𝑫𝑰𝑨𝑳𝑶𝑮𝑼𝑬 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑻𝑺.
↬ THE INFERNAL DEVICES SERIES ( 2010 - 2013 ) by cassandra clare.
sentences taken from or inspired by the dialogue from the series, including the books clockwork angel, clockwork prince, & clockwork princess.
+ feel free to change pronouns / roles !
‘ one must always be careful of books, and what is inside them. ’
‘ we live and breathe words. ’
‘ if there is no one in the world who cares for you, do you really exist at all ? ’
‘ they say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of grief is finite. ’
‘ requited love is nice, but it doesn’t make much of a ballad. ’
‘ i am not the one of us who has no heart. ’
‘ i haven’t broken his heart at all. ’
‘ you don’t know that there’s only oblivion after death. ’
‘ if you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. ’
‘ i thought we could at least talk about books. ’
‘ there’s plenty of sense in nonsense sometimes, if you wish to look for it. ’
‘ pointless, needless suffering and pain ? i don’t suppose it would help if i told you that was the way life is. ’
‘ you hurt everyone. everyone whose life you touch. ’
‘ it’s all heartbreak, death, and unrequited love. ’
‘ such harsh truths so early in the morning cannot be good for the digestion. ’
‘ hell is cold. ’
‘ i seek scandal and low companionship. ’
‘ perhaps we do need a chaperon. ’
‘ death could be imminent. ’
‘ the handsome fellow that’s trying to rescue you from a hideous fate is never wrong. ’
‘ i have lost everything. ’
‘ who said we were owed happiness ? what about what we owe others ? ’
‘ he’s going to kill someone. or get us killed. ’
‘ clearly the word excellent means something else on this side of the atlantic. ’
‘ you may hide here with me, if you wish. ’
‘ with god on your side, what does luck matter ? ’
‘ are you highly intoxicated at the moment ? ’
‘ you wish to marry me now ? ’
‘ entreat me not to leave thee. ’
‘ don’t be ordinary like that. ’
‘ is it because i’m better looking than you ? ’
‘ dreams can be dangerous things. ’
‘ declarations of love amuse me. ’
‘ be prepared to swoon at my finery. ’
‘ i don’t believe you can threaten people into goodness. ’
‘ finally broke down and admitted you’re in love with me, have you ? ’
‘ i say this out of pure selfishness. ’
‘ is loyalty still a commendable quality if it is misdirected ? ’
‘ you must be terribly dull witted. ’
‘ you need not be so careful. i will not break. ’
‘ there is more to living than not dying. ’
‘ men may be stronger, but it is women who endure. ’
‘ was there ever a more beautiful sound than your name ? ’
‘ we do not have to carry the burden of their choices or sins. ’
‘ life is full of risks. death is much simpler. ’
‘ you serve a greater cause. your life is not yours to throw away. ’
‘ there are so many worse things than death. not to be loved or not to be able to love, that is worse. ’
‘ you are human. never think that you are not. ’
‘ if you’re determined to follow me into hell, i cannot stop you. ’
‘ i’ve always wanted to see hell. doesn’t everyone ? ’
‘ come back to me, for i cannot bear to lose all my heart. ’
‘ i am catastrophically in love with you. ’
‘ i can offer you my heart, though i have no idea how many more beats it shall sustain. ’
‘ our souls are knit. we are one person. ’
‘ i do not want to sit by while tragedy comes for us. ’
‘ i am leaving, but i am living. i will not be gone from you entirely. ’
‘ they say that you cannot love two people at once. ’
‘ i cannot leave you to face death alone. ’
‘ when i breathe, i will think of you, for without you i would have been dead years ago. ’
‘ the world is a wheel. when we rise and fall, we do it together. ’
‘ you are the first dream of my soul, the only dream i was unable to stop myself from dreaming. ’
‘ when i am in the darkness, i want to think of it in the light, with you. ’
‘ heroes endure because we need them. not for their own sakes. ’
‘ if there is a life after this one, let me meet you in it. ’
‘ life is a book, and there are a thousand pages i have not yet read. ’
‘ words have the power to change us. ’
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𝑳𝒀𝑹𝑰𝑪 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑻𝑺.
↬ RED (TAYLOR’S VERSION) ( 2021 ) by taylor swift.
pt. ii, lyrics that made me sob on the floor at 2 am, taken from or inspired by the lyrical masterpiece that is red (tv).
+ feel free to change pronouns / roles !
STAY STAY STAY.
‘ i’m pretty sure we almost broke up last night. ’
‘ i was expecting some dramatic turn away, but you stayed. ’
‘ you should never leave a fight unresolved. ’
‘ i’ve been loving you for quite some time. ’
‘ you think that it’s funny when i’m mad. ’
‘ i think that it’s best if we both stay. ’
‘ i love you because you have given me no choice but to stay. ’
‘ you took the time to memorize me: my fears, my hopes, my dreams. ’
‘ it’s been occurring to me i’d like to hang out with you my whole life. ’
‘ no one else is going to love me when i get mad. ’
THE LAST TIME.
‘ you find yourself at my door, just like all those times before. ’
‘ all roads they lead me here. ’
‘ right before your eyes, i’m breaking. ’
‘ this is the last time i’m asking you this. ’
‘ put my name at the top of your list. ’
‘ you break my heart in the blink of an eye. ’
‘ you wear your best apology, but i was there to watch you leave. ’
HOLY GROUND.
‘ i was reminiscing just the other day. ’
‘ it took me away, back to a first-glance feeling. ’
‘ i guess we fell apart in the usual way. ’
‘ you fit in my poems like a perfect rhyme. ’
‘ the story’s got dust on every page. ’
‘ darling it was good, never looking down. ’
‘ where we stood was holy ground. ’
‘ for the first time i had something to lose. ’
‘ i see your face in every crowd. ’
‘ i don’t want to dance, if i’m not dancing with you. ’
SAD BEAUTIFUL TRAGIC.
‘ words, how little they mean when you’re a little too late. ’
‘ good girls, hopeful they’ll be, and long will they wait. ’
‘ we had a beautiful magic love there. ’
‘ in dreams i meet you in warm conversation. ’
‘ we both wake in lonely beds in different cities. ’
‘ time is taking its sweet time erasing you. ’
‘ you’ve got your demons, and darling they all look like me. ’
‘ what a sad, beautiful tragic love affair. ’
THE LUCKY ONE.
‘ the camera flashes make it look like a dream. ’
‘ you’ve had it figured out since you were in school. ’
‘ everybody loves pretty, everybody loves cool. ’
‘ your name goes up in lights like diamonds in the sky. ’
‘ your lover in the foyer doesn’t even know you. ’
‘ your secrets end up splashed on the news front page. ’
‘ they tell you that you’re lucky, but you’re so confused. ’
‘ you don’t feel pretty, you just feel used. ’
‘ all the young things line up to take your place. ’
‘ you wonder if you’ll make it out alive. ’
‘ they still tell the legend of how you disappeared. ’
‘ it took some time, but i understand it now. ’
‘ i think you’ve got it right. ’
‘ let me tell you now, you’re the lucky one. ’
EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED.
