Where to fight counts for a lot, but there's nothing like having your friends show up with lots of guns."

"Whenever my father was working from home, which was most of the time, he used to give me a quarter for every hour I could keep quiet. One day, I remember it was a Saturday morning, I decided I wasn't going to say anything before he did, even if it took all weekend. But he never said anything. I don't think he even noticed."

"You know, I've always had this theory that the killer would return to the scene of his crimes and watch the investigators."

"So tell me, what's so important to drag you out of your office and into the field?"

"You know, I am stronger than I look."

"He makes me happy. It's been a while since anybody did that."

"There's not much time left in the world."

"If you keep holding out on me like this, I'm going to have to get really nasty."

"Isn't not telling me the whole story the same damn thing as lying?"

"It's been some time since anybody asked me to teach them anything!"

"I don't even remember you."

"There are things you have to come to terms with out here."

"I am hardly obliged to answer to the ravings of a drunkard!"

"You must pay for everything in this world, one way or another."

"At least let me get into the room before you start with your infernal interrogations!"

"Are you having a good time humiliating me like this for no damn reason?"

"This view never gets old, does it?"

"What is the point in going up that mountain in the dark, looking for something that doesn't want to be found?"

"Fortunately, there's nothing of what I was before left. Only the body's the same."

"Maybe you think I'm special, but I'm not."

"This job is very important to me, you understand? So don't fuck it up. For your own sake."

"Can I please stay here? Just for one more night?"

"You're not as hard to read as you think."

"Put your gun down, slowly, and take off your shirt."

"I don't have a choice, do I?"

"You nearly got us both killed, which is about all your tears and rage would have amounted to!"

"This is a suicide mission! I won't allow it!"

"I love you, but I can't struggle through this with you."

"When your eyes go dead, the hell I send you to will look like heaven compared to what I've done to you."

[coolstorysister]

nightwood.

dialogue prompts from nightwood by djuna barnes.

youth is cause, effect is age.

are you really saying what you mean, or are you just talking?

man desires one of two things: to find someone so stupid he can lie to her, or to love someone so much that she can lie to him.

a man's sorrow runs uphill: it's difficult to bear, but it's difficult to keep.

can't the morning come now, so i can see what my face is mixed up with?

what was that about? and why?

are you really a _____?

am i what i say? are you?

what is missing can teach us the value of what is present.

you're a great liar, but a valuable one.

a lover knows two times: that which he is given, and that which he must make.

the only people who know anything about the medical sciences are the nurses, and they'll never tell.

man has no foothold that is not also a bargain.

laughter is the pauper's money.

every man has a housebroken heart, except the great man.

to pay homage to our past is the only gesture that also includes the future.

to love without criticism is to be betrayed.

those who love everything are despised by everything.

i don't want to be here.

don't wait for me.

the dream will not be dreamed again.

you want to be the reason for everything, so you're the cause of nothing.

we will go driving. we need a little air.

there is nothing in my heart but love for you, and respect.

ah, love. that terrible thing.

men never know anything about love. why should they?

you talk all the time, and you never know anything.

children know something they can't tell.

the night does something to a person's identity.

the night has been going on for a long time.

you thought you knew, and you hadn't even shuffled the cards.

i've been everywhere at the wrong time.

we are full to the gorge with our own names for misery.

to think of an acorn, it is necessary to become the tree.

i can't stand it. i don't know how.

dreams have only the pigmentation of fact.

how can one tell truth when it's never in the company?

the sleeper is the proprietor of an unknown land.

is there no one who knows anything but myself?

there's a curse for you, and i have heard it.

even the evil in us comes to an end.

i am but a little child with my eyes wide open.

between the prison and the place of execution, does any man sleep?

don't get restless. i'm coming back to the point.

you may be knocked down, but you'll crawl on forever, so long as there's any use to it.

you never guessed that it was me.

you're like a cat with canary feathers to account for.

an image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties.

the more we learn of a person, the less we know.

you were always holding god's back of tricks upside down.

there are some people who must get permission to live.

what is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance? corruption is the age of time.

destiny and history are untidy; we fear memory of that disorder.

a man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow as well as himself.

people always fear what requires watching.

do you ever hear from _____?

can't you be quiet now?

everything can be used in a lifetime. i've discovered that.

pet names are a guard against loss.

this would be a fine world, if you could get everyone out of it.

was it a sin that i believed you?

we give death to a child when we give it a doll.

the demolishing of a great ruin is always a fine and terrifying spectacle.

