hi i miss bruce hi
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Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
George Sand, in a letter to Gustave Flaubert
Nikki Giovanni, Mirrors
Anne Sexton, A Self-Portrait in Letters
Mary Oliver, Dogfish
on choosing kindness. again and again.
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stranger things s4 starters
❝ how are you feeling today? ❞
❝ what have you done? ❞
❝ you speak of monsters, superheroes. that’s the stuff of myth and fairytales. ❞
❝ are you stalking me or something? ❞
❝ i know it’s a lot of blood, but you’re going to be okay. ❞
❝ it’s like you’re not even here anymore. it’s like you’re a ghost. ❞
❝ i can only help you if you’re truthful. if you open up to me. ❞
❝ it’s okay to not be okay. ❞
❝ even with it staring you in the face, you can’t admit it. can’t admit you’re wrong. ❞
❝ it’s just scary to open up like that. to say how you really feel. especially to people you care about the most. ❞
❝ i think maybe a part of me died that day too. ❞
❝ it looks like a fairytale. a dream. ❞
❝ everyone looks at me like…like i’m a monster. ❞
❝ you start to believe all the things they say. that this place is cursed. ❞
❝ do you ever feel like you’re losing your mind? ❞
❝ look, i’m just trying to turn that frown upside down. ❞
❝ this year is my year. i can feel it. ❞
❝ i’m afraid you can become lost in the darkness. ❞
❝ why do you keep pushing me away? ❞
❝ i want today to be about me and you. ❞
❝ if they wanna find out who you are, they will. ❞
❝ please, just go away. ❞
❝ only by facing all of ourselves, the good and the bad, can we become whole. ❞
❝ i play that moment back in my head all the time. ❞
❝ so much has happened since you left. ❞
❝ did i survive? no, i assure you, i am still very much in hell. ❞
❝ you are scared. you’re tired. you are injured. ❞
❝ you’re not what i thought you’d be like. ❞
❝ i just want to say thanks for saving my ass back there. ❞
❝ hey, we don’t need to do this. ❞
❝ you think because you demonstrate some talent that you’re somehow immune to the rules? ❞
❝ why is this on me? why am i the bad guy? ❞
❝ never tell me the odds. ❞
❝ i don’t even know how to describe it. i’ve never seen anything like it. ❞
❝ there’s nothing to worry about. okay? ❞
❝ sorry. didn’t mean to scare you. ❞
❝ now, where does it hurt? ❞
❝ this place and the people here are not what you think. ❞
❝ i am different. i do not belong. ❞
❝ so, um, are we just not gonna talk about it? ❞
❝ just try to take some deep breaths. ❞
❝ if i show you something, you wouldn’t tell anyone, right? ❞
❝ people just change, okay? that’s it. ❞
❝ you gotta stop pretending to be someone else. ❞
❝ i was so excited to see you, it was hard to breathe. ❞
❝ i’ll smile as i watch them die a slow, agonizing death. ❞
❝ thirty seconds or i leave without you, okay? ❞
❝ well, well. aren’t you a sight for sore eyes? ❞
❝ i…i didn’t mean to scare you. ❞
❝ looks like it’s gonna be up to us again. ❞
❝ i’m sorry. i’m having trouble understanding any of this. ❞
❝ i believe you are our best hope. our only hope. ❞
❝ you’re bright red in the face right now. ❞
❝ i think it’ll be easier if we’re a team. ❞
❝ you can’t run from me. ❞
❝ we’re running out of time here. the world is running out of time. ❞
❝ everyone i love, i hurt. ❞
❝ you don’t even seem nervous. i’m impressed. ❞
❝ what if i’m not good? what if i’m the monster? ❞
❝ do you flee or stand your ground and fight? ❞
❝ in dark days like this, we need something to believe in. ❞
❝ what you’ve been through, what you’re still going through…it’s a lot for anyone. ❞
❝ i’m not moping. ❞
❝ there’s not that many. we can take ‘em. ❞
❝ you remind me of someone. someone i used to know very well. ❞
❝ we have a big fight ahead of us. ❞
❝ so, that is it? you give up, then? ❞
❝ did you get some rest? i have a feeling you’re gonna need it. ❞
❝ it’s okay. you can admit it. no more lies. ❞
❝ sounds too good to be true, yes? ❞
❝ you’ll have to excuse the staring. you’re a bit of a celebrity. ❞
❝ do you really expect me to believe anything you have to say? ❞
❝ the way you looked at me. you…you were scared of me. ❞
❝ small world, isn’t it? it’s a small world. ❞
❝ i promise i’m gonna stop asking this, but…you’re seeing that too, right? ❞
❝ i’ve really missed that. your laugh. ❞
❝ i will do anything for you. ❞
❝ you have demons in your past. ❞
❝ you have more important things to worry about. ❞
❝ i actually thought you’d be kinda mean and scary. ❞