‘ all i knew this morning when i woke is i know something now i didn’t before. ’
‘ i just wanna know you better. ’
‘ your eyes looked like coming home. ’
‘ you’ll be mine and i’ll be yours. ’
‘ everything has changed. ’
‘ all my walls stood tall, painted blue, but i’ll take them down and open up the door for you. ’
‘ all i know in my stomach is butterflies: the beautiful kind, making up for lost time. ’
‘ come back and tell me why. ’
‘ i’m feeling like i’ve missed you all this time. ’
‘ let me know that it’s not all in my mind. ’
STARLIGHT.
‘ oh my, what a marvelous tune. ’
‘ it was the best night, never would forget how we moved. ’
‘ the whole place is dressed to the nines. ’
‘ we were dancing like we’re made of starlight. ’
‘ we were seventeen and crazy, running wild. ’
‘ i can’t remember what song he was playing as he walked in. ’
‘ look at you, worrying so much about things you can’t change. ’
‘ you’ll spend your whole life singing the blues if you keep thinking that way. ’
‘ don’t you see the starlight ? ’
‘ don’t you dream impossible things ? ’
‘ we could get married. ’
‘ we could have ten kids, and teach them how to dream. ’
BEGIN AGAIN.
‘ you throw your head back laughing like a little kid. ’
‘ i think it’s strange that you think i’m funny, cause he / she / they never did. ’
‘ i’ve been spending the last few months thinking all love ever does is break, and burn, and end. ’
‘ on a wednesday in a cafe i watched it begin again. ’
‘ you don’t know why i’m coming off a little shy, but i do. ’
‘ for the first time, what’s past is past. ’
THE MOMENT I KNEW.
‘ you should’ve been there. ’
‘ it would’ve felt like a million little stars had just aligned. ’
‘ i would’ve been so happy. ’
‘ i’ve got my eye on the door just waiting for you to walk in. ’
‘ you said you’d be here. ’
‘ it was like slow motion. ’
‘ i was standing there in my party dress, in red lipstick with no one to impress. ’
‘ there was one thing missing. ’
‘ that was the moment i knew. ’
‘ i try not to fall apart as the sinking feeling starts. ’
‘ what do you say when tears are streaming down your face in front of everyone you know ? ’
‘ what do you do when the one who means the most to you is the one who didn’t show ? ’
COME BACK ... BE HERE.
‘ i told myself don’t get attached. ’
‘ this is when the feeling sinks in. ’
‘ i don’t want to miss you like this. ’
‘ come back, be here. ’
‘ i don’t want to need you this way. ’
‘ i guess you’re in london today. ’
‘ if i had known what i know now, i never would have played so nonchalant. ’
‘ this is falling in love in the cruelest way. ’
‘ i am falling for you when you are worlds away. ’
‘ i break down, cause it’s not fair that you’re not around. ’
GIRL AT HOME.
‘ don’t look at me. ’
‘ you’ve got a girl at home and everybody knows that. ’
‘ i feel a responsibility to do what’s upstanding and right. ’
‘ you’ve been getting closer and closer, and crossing so many lines. ’
‘ it’d be a fine proposition, if i was a stupid girl. ’
‘ i am no one’s exception. ’
‘ you’re the kind of man who makes me sad. ’
‘ let’s consider this lesson learned. ’
‘ i might go with it if i hadn’t once been just like her. ’
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𝑳𝒀𝑹𝑰𝑪 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑻𝑺.
↬ RED (TAYLOR’S VERSION) ( 2021 ) by taylor swift.
pt. i, lyrics that made me sob on the floor at 2 am, taken from or inspired by the lyrical masterpiece that is red (tv).
+ feel free to change pronouns / roles !
STATE OF GRACE.
‘ we fall in love until it bleeds, or hurts, or fades in time. ’
‘ you come around and your armor falls. ’
‘ this is a state of grace. ’
‘ this is the worthwhile fight. ’
‘ love is a ruthless game unless you play it good and right. ’
‘ this is the golden age of something good and right and real. ’
‘ you’re my achilles’ heel. ’
‘ so you never were a saint. ’
‘ i loved in shades of wrong. ’
RED.
‘ loving you is like trying to change my mind once i’m already flying through the free fall. ’
‘ it’s like the colors in autumn, so bright just before they lose it all. ’
‘ losing you was blue like i’ve never known. ’
‘ forgetting you is like trying to know somebody i’ve never met. ’
‘ remembering you comes in flashbacks, and echoes. ’
‘ i tell myself it’s time now, gotta let go. ’
‘ moving on from you is impossible when i still see it all in my head. ’
‘ regretting him / her / them is like wishing you’d never found out that love could be that strong. ’
‘ that’s why you’re spinning ‘round in my head, it comes back to me burning red. ’
TREACHEROUS.
‘ put your lips close to mine as long as they don’t touch. ’
‘ i can’t decide if it’s a choice: getting swept away. ’
‘ i hear the sound of my own voice asking you to stay. ’
‘ all we are is skin and bone trained to get along. ’
‘ i’m forever going with the flow, but you’re friction. ’
‘ your name has echoed through my mind and i just think you should know. ’
‘ nothing safe is worth the drive and i will follow you home. ’
‘ this hope is treacherous. ’
‘ this daydream is dangerous. ’
I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE.
‘ i guess you didn’t care, and i guess i liked that. ’
‘ when i fell hard you took a step back without me. ’
‘ i realized the blame is on me. ’
‘ i knew you were trouble when you walked in. ’
‘ i flew me to places i’ve never been until you put me down. ’
‘ no apologies, you’ll never see me cry. ’
‘ you’ll pretend you don’t know that you’re the reason why i’m drowning. ’
‘ i heard you moved on from whispers on the street. ’
‘ you were long gone when you met me. ’
‘ the saddest fear comes creeping in, that you never loved me. ’
ALL TOO WELL.
‘ something about you felt like home somehow. ’
‘ i can picture it after all these days. ’
‘ i know it’s long gone. ’
‘ i might be okay, but i’m not fine at all. ’
‘ i / you remember it all too well. ’
‘ you tell me about your past, thinking your future is me. ’
‘ i’ll forget about you long enough to forget why i needed to. ’
‘ maybe we got lost in translation, maybe i asked for too much. ’
‘ maybe this thing was a masterpiece, till you tore it all up. ’
‘ you called me up again just to break me like a promise. ’
‘ you’re so casually cruel in the name of being honest. ’
‘ time won’t fly, it’s like i’m paralyzed by it. ’
‘ i’d like to be my old self again, but i’m still trying to find it. ’
‘ it reminds you of innocence. ’
‘ i loved you so, back before you lost the one real thing you’ve ever known. ’
‘ it was rare, i was there, i remember it all too well. ’
22.