i'm the other woman that god forgot.

god laughs at me, but his laughter is my love.

you make me feel dirty and tired and old.

you are not in my life, i am in your dream.

be careful who you love, for a lover who dies, no matter how forgotten, will take somewhat of you to the grave.

all of us die over again in somebody's sleep.

i don't know how to go. i don't know which way to turn.

we can hope for nothing greater, except hope.

you think i have always been like this?

do you think there is no lament in this world but your own?

who am i? who is anybody?

i want to make everyone happy.

you would kill the world to get at yourself, if the world were in the way.

i have been loved by something strange, and it has forgotten me.

i can't live without my heart.

past time is relative to us all.

to think is to be sick.

only the scorned and the ridiculous make good stories.

you don't seem to see or hear anything but your own heart.

i've done and been everything that i didn't want to be or do.

i've always wanted to be in two places at once.

if you don't want to suffer, you should tear yourself apart.

revenge is for those who have loved a little. for anything more than that, justice is hardly enough.

what a damnable year. what a terrible time.

why doesn't anyone know when everything is over, except me?

everything's over, and nobody knows it but me.

[coolstorysister]

FRANTIC FANFIC SENTENCE STARTERS ... 8!

quotes that me and my friends have written , taken from various fanfictions. feel free to edit as you see fit. trigger warning for swearing.

Had a feeling I'd find you here.

Sovereign for your thoughts, love?

It's a mess- I'm a mess.

My thoughts are absolutely not worth a Sovereign at the moment, honestly.

And you know you're priceless to me regardless, so go on.

Smart to hide in here, honestly.

Things back there are getting… tense.

Sounds familiar.

It was all her, mostly!

She started all of it.

There's a human saying. What was it? Takes two to tango?

I assure you, dear lady, there was no tangoing involved.

Don't feel the need to stretch yourself too thin on my behalf.

Everyone else clear out already?

They're around, somewhere.

Do you mind if I take a look?

I'll keep my hands to myself, of course.

I admit I find myself missing my own ship.

Ah, that's a long story really.

I suppose we've got the time.

Holy shit, dude.

You got anyone we can call, son?

I'm fine.

Really, we don't need to call anyone.

You sure about that?

Just seconds ago you were almost in tears.

Yeah, that happens sometimes.

No, no no, it's fine.

Is it the boat?

I'm good.

Boats and me, we're good.

That's where I was going.

I really don't want to be a bother.

That sounds like a good idea.

[coolstorysister]

friend of my youth.

dialogue prompts from friend of my youth by alice munro.

how could i have forgotten this?

i'm sorry i haven't been to see you in such a long time.

oh, well. better late than never.

there must be something in the air.

you're a regular whirling dervish.

i don't approve or disapprove. i don't care what you do. that's you.

no need to be alarmed. just the consequences of drink.

i'm usually optimistic in the morning, but panic is a problem at dusk.

it was nothing like the movies.

however do you keep that all in your head?

you look so competent and unfrazzled.

do you think people don't know?

why would i trust a lawyer?

guilt is a sin and a seduction.

all plans can falter.

i intend on hanging around making your life miserable for years to come.

i've forgotten how to communicate in a non-professional way.

who would you pick, if you were choosing for me?

i've always used bad language. i like it.

i'm an awful person. you always knew that.

it's not as bad as it sounds.

i think i'd rather just stay here and rest.

i'm not sorry, but i think you have to remember what you've done.

i've tried to keep myself free of entanglements.

i think i could turn into a dog quite easily. i think my name would be _____.

where are you off to in such a hurry?

you can dance. i taught you myself.

go and put on a clean sweater.

you'll be glad you did this. you won't forget it.

are you so good you can give up practicing already?

if you can ever get away, will you let me know?

if people don't look out for themselves, what they lose is their own fault.

weren't we marked, all of us?

i've heard you're very clever. and weird.

you have the kind of looks everyone's mother is crazy about.

what does ____ think you do for fun?

how did ____ even know my name?

i'm content to be an ordinary sort of person with an ordinary, calm life.

i suppose i sound very square. i suppose i am.

perverts never prosper.

it's gone. torn down years ago.

we had a hard life, but we didn't know it.

i don't know. do you think it was love?

[coolstorysister]

Random MCU Movie Quotes

here are some random quotes i got from various mcu movies. will i be doing another one? maybe. maybe not. idk yet. but here you go!

Access denied.

Answer the phone.

Are you crying?

Did I win?