‘ it feels like a perfect night. ’
‘ we’ll end up dreaming instead of sleeping. ’
‘ we’re happy, free, confused, and lonely at the same time. ’
‘ it’s miserable and magical. ’
‘ everything will be alright if you keep me next to you. ’
‘ we’ll forget about the heartbreaks. ’
‘ you don’t know about me, but i’ll bet you want to. ’
‘ everything will be alright if we just keep dancing. ’
I ALMOST DO.
‘ i bet this time of night you’re still up. ’
‘ i just want to tell you it takes everything in me not to call you. ’
‘ i wish i could run to you. ’
‘ i hope you know that every time i don’t, i almost do. ’
‘ you think i either moved on, or hate you. ’
‘ i bet it never ever occurred to you. ’
‘ i can’t say hello to you and risk another goodbye. ’
‘ we made quite a mess, babe. ’
‘ we’re probably better off this way. ’
‘ i confess, that in my dreams you’re touching my face. ’
‘ you’re asking me to stay. ’
‘ i hope sometimes you wonder about me. ’
WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER.
‘ i remember when we broke up the first time. ’
‘ i’m saying this is it, i’ve had enough. ’
‘ i miss you, and i swear i’m gonna change. ’
‘ remember how that lasted for a day? ’
‘ this time i’m telling you. ’
‘ we are never ever getting back together. ’
‘ i’m really going to miss you picking fights, and me falling for it, screaming that i’m right. ’
‘ you’ll hide away and find some peace of mind. ’
‘ you’ll call me up again tonight. ’
‘ i used to think that we were forever. ’
‘ i used to say never say never. ’
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𝑺𝑪𝑬𝑵𝑨𝑹𝑰𝑶 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑻𝑺.
↬ OF MERMAIDS, MASQUERADES AND MAGIC.
scenarios inspired by various settings, encounters & magic tucked between pages, fashioned by the author. tw for drowning mentions.
+ feel free to change pronouns / roles !
MERMAIDS.
‘ beyond the winds and past the shores, strange magic lurks about. ’
‘ will you go to the lagoon with me ? it’s unsafe to go alone. ’
‘ they say a siren’s call alone can drown a man before she swallows him. ’
‘ quick ! cover your ears. ’
‘ what did you imagine as you heard the song ? ’
‘ i can feel a voice like claws sinking beneath my skin. ’
‘ one can pray to the ocean, but the waters answer in strange tongues. ’
‘ careful, or we’ll hit the reef. ’
‘ the sea-folk are flighty as their fins, and illusive as shimmering scales. ’
‘ i should like to find myself a sailor fit for a feast. ’
‘ sometimes i wish there was more than the endless waves. ’
‘ do you see that ? there, beneath the surface ? ’
‘ that’s no fish, and no woman either. ’
‘ what lies off the edge of the map ? ’
‘ the sea has monsters, but beauties too. ’
‘ i’ve heard that merfolk make bargains, and trade in the ocean’s magic. ’
‘ i’ve never seen a pearl like this one. ’
‘ the ship will go down if we don’t turn about ! ’
‘ what is that, out there on the rocks ? ’
‘ won’t you listen to my song ? ’
‘ mermaids love shiny things. keep a careful eye on yours. ’
‘ if we hide in the kelp, we might see them as they pass. ’
‘ i’ve heard the tales. to catch you means to gain a granted wish. ’
‘ i’ve never seen your likeness, only heard the myths. ’
‘ come with me, beneath the sea and foam, and be mine. ’
‘ some of us live in the ocean, others in rivers and streams and even trees. ’
‘ falling in love with a human is an old tale. tell me a new one. ’
‘ so you gave up your fin for legs ? ’
‘ soon i will be nothing but seafoam. ’
‘ what is a heart, but an ocean of secrets ? ’
‘ you’d let yourself be undone and remade for someone you’ve never known. that is not love. ’
‘ let your dreams sink to the depths. they’ve done you no good. ’
MASQUERADES.
‘ i’ve never seen so many unfamiliar faces. ’
‘ he’s / she’s / they’ve been looking at me all evening. ’
‘ would you do me the honor of a dance ? ’
‘ neither of us need know the other tonight. i prefer the mystery. ’
‘ your choice of costume is rather extravagant. ’
‘ what fun would it be, if i took this off ? ’
‘ i’m certain we’ve met before. ’
‘ i’ve always longed for a night like this. it’s something out of a dream. ’
‘ won’t you come away with me ? there’s a balcony just outside. ’
‘ i’m inclined to think we’ve never met before, and perhaps will never meet again after tonight. ’
‘ you look like you know how to waltz. care to ? ’
‘ i must stand up with someone this evening, and i don’t see why it can’t be you. ’
‘ would you stop staring so intently ? what do you think to find ? ’
‘ i’ll stop bothering you if you agree to dance with me. ’
‘ please take it off. i want to see you. ’
‘ i’ve never been to a masque before. ’
' it seems our attire makes opposites of us. ’
‘ i’ve never seen a more hideous costume than that one. ’
‘ i can’t stay much longer. you see, i’m not supposed to be here at all. ’
‘ you’ll never know who i am. ’
‘ people like you always make a fool of me. ’
‘ oh. i thought you were someone else. ’
‘ i’ll give you three chances to guess who i am. ’
‘ the next time i offer you my hand, you’ll get more than a dance from me. ’
‘ i’ve wanted to dance beneath stars like these for as long as i can remember. ’
‘ what do you look like ? ’
‘ that look in your eyes tells me all i need to know. ’
‘ you won’t like what you’ll see. ’
‘ i recognize your voice. ’
‘ you’ll know the truth before the night is up. ’
‘ i’ve heard the darkest of dances are the best for falling in love to. ’
‘ you don’t know it now, but we’re friends already. ’
‘ can’t we pretend a little while longer ? ’
‘ it’s when the party is over that we learn to know each other most. ’
‘ happily ever after can’t come so easily as a single night dancing. ’
MAGIC.
‘ i’ve caught you. you have to undo the spell for me now. ’
‘ think carefully before asking for something well beyond the reach of mortal power. ’
‘ i think i know a spell for that. ’
‘ i can’t help you. but there are people in other worlds, in the moors and hills and trees, that might. ’
‘ you must gather the necessary ingredients for such a potion. ’
‘ true love is never the answer to the riddle. not when so much as life and death is at stake. ’
‘ i’ve found and made my way here by right. you can’t deny me the answers i seek. ’
‘ be warned: monsters hide between the trees and whisper in magic tongues. ’
‘ it always makes a fraction of sense to be careful what you wish for. ’
‘ i’ve been turned into an unsightly creature, and i need a way of turning back. ’
‘ not all magical stories happen in castles, or cottages in the wood. ’
‘ preposterous. magic and sorcery do not exist but in the minds of superstitious fools. ’
‘ get back from that cauldron ! it’s dangerous. ’
‘ i don’t mess with things like candles and the stars and the moon after dark. it never ends well. ’
‘ i am something ancient. my name has been forgotten by mortal mouths and is found only in their oldest texts. ’
‘ not all fairy helpers are kind, and not all villains are ugly, or even cruel. ’
‘ if you want my help, you must earn it. ’
‘ is this something i could learn ? ’
‘ i don’t want to be ordinary, and i don’t care what the risks are. ’
‘ you think to put a curse on me ? i will spend my life defying it. ’
‘ stay back, witch, and keep your spells from sneaking past your lips. ’
‘ you must chain a magician in more than metal or rope if you wish to stop them. ’
‘ that’s a parlor trick. show me real magic. ’
‘ only you can break the spell. it is something you are meant for. ’
‘ fate is nothing but an illusion placed in our heads, that we might follow the words of others and not our own intentions. ’
‘ whatever has brought me here, i cannot turn back now. ’
‘ soon the clock will strike, and nothing more might be done. ’
‘ magic requires taking in order to give. it will keep demanding parts of you. ’
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𝑺𝑪𝑬𝑵𝑨𝑹𝑰𝑶 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑻𝑺.
↬ OF FAIRYTALES, FOLKLORE AND FAEKIND.
scenarios inspired by various settings, encounters & magic tucked between pages, fashioned by the author.
+ feel free to change pronouns / roles !
FAIRYTALES.
‘ let me guess, you thought a true love’s kiss would help you. ’
‘ you will always follow the trail in the wood, and it will guide you on the same path, to the same cottage, the same witch. it will always be your undoing. ’
‘ i have never seen a more tragic creature. how might i help you ? ’
‘ you must take this knife and plunge it into his / her / their heart. ’
‘ forget yourself. that is how you break your curse. ’
‘ remove this thorn from my hand, and you will be rewarded. ’
‘ i’m tired of being a prince. i think i would actually enjoy being a frog. ’
‘ tell me of the beast, and i will hunt it for you. ’
‘ mice are never just mice, and pumpkins are rarely just pumpkins. ’
‘ i don’t think breaking a spell should be this simple. ’
‘ i never thought i’d return here, to the site where it all began. ’
‘ are you an orphan ? it’s just that they’re always finding themselves in magical predicaments. ’
‘ the mirror speaks falsely in your ear. it is your true curse. ’
‘ my heart feels uneasy, although i am free. is it supposed to ? ’
‘ i’m sorry, it’s just that i thought this is the part of the quest where the animals ought to start talking to me. ’
‘ of course i plan on going to the ball. why wouldn’t i ? ’
‘ jealousy has made more witches out of women than adam’s rib. ’
‘ where has choosing goodheartedness and having golden hair ever gotten you ? ’
‘ are you a helpful wizard, or the kind that sits in a tower reading moldy books ? ’
‘ i’m dreadfully bored. who knew waiting for a prince was so strenuous ? ’
‘ we all have towers we must leave, and magic that will try to thwart us. ’
‘ i’m afraid for the clock to strike. the hour will ring in the place of my heartbeat when we must be parted. ’
‘ i had no idea carpets could fly. or pigs for that matter. ’
‘ what would happen if the knight did not arrive to the castle, and the dragon made a den of it and a hoard of its people and prize of its princess ? ’
‘ i sometimes think i was switched out at birth, like a lizard in a bird’s nest. i belong somewhere else. ’
‘ in another kingdom exists a throne and a crown that is mine by right. ’
‘ if i did not wake up one day, i would still be waiting on a spinning wheel, dutifully bored. ’
‘ something in me knows you are here for my heart. ’
FOLKLORE.
‘ in all the myths i’ve heard, it’s never been worthwhile to approach strange sights. it’s best to turn around and pretend you never saw them. ’
‘ nothing is folklore until it exists longer than consciousness remembers, and lives in spite of it. ’
‘ i’ve heard your name before, in songs and lengthy ballads. ’
‘ whatever has led you here to me, there is destiny in its making. ’
‘ the beast returns every century or so, and tries to devour us. it will come again before long. ’
‘ a pretty face is not nothing. it earns you a hearth and a kind hand, after all. ’
‘ their lips are red as blood, and their teeth carve ruin into throats. ’
‘ aren’t dragons supposed to breathe fire and make a fuss about having their treasure found ? ’
‘ someday you will become a pilgrim, a saint, or a favored story, while i will be a voice on the wind. ’
‘ the stories say brides don’t live to the light before demons devour them. why should i become one ? ’
‘ there was another girl like you once, in a small town like this one. i can’t remember if she became the monster or died trying to escape it. ’
‘ remember to festoon the hearth with garlic, or rosemary, or one of those mundane herbs that keep evil out. ’
‘ that sounds like nothing but a tall tale, but i’m certain smaller minds would eat it up. ’
‘ to cross this bridge, you’ll have to pay a heavy toll. ’
‘ don’t stray too far from the path set before you, or something interesting might happen. ’
‘ i’ve passed that yard of crops a million times, but the crow never moved from its post until this morning. ’
‘ it is as though ancient fears are still in us like scars or stitches. ’
‘ graveyards aren’t where you find ghosts. look for them in places that feel like memories you shouldn’t have. ’
‘ stories reap princes from peasants as if their skins were crops in the ground. ’
‘ what form does your fear take ? surely not that of a bear or a lion. such things are too assuring. ’
‘ i found myself where everything was too familiar to be real. ’
‘ in safe beds on cold dark nights, we learn to face the monsters in our own minds. ’
FAEKIND.
‘ you’re not to partake in a fairy feast. don’t you know it’s the food that will devour you ? ’
‘ i’m sorry you did not read the eyes of the trees before finding yourself here. ’
‘ i wish to go back. i want to forget everything. ’
‘ you think that believing in us is enough to protect you ? that it will kill us if you forget, and we prey upon your unknowing ? ’
‘ step around the ring three times, like a backwards clock. that’s how you get to fairyland. ’
‘ i’ve never heard such sweet music before. ’
‘ where the trees begin to twist and groan in their roots, remember you must not make a right turn. ’
‘ i didn’t feel like i’d stepped into another world, but like it stepped into me. i knew i was there and forgot i’d left anything behind. ’
‘ how amusing. a human ! ’
‘ would you be my bride if i were to take you into the ground ? ’
‘ i know of tunnels you might take, the burrows of trolls and rabbits. ’
‘ don’t take anything from this realm, none of it is worth the price of keeping. ’
‘ there are courts by many titles in the lands beyond the veil, all of them other. ’
‘ names are not like currency here; they are more precious than diamonds and legacies. ’
‘ did you think all of us looked like goblins ? ’
‘ getting here is easy, but getting home is quite the trick. ’
‘ i shall give you a riddle, and it will puzzle you until you know the answer but forget your own soul. ’
‘ a bloodline is nothing when you’ve outlived civilizations. ’
‘ refusing my hospitality is like human sin, and it will bring worse upon you. ’
‘ everything here is and isn’t, and things are and aren’t. ’
‘ on lonely nights i stare into the trees, and a strange face leers back. ’
‘ the thrones here are made of bones and blood, and built upon decay. ’
‘ a third time is not a charm, but a bargain. it says that you want something enough to wager your sense. ’
‘ it is dangerous to think that magical beings do not have human intensities. ’
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𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑻𝑺.