Do you want me to take him down, or would you rather send in more guys for him to beat up?

Does she speak English?

Don't do anything stupid until I come back.

Fine, I'll do it myself.

How are you?

How did you just do that?

How's your face?

I am so confused right now!

I can see you!

I don't know. Guy never tells me anything.

I hate it.

I need a horse!

I just want a chance to prove myself.

I'm cold.

I'm not as strong as you.

I'm not ready.

I'm taking a shower.

Is that a person?

It's not about you.

Pick on someone your own size!

Tell me a story.

This drink… I like it!

This team of yours, it got a name?

Traitor.

We're on our own.

What did you do?

What's in it for me?

What's your name?

Where have you been?

Who said that?

You didn't see that coming?

You were supposed to be the last.

You're afraid.

You're full of shit.

You're in my seat!

You're unbelievably naïve.

[coolstorysister]

RANDOM SONG LYRICS 004. as shuffled on my phone. change wording as desired, etc.

all my diction disappears for her.

what a drag to drag you down.

you're my latest sick obsession.

i could watch you eat your breakfast.

you expect nothing less than the best, but the best don't come for free.

won't you lay all your love on me?

having the hardest times of trying to make ends meet.

it's a good day if i get from a to b.

what a rich man i'd be if love was a currency.

now, i'm a ghost.

i've been trying to fix my pride, but that shit's broken.

you're the reason i just can't concentrate.

give us this day our daily dose of faux affliction.

if you're gonna preach, for god sakes preach with conviction.

just stay where i can see you.

we sure are in for a show tonight.

i for one can see no blood from the hearts and the wrists you allegedly slit.

if the scene were a parish, you'd all be condemned.

some days i lie wide awake until the sun hits my face.

i don't feel anything at all.

in the backbone of matter, i'm combustible dust in the fire.

why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?

maybe i should've seen the signs.

i still can't believe you would walk away.

two tickets to the rabbit hole please.

god, you must be the biggest caner this whole world has ever seen.

take what you want from me.

you make it feel as though i won.

do what you will to me.

i'm out of my depth now.

stop stalling.

if you talk, you'd better walk, you'd better back your shit up.

he's slightly clever to just a certain extent.

you'd better keep your mouth shut.

it's time for us to take a chance.

the weather today is slightly sarcastic.

i feel like peter pan looking in through your window.

i'm jealous of your plans while i stand here in limbo.

now i look, to everyone, like the unsavory son.

i am battling the voices in the back of my dome.

don't want my life plans to be fueled by a fear.

i can't help comparing to conventional ideals.

i got so much i wanna say.

someone told me to be selfless.

we are helpless without attention.

i'm leaving today.

i'm running away tonight.

you don't need me.

drink all night and sleep all day.

a guy like you should wear a warning.

you're dangerous, i'm loving it.

with a taste of a poison paradise.

i'm addicted to you.

don't you know that you're toxic?

i love what you do.

i think i'm ready now.

it's the thing in your thighs when you're lonely at night.

you tell yourself you're fine.

you sabotage the things you love the most.

this is the voice in your head that says 'i do not want this'.

this is the glimmer of light that you're keeping alive.

bet i could fuck him.

why do you need love so badly?

bet she was brutal and bratty.

bet that she'll never be happy.

i've got a monster inside me.

these are the standards to which you could hold me.

i do not know me.

i think i'll sit this one at home.

unusual for me, i know.

please give those recycled house tracks my warmest regards.

does he kiss you 'til your lips explode?

does he take you places i can't afford to go?

behind that sugar there's only lies.

this one's ending bad.

it's all good with me if i know it's all good with you.

it's only half as frightening as it first may seem.

do whatever you must.

i'll do whatever it must take.

kill the headlights and put it in neutral.

got a couple of couches.

don't believe everything that you breathe.

i'm a loser, baby.

things are gonna change, i can feel it.

i know i may be young, but i've got feelings too.

i need to do what i feel like doing.

did you ever think it'd be okay for me to step into this world?

i may come off quiet.

what the hell, who cares.

anywhere i go, there you are.

i've been getting used to waking up with you.

i always feel you in my blood.

everything is fine when your head's resting next to mine.

since we met, i feel a lightness in my step.

you're miles away but i still feel you.