↬ THE LANGUAGE OF THORNS, midnight tales and dangerous magic. ( 2017 ) by leigh bardugo.
sentences taken from or inspired by the collection’s dialogue & narration.
+ feel free to change pronouns !
i. AYAMA AND THE THORN WOOD.
‘ love speaks in flowers. truth requires thorns. ’
‘ we all know the story of how the queen becomes a queen. ’
‘ we should leave this place. ’
‘ no doubt it will come and devour us all. ’
‘ the beast will laugh you right out of the wild lands. ’
‘ you know how the stories go. interesting things happen only to pretty girls. ’
‘ is the wood much worse than a garden overgrown with pricklers ? ’
‘ stupid girl ! do you wish to become a monster ? ’
‘ strike me. cleave me in two. ’
‘ you’re as thorny as the wood. ’
‘ there is but one rule in my wood. speak truth. ’
‘ perhaps you might show mercy freely. ’
‘ just eat a bit of the sun to fill the sky, and you will feel empty no longer. ’
‘ what nonsense ! of course that’s not how the story ends. ’
‘ some people are born with a piece of night inside, and that hollow place can never be filled. ’
‘ what do i care for winter ? no season touches this wood. ’
‘ you know the only bargain i will make. ’
‘ sometimes the unseen is not to be feared and those that are meant to love us most are not always the ones that do. ’
‘ bad fates do not always follow those that deserve them. ’
‘ no prince is worth your life. ’
‘ are you so eager to be eaten ? ’
‘ they have told me to return with your heart. ’
‘ you think to love a monster ? ’
‘ a man like you is owed no words. ’
ii. THE TOO CLEVER FOX.
‘ you are doomed to a miserable life. ’
‘ better to be hungry now than to be sorry later. ’
‘ what will everyone say when they see such a face ? ’
‘ we have not gone so soft as that. ’
‘ you think that we will let you live on foolish promises ? ’
‘ you have bested me. that much is clear. ’
‘ will you not free me ? ’
‘ you will have a fine time of it, i can tell you. ’
‘ i can bear ugliness. i find the one thing i cannot live with is death. ’
‘ if you will only cease your talking, i will gladly go. ’
‘ where he went, he bled the woods dry. ’
‘ what’s a bit more blood ? ’
‘ you should leave this place. you are not safe here. ’
‘ with such big eyes, i think you see too much. ’
‘ will you not tell me what troubles you ? ’
‘ why do you stay with him ? you’re pretty enough to catch a husband. ’
‘ just because you escape one trap, doesn’t mean you will escape the next. ’
‘ first i must find my courage. ’
‘ few can resist the sight of a pretty girl crying. ’
‘ the trap is loneliness, and no one escapes it. not even me. ’
‘ in the wood, even songbirds must be survivors. ’
iii. THE WITCH OF DUVA.
‘ there was a time when the wood ate girls. ’
‘ be back before dark. the trees are hungry tonight. ’
‘ who can say what shapes an appetite ? ’
‘ this is my home, you can’t just send me away. ’
‘ don’t be foolish. there’s plenty of light. ’
‘ well then, come help me stir the pot. ’
‘ i will warn you just this once. go. ’
‘ you cannot come and go from this place like you’re fetching water from a well. ’
‘ hope made me stubborn. ’
‘ stay there and keep quiet. i don’t need rumors that i’ve been taking girls. ’
‘ i will not have you bring a monster to my door. ’
‘ you know that you are welcome to remain here with me. ’
‘ i will follow her. i will peck out her eyes. ’
‘ believe me. say you believe me. ’
‘ dark things have a way of slipping through narrow spaces. ’
iv. LITTLE KNIFE.
‘ it is dangerous to travel the northern road with a troubled heart. ’
‘ if you are lost in your own thoughts, you may find yourself stepping off the path and into the dark woods. ’
‘ she was beautiful from the moment of her birth. ’
‘ why must i be the one to hide ? ’
‘ do you think i am so foolish or so cruel ? ’
‘ water only wants direction. it wants to be told what to do. ’
‘ always you have done my bidding, but what good are you to me now ? ’
‘ soon i will be very rich, but will i have a good man ? ’
‘ that is a question for the river. ’
‘ your tongue is not fit for my true name. ’
‘ will you come with me, and be bride to nothing but the shore ? ’
‘ she was terrifying in her beauty, bright like a devouring star. ’
‘ remember that to use a thing is not to own it. ’
‘ should you ever take a bride, listen closely to her questions. ’
v. THE SOLDIER PRINCE.
‘ this is the problem with even lesser demons. they come to your door in velvet coats and polished shoes. ’
‘ you will find great love and more gold than you could wish for. ’
‘ he’s a charming fellow, but most unusual, and peculiarities seem to follow him. ’
’ it seemed harmless at the time. ’
‘ he needed a girl, still malleable, one that he could make admire him. ’
‘ this is pleasant. this is enough. ’
‘ are you my soldier ? are you my prince ? ’
‘ i have not come to fight, only to talk. ’
‘ wanting is why people get up in the morning. it gives them something to dream of at night. ’
‘ i am perfectly real. ’
‘ she loves you, though, and that will make it harder. ’
‘ best not to ask. i think the answer would please no one. ’
‘ we can stay forever in the land of dreams. ’
‘ kiss me. take me from this place. ’
‘ i sent you to die a hundred times. ’
‘ i eat the wonder in their eyes. ’
‘ you were an idea in my head. you were nothing, and to nothing you will return when i think of you no more. ’
‘ you wanted only that i might live. you would sacrifice your own life to make it so. ’
‘ are you my darling ? are you mine ? ’
vi. WHEN WATER SANG FIRE.
‘ you wish to strike a bargain. ’
‘ make me someone new. ’
‘ this is the problem with making a thing forbidden. it does nothing but build an ache in the heart. ’
‘ easy magic is pretty. great magic requires that you trouble the waters. ’
‘ no one expects me to accomplish anything. ’
‘ i can smell your ambition like blood in the water.’
‘ i know that you should keep it like a secret, not shout it like a curse. ’
‘ yes. i can imagine it all. ’
‘ you are worth more than that. you should not have to earn him. ’
‘ hope rises like water trapped beneath a dam, higher and higher, in increments that mean nothing until you face the flood. ’
‘ there is no pain like the pain of transformation. ’
‘ take your pleasures as you will. ’
‘ come, and i’ll tell you all you wish to know. ’
‘ he made me dream of things i cannot have. ’
‘ i do not care for dancing. ’
‘ look into the mirror, and try to deny it. ’
‘ you have never been like the others, and you never will be. ’
‘ we were not made to please princes. ’
‘ i am not quite mortal either, and i have many lives to live. ’
‘ i wouldn’t care if you were part human or part frog. ’
‘ my voice is not enough. ’
‘ you know i was never strong. ’
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𝑳𝒀𝑹𝑰𝑪 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑻𝑺.
↬ REPUTATION ( 2017 ) by taylor swift.
taken from or inspired by the lyrics of the album. some sexual themes present.
+ feel free to change pronouns !
‘ i see how this is going to go. ’
‘ i knew he / she / they was a killer, the first time that i saw him / her / them. ’
‘ every love i’ve ever known in comparison is a failure. ’
‘ i’ll keep him / her / them forever, like a vendetta. ’
‘ touch me and you’ll never be alone. ’
‘ no one has to know. ’
‘ in the middle of the night, in my dreams, you should see the things we do. ’
‘ are you ready for it ? ’
‘ i’ve got some big enemies. ’
‘ you and me would be a big conversation. ’
‘ we tried to forget it but we just couldn’t. ’
‘ i bury hatchets, but i keep maps of where i put them. ’
‘ in rumors, i’m knee deep. ’
‘ i can’t let you go, your handprint is on my soul. ’
‘ you’ve been calling my bluff on all my usual tricks. ’
‘ i never trust a narcissist, but they love me. ’
‘ for every lie i tell them, they tell me three. ’
‘ this is how the world works, you gotta leave before you get left. ’
‘ i can feel the flames on my skin. ’
‘ i did something bad, why does it feel so good ? ’
‘ they’re burning all the witches, even if you aren’t one. ’
‘ don’t blame me, love made me crazy. ’
‘ for you, i would cross the line, i would waste my time. ’
‘ i once was poison ivy but now i’m your daisy. ’
‘ for you i would fall from grace, just to touch your face. ’
‘ i’d beg you on my knees to stay. ’
‘ my reputation has never been good, so you must love me for me. ’
‘ we can’t make any promises, but you can make me a drink. ’
‘ just think of the fun things we could do. ’
‘ is it too soon to do this yet ? ’
‘ sometimes when i look into your eyes, i pretend you’re mine. ’
‘ i don’t like your tilted stage, don���t like your twisted games. ’
‘ the role you made me play of the fool, no, i don’t like you. ’
‘ i don’t like your perfect crime, how you laugh when you lie. ’
‘ the world moves on, another day, another drama. ’
‘ i’ll be the actress starring in your bad dreams. ’
‘ you make all my grey days disappear. ’
‘ i’m so chill, but you make me jealous. ’
‘ i break down just a little, but when you get me alone it’s so simple. ’
‘ i’m in a gold cage, hostage to my feelings. ’
‘ you cut me into pieces. ’
‘ you’re so cool, it makes me hate you so much. ’
‘ you’ve ruined my life by not being mine. ’
‘ i’m so furious at you for making me feel this way. ’
‘ you should take it as a compliment that i’m talking to everyone here but you. ’
‘ there’s a consequence to you touching my hand in a darkened room. ’
‘ i feel like i might sink and drown and die. ’
‘ you make me so happy, it turns back to sad. ’
‘ i struck a match and blew your mind, but i didn’t mean it. ’
‘ we never had a shotgun shot in the dark. ’
‘ don’t pretend it’s such a mystery. ’
‘ we were flying, but we’d never get far. ’
‘ you should have known i’d be the first to leave. ’
‘ it’s no surprise i turned you in, because us traitors never win. ’
‘ that was the last time you ever saw me. ’
‘ i made up my mind i’m better off being alone. ’
‘ all at once, you are the one i have been waiting for. ’
‘ i’ll never let you go. ’
‘ your love is a secret i’m hoping, dreaming, dying to keep. ’
‘ the taste of your lips is my idea of luxury. ’
‘ is this the end of all the endings ? ’
‘ all at once this is enough. ’
‘ i loved you in secret, at first sight we loved without reason. ’
‘ i could have spent forever with your hands in my pockets. ’
‘ you said there was nothing in the world to divide us, but i had a bad feeling. ’
‘ we were dancing with our hands tied, like it was the first time. ’
‘ i loved you in spite of deep fears that the world would divide us. ’
‘ can we dance through an avalanche ? ’
‘ my love had been frozen deep blue, but you painted me golden. ’
‘ i’d kiss you as the lights went out, swaying as the room burned down. ’
‘ i’d hold you as the water rushes in if i could dance with you again. ’
‘ they’ve got no idea about me and you. ’
‘ you made your mark on me, a golden tattoo. ’
‘ my hands are shaking from holding back from you. ’
‘ say my name and everything just stops. ’
‘ i only bought this dress so you could take it off. ’
‘ carve your name into my bedpost. ’
‘ i don’t want you like a best friend. ’
‘ if we get burned, at least we were electrified. ’
‘ everyone thinks that they know us, but they know nothing. ’
‘ even in my worst lies, you saw the truth in me. ’
‘ i woke up just in time, now i wake up by your side. ’
‘ it was so nice throwing big parties. ’
‘ there are no rules when you show up here. ’
‘ why’d you have to rain on my parade ? ’
‘ this is why we can’t have nice things, darling. ’
‘ did you really think i wouldn’t hear all the things you said about me ? ’
‘ here i was giving you a second chance, but you stabbed me in the back while shaking my hand. ’
‘ herein lies the issue: friends don’t try to trick you. ’
‘ i’m not the only friend you’ve lost lately. ’
‘ here’s a toast to my real friends. ’
‘ i brought a knife to a gun fight. ’
‘ i’m doing better than i ever was. ’
‘ call it what you want to. ’
‘ all the liars are calling me one. ’
‘ all my flowers grew back as thorns. ’
‘ you don’t need to save me, but would you run away with me ? ’
‘ i know i make the same mistakes every time. ’
‘ bridges burn, i never learn, but at least i did one thing right. ’
‘ your starry eyes spark up my darkest night. ’
‘ i’ll be there if you’re the toast of the town, or if you strike out and you’re crawling home. ’
‘ don’t read the last page, but i stay. ’
‘ hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you. ’
‘ please don’t ever become a stranger whose laugh i would recognize anywhere. ’
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𝑳𝒀𝑹𝑰𝑪 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑻𝑺.
↬ SPEAK NOW ( 2010 ) by taylor swift.
taken from or inspired by the lyrics of the album.
+ feel free to change pronouns !