[coolstorysister]

random sentence prompts  ━ from various tv shows, part 22

this isn’t who you are.

it’s hard to recognize hope, even when it’s right in front of us.

sounds like a terrible idea. i’m in. 

you, like, awakened something in me.

that girl’s like hanging out with a funeral.

places are easy to leave. it’s the people that are hard to leave behind.

i won’t prove them right. i won’t be the monster they think i am.

it feels like you’re kind of out of sync in your life.

it’s mushy, i don’t like it.

does anyone think about me as much as i think about them?

i know i feel too much. but isn’t that good, too? because i would do anything for the people that i love.

told you i’d survive.

love is a lot of things. safe isn’t one of them.

indifference is the best revenge.

sometimes i come here to cry.

maybe next time you just need to kiss someone who wants to kiss you back.

what if all your dreams come true and it’s still not enough?

god, i love the smell of air conditioning.

i wish i was like you. i wish i could just be a stone cold bitch and not care.

i matter. i should matter to you.

i didn’t make you anything that wasn’t in there already.

don’t you see? this is life or death.

you make my life worse. you make me worse. you’re the thing that i do when i want to hate myself.

all you do is lie to me.

this is why you broke up with me. i’m a crazy person.

once someone leaves, that’s it. that’s who they are.

not many people wanna be my friend right now. i’m not very popular.

i don’t know who i am without you. you changed my life, my life became about you.

i’m strong. i’ve had to get really strong.

kinda nice to know there’s a little bit of crazy going on around here that doesn’t involve us.

that’s what us lesbians do. we just stare at each other and nothing ever happens and we think about it forever.

i do not trust happiness. 

you know, i’ve been pretty independent my whole life.

you’re not the one i need to hear ‘sorry’ from.

it’s okay to fall apart a little.

your feelings can be a lot sometimes.

you are giving me panic attacks. what are you still doing here?

i could use a break from keeping you alive.

we are some shitty best friends.

you turn the page, and you don’t look back. you do better today than you did yesterday.

do you think we’ll ever be able to trust each other again?

i was the original leaver. i just came back.

he makes you feel bad about yourself, why would you spend any time with him?

the only person who doesn’t know how beautiful you are is you.

you know how i can come across as a weird asshole sometimes?

you’ve become more questions than answers for me.

you are the calmest thing i know.

why don’t you want happiness?

i’m your only friend.

you know, it just feels like we should be fucking.

also, you look really hot, by the way. 

you just seem so unapologetically you. like, in every way. where does that come from?

when i’m with you, i don’t feel sick to my stomach.

how do you do that? say out loud what i’m thinking? 

don’t ruin your life by being passive aggressive.

it’s like you’re lost.

you can’t rewrite the past.

i’m not happy here. and i don’t think you are, either.

now that i’ve met you, now that i know what it feels like to be in love with you, i cannot see spending the rest of my life with anyone else.

what do you do except follow me around?

you’re just drunk and you’re trying to hurt my feelings.

i always felt like nothing.

who needs food when you have love, right?

do you have any idea what it feels like to be in pain all day?

you’re clinging to me to make yourself feel better.

because of you, i finally know what it’s like to really want something, but it can’t just be you.

if we don’t break up now, i will continue to make you my whole world.

you better make us breaking up worth it. if you’re not gonna fight for us, at least fight for you.

if it weren’t for you, i’d still be locked in a life that wasn’t mine.

maybe we’ll be ready for each other in 10 years. 

next time you see me, it won’t be as friends.

you were hurting, and you lashed out, because that’s what you do.

i was so angry at you for leaving. i don’t want to feel like that anymore.

you want your revenge? or you want your people to live?

look at you. fighting is all you know.

i promise, i won’t slow you down. i’ll just keep you company.

you haven’t been happy about anything in a long time.

doing the right thing can kiss my ass.

nothing like a little pain to remind you you’re alive.

i didn’t bail on you. i came back.

i do hard things so you don’t have to. i know i’m a monster.

you turned me into the worst possible version of myself. 

the next time i see you, i’ll kill you. and that’s a promise.

i know you think you don’t deserve this, but you’re wrong.

i want you to get everything that you want.

i think i love you too. i tried to fight it. because, hello.

i thought about dying. like a lot. like, “okay, at least there’s that option.”

you overstep until people suffocate.

you are only ever going to hurt me.

you know who i am. i’m you. remember?

danger is supposed to come with warning signs.

i don’t like you nervous. it’s unsettling.

look, it’s you. it’s always gonna be you. and i know you love me too.

i know you better than anyone. you want all this, not me.

so that’s what we do now, we just run away when things get scary. 

i don’t wanna run anymore. i just wanna be okay.