‘ i left a small town and never looked back. ’
‘ why do we bother with love if it never lasts ? ’
‘ i can see it now. ’
‘ you are the best thing that’s ever been mine. ’
‘ we’ve got nothing figured out. ’
‘ i’ll brace myself for the goodbye, because it’s all i’ve ever known. ’
‘ you’re the kind of reckless that should send me running. ’
‘ meet me in the pouring rain. ’
‘ give me something that’ll haunt me when you’re not around. ’
‘ my mind forgets to remind me that you’re a bad idea. ’
‘ keep on keeping your eyes on me. ’
‘ i’m so glad you made time to see me. ’
‘ your guard is up and i know why. ’
‘ you gave me roses and i left them there to die. ’
‘ it turns out freedom meant nothing but missing you. ’
‘ the cold came, the dark days when fear crept into my mind. ’
‘ maybe this is wishful thinking. ’
‘ i’d go back in time and change it, but i can’t. ’
‘ don’t say yes, run away now. ’
‘ this is surely not what you thought it would be. ’
‘ i lose myself in a daydream. ’
‘ i know you wish it was me. ’
‘ i am not the kind of boy / girl / person who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion. ’
‘ long were the nights when my days once revolved around you. ’
‘ i count my footsteps, and pray that the floor won’t fall through. ’
‘ i was losing my mind, but i swore i was fine. ’
‘ you paint me a blue sky, then go back and turn it to rain. ’
‘ you should have known. ’
‘ i took your matches before fire could catch me. ’
‘ you can take me down, with just a single blow. ’
‘ someday i’ll be living in a big, old city. ’
‘ all you’re ever going to be is mean. ’
‘ you have pointed out my flaws again, as if i don’t already see them. ’
‘ somebody made you cold, but you can’t lead me down that road. ’
‘ someday i’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me. ’
‘ i used to know my place was a spot next to you. ’
‘ lately, i don’t even know what page you’re on. ’
‘ is it killing you like it’s killing me ? ’
‘ how did we end up this way ? ’
‘ you held your pride like you should have held me. ’
‘ i’d tell you i miss you but i don’t know how. ’
‘ the battle is in your hands now, but i would lay my armor down. ’
‘ the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now. ’
‘ it’s so quiet in the world tonight. ’
‘ it could stay this simple. ’
‘ i won’t let anyone break your heart. ’
‘ i wish i’d never grown up. ’
‘ it was enchanting to meet you. ’
‘ your eyes whispered ‘have we met ?’ ’
‘ this night is sparkling, don’t you let it go. ’
‘ i’ll spend forever wondering if you knew. ’
‘ now i’m pacing back and forth, wishing you were at my door. ’
‘ this is the very first page, not where the storyline ends. ’
‘ my thoughts will echo your name until i see you again. ’
‘ please don’t be in love with someone else. ’
‘ please don’t have somebody waiting on you. ’
‘ i never saw it coming, i wouldn’t have suspected it. ’
‘ you underestimated just who you were dealing with. ’
‘ there is nothing i do better than revenge. ’
‘ sophistication isn’t what you wear or who you know. ’
‘ do you still feel like you know what you’re doing ? because i don’t think you do. ’
‘ show me how much better you are. ’
‘ you really did it this time, left yourself in your warpath. ’
‘ wasn’t it beautiful when you believed in everything ? ’
‘ who you are is not where you’ve been. ’
‘ you wouldn’t be shattered on the floor now, if you’d seen what you know now then. ’
‘ you and i walk a fragile line, but i never thought i’d live to see it break. ’
‘ something made your eyes go cold. ’
‘ don’t leave me like this. ’
‘ i thought i had you figured out. ’
‘ i still mean every word i say to you. ’
‘ something keeps me holding on to nothing. ’
‘ i can’t breathe whenever you’re gone. ’
‘ you told me you loved me, so why did you go away ? ’
‘ i don’t know how to be something you miss. ’
‘ your name is forever the name on my lips. ’
‘ i feel you forget me, like i used to feel you breathe. ’
‘ i never planned on you changing your mind. ’
‘ you held your head like a hero. ’
‘ bring on all the pretenders, i’m not afraid. ’
‘ one day we will be remembered. ’
‘ long live all the magic we made. ’
‘ when they point to our pictures, please tell them my name. ’
‘ i had the time of my life with you. ’
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𝑳𝒀𝑹𝑰𝑪 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑻𝑺.
↬ FOLKLORE + EVERMORE ( 2020 ) by taylor swift.
taken from or inspired by the lyrics of the sister albums. includes language + sexual themes.
+ feel free to change pronouns !
FOLKLORE.
‘ we never painted by the numbers, but we were making it count. ’
‘ you know the greatest loves of all time are over now. ’
‘ we were something, don’t you think so ? ’
‘ in my defense, i have none. ’
‘ if my wishes came true, it would have been you. ’
‘ when you are young they assume you know nothing. ’
‘ i knew you’d haunt all of my what-if’s. ’
‘ you drew scars around my stars but now i’m bleeding. ’
‘ i knew i’d curse you for the longest time. ’
‘ who knows if you / he / she / they ‘d never showed up, what could have been. ’
‘ i had a marvelous time ruining everything. ’
‘ you’re laughing, but the joke’s not funny at all. ’
‘ you’re not my homeland anymore. ’
‘ you were my crown, now i’m in exile. ’
‘ all this time, we always walked a very thin line. ’
‘ your eyes add insult to injury. ’
‘ if i’m on fire, you’ll be made of ashes too. ’
‘ did i deserve all the hell you gave me ? ’
‘ i loved you, i swear i loved you til my dying day. ’
‘ if i’m dead to you, why are you at the wake ? ’
‘ i still talk to you while i’m screaming at the sky. ’
‘ you had to kill me but it killed you just the same. ’
‘ i know they said the end is near. ’
‘ i’ll be shining just for you. ’
‘ i’m still a believer, but i don’t know why. ’
‘ i’ve never been a natural, all i do is try. ’
‘ i used to scream ferociously any time i wanted. ’
‘ i love you to the moon and saturn. ’
‘ our love lasts so long. ’
‘ i can see us lost in the memory. ’
‘ you were never mine. ’
‘ do you remember ? ’
‘ i remember thinking i had you. ’
‘ i was living for the hope of it all. ’
‘ i didn’t know if you’d care if i came back. ’
‘ i have a lot of regrets about that. ’
‘ i don’t quite know what to say, but i’m here in your doorway. ’
‘ at least i’m trying. ’
‘ it’s hard to be anywhere these days when all i want is you. ’
‘ you showed me colors you know i can’t see with anyone else. ’
‘ look at this idiotic fool that you’ve made me. ’
‘ for you i would ruin myself a million little times. ’
‘ time, curious time, cutting me open and healing me fine. ’
‘ all along there was some invisible string tying you to me. ’
‘ hell was the journey but it brought me heaven. ’
‘ what did you think i’d say to that ? ’
‘ what a shame she went mad. ’
‘ you took everything from me. ’
‘ you want a single glimpse of relief to make sense of what you’ve seen. ’
‘ it’s like i couldn’t breathe. ’
‘ the worst thing that i ever did was what i did to you. ’
‘ i dreamt of you all summer long. ’
‘ right now is the last time i can dream about what happens when you see my face again. ’
‘ i don’t know anything, but i know i miss you. ’
‘ the rain is always going to come if you’re standing with me. ’
‘ i’m a fire and i’ll keep your brittle heart warm. ’
‘ i would die for you in secret. ’
‘ would it be enough if i could never give you peace ? ’
‘ no other sadness in the world would do. ’
‘ your faithless love is the only hoax i believe in. ’
‘ i don’t belong, and my beloved neither do you. ’
‘ i want you right here. ’
EVERMORE.
‘ i never would have known by the look on your face. ’
‘ the more that you say, the less i know. ’
‘ wherever you stray, i’ll follow. ’
‘ i dropped your hand while dancing. ’
‘ love slipped beyond your reaches, and i couldn’t give a reason. ’
‘ i never was ready, so i watched you go. ’
‘ sometimes you just don’t know the answer til’ someone’s on their knees and asks you. ’
‘ what a shame she’s fucked in the head. ’
‘ everybody wonders what it would be like to love you. ’
‘ what must it be like to grow up that beautiful ? ’
‘ my mind turns your life into folklore. ’
‘ there’s an ache in you, put there by the ache in me. ’
‘ i won’t ask you to wait if you don’t ask me to stay. ’
‘ the heart i know i’m breaking is my own. ’
‘ you’re so much older, and wiser. ’
‘ i know my love should be celebrated, but you tolerate it. ’
‘ if it’s all in my head, tell me now. ’
‘ you assume i’m fine but what would you do if i break free and leave us in ruins ? ’
‘ i think he / she / they did it, but i just can’t prove it. ’
‘ i’m not letting up until the day i die. ’
‘ you haven’t met the new me yet. ’
‘ there is happiness in our history. ’
‘ you’re haunted by the look in my eyes that would have loved you for a lifetime. ’
‘ i can’t make it go away by making you a villain. ’
‘ when did your winning smile begin to look like a smirk ? ’
‘ sorry, i can’t see facts through all of my fury. ’
‘ do you ever stop and think about me ? ’
‘ it’s never too late to come back to my side. ’
‘ i guess i’ll never know, and you’ll go on with the show. ’
‘ you know you’ll always know me. ’
‘ did i paint your bluest skies the darkest grey ? ’
‘ did you love me, or were you too polite to leave me ? ’
‘ your touch brought forth an incandescent glow. ’
‘ i sit here and wait, grieving for the living. ’
‘ my pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand. ’
‘ i can’t stop you putting roots in my dreamland. ’
‘ i’d live and die for moments that we stole on begged and borrowed time. ’
‘ takes one to know one. ’
‘ you’re a bandit like me. ’
‘ forever is the sweetest con. ’
‘ you had some tricks up your sleeves. ’
‘ now i know i’m never going to love again. ’
‘ i tried to pick my battles until the battle picked me. ’
‘ your nemeses will defeat themselves before they get the chance to swing. ’
‘ you’re alive in my head. ’
‘ what died didn’t stay dead. ’
‘ it cut deep to know you right to the bone. ’
‘ i can’t remember what i used to fight for. ’
‘ in the cracks of light, i dreamed of you. ’
‘ i had a feeling so peculiar. ’
‘ i’m right where you left me. ’
‘ i’m still sitting in a corner i haunt. ’
‘ if my love died young, i can’t bear witness. ’
‘ you left me no choice but to stay here forever. ’
‘ it’s that old familiar body ache, from the same little break in your soul. ’
‘ sometimes giving up is the strong thing. ’
‘ sometimes to run is the brave thing. ’
‘ you know when it’s time to go. ’
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𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑻𝑺.
↬ SPINNING SILVER ( 2018 ) by naomi novik.
sentences taken from the novel dialogue & narration.
+ feel free to change pronouns !
‘ the real story isn’t half as pretty as the one you’ve heard. ’
‘ winter was always long and bitter, and every year was worse than the one before. ’
‘ this cold will break soon. it’s been so long already. ’
‘ there’s always trouble where there’s money owed, sooner or later. ’
‘ you can’t get blood from a stone. ’
‘ i was colder inside than out. ’
‘ i’d just been having a dream, and it was already fading. ’
‘ you can’t go in this weather. you’ll wait until it stops. ’
‘ will you give them your gold ? ’
‘ you aren’t just a pretty face ! ’
‘ my manners do not need improving. ’
‘ three days you may have, this time, before i come to have my own back again. ’
‘ if you manage it, i will make you my queen. ’
‘ we’ll leave. we’ll go somewhere else far away. ’
‘ why must you ask for impossibilities ! ’
‘ why are you staring so ? ’
‘ it’s not witchcraft. ’
‘ you’ve already killed them. why can’t you leave them alone ? ’
‘ it’s not mine ! i have to pay it back. ’
‘ my hand and crown you shall win if you succeed. ’
‘ now go home, mortal maiden. ’
‘ you can tell him i’ve gone to be married to a rich man. ’
‘ think not to escape from me. i will come for you, wherever you’ve fled. ’
‘ did you think mortal roads could run away from me, or mortal walls keep me out ? ’
‘ you must know i have no magic, not really. ’
‘ a power claimed and challenged and thrice carried out is true. ’
‘ there’s worse things in life than to be a queen. ’
‘ that’s not nothing, to be able to hold your head up. ’
‘ my name ? you think to have my name ? ’
‘ there is indeed something most unusual in her. ’
‘ i will come for you soon. ’
‘ of course i was going to poison you ! ’
‘ what if i want to stay forever ? ’
‘ is this why you wanted her ? she’s a witch ? ’
‘ you have one question more. ’
‘ where do squirrels run to, when they want to hide ? ’
‘ my pleasure would last only until they stabbed me right alongside you. ’
‘ you’re no worse off than you are now, if i’m lying. ’
‘ it seems you must ask my aid, and hope that i don’t refuse it. ’
‘ it is snowing again. ’
‘ you shouldn’t even try to make bargains with such a creature. ’
‘ do you really think i wanted to marry you ? ’
‘ high magic never comes without a price. ’
‘ at least your hair is handsome. ’
’ i am not covering anything ! ’
‘ my court is full of fools. no one here is loyal five minutes past their own interest. ’
‘ he has locked them away beneath the snow. ’
‘ don’t just bleat whatever it is you think i want to hear. ’
‘ have you anything else to wear ? ’
‘ you hold my chains, but i owe you no surrender. ’
‘ what’s a little agony and mortal injury here and there ? ’
‘ very well. free me, and i will promise. ’
‘ at least weep for me once, and give me a measure of pain. ’
‘ whatever it is, i will venture it, if you will give me hope. ’
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