❝ i don’t want you to go. ❞
❝ i’ve given you everything you asked for. i’ve compromised my principles. i’ve risked my life. ❞
❝ you didn’t think it would be that easy, did you? ❞
❝ or what? are you gonna shoot me? ❞
❝ they’re laughing. at you. they think you’re weak. ❞
❝ i know. you’re frightened of me. ❞
❝ like i said…we’re alike, you and i. ❞
❝ who knew something so small could cause so much trouble? ❞
❝ you know, i think there’s a part of you, buried somewhere deep, that wanted me to die that day. ❞
❝ if you want to make it out of here alive, you must do exactly as i say. ❞
❝ i understand the stakes quite well. ❞
❝ you can’t hurt me more than they already have. ❞
❝ whatever comes out of there…hold your ground. ❞
❝ you…you’re not supposed to be here. ❞
❝ you know you can talk to me. ❞
❝ i know what it’s like to be different. ❞
❝ you helped me. now i help you. ❞
❝ i don’t believe in all that supernatural crap, all right? ❞
❝ why are you staring at me? ❞
❝ see? there’s nothing to be afraid of. ❞
❝ imagine what we could do together. ❞
❝ the more you move, the more this is gonna hurt. ❞
❝ no one ever comes out here. we’re safe. ❞
❝ i’m going to try to forget you said any of that. ❞
❝ my heart can’t take it anymore. ❞
❝ for a while i tried to be happy. normal. ❞
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griffin giving bruce a snail
bruce keeps the snail. he buys it a cage and puts it in his room. its name is kurt.
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“ is… that my shirt jacket you’re wearing? ”
it was always a sweet surprise to find him waiting for you in the first breath of the day . in his usual stance : leaned back into your locker in his oh so signature nonchalance , but this time with a knit of confusion that holds the tension between the crinkling bridge of his nose . he questions you & an instant , foolish recollection rolls over your face , easing you into a cheeky grin . ❝ oh , yeah . yeah it is , ❞ and so it is indeed . black is not your color of choice but it sure is tommy’s . & the black leather jacket was just so obviously him .
so of course you , his tender opposite , now covered in vulgar pins & thick squeaky leather that he pulls off so seamlessly , feel like you are adorning sort of costumed aesthetic more than anything else . but you liked it . the jacket was an extension of him & you liked anything that was his . ❝ you left it at my house the other night . do i look cool or what ? ❞ though your eyes are twinkling your mind is solemnly flickering back into the events of that night . he’d been sad. he’d been sad & tired & it’d all had something to do with his parents who never seemed to go a day without a brand new marriage-ending fight .
though he is a rugged thing , he is your favorite rugged thing that sticks out like a sore thumb to others but is the favorite space taken up in your heart ( which has often been said to be three times bigger than your body ) . no one understood it but they didn’t have to . you knew him & he knew you & anyone else might be caught 6 feet buried touching anything of his but if it was you , you figured maybe he wouldn’t mind so much .
& so maybe , that’s why when he left your jacket on the armrest of your hardwood desk chair that night it itched your brain to wear it to school this morning , just for fun . just because he was always , always wearing it & you liked the way it felt like it was molded from the curve of his slouch . him . your friend . your friend who although you hated picking favorites was by far the best of all of them .
❝ oh man , are you cold ? ❞ you are already in the motions of shrugging it off your frame . it is that time of year caught between the chilly transition of november to december & you are easily prone to the consequences of poorly - conditioned classrooms but know he is too thick - headed & will say he isn’t cold , even if he is . especially if he is . & tommy seldom wears anything that isn’t a torn up , angsty - worded tee . it’s as concerning as it is endearing . ❝ i just couldn’t find my letterman. i think my mom took it to get dry cleaned again. ❞
* 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚜 ,
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from my rotting body, flowers shall grow and i am in them and that is eternity.
🗝 ˚。 𖠗 𝚃𝙷𝙾𝚁𝙽 𝚆𝙸𝙽𝚃𝙴𝚁𝚂, a clone of ᴿᴼˢᴱᴹᴬᴿᵞ ᵂᴵᴺᵀᴱᴿˢ of the 𝒮𝐻𝒜𝒟𝒪𝒲𝒮 𝒪𝐹 𝑅𝒪𝒮𝐸 RE8 dlc by ufo.
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↪ ᵗʰᵉ 𝑫𝑼𝑺𝑻𝒀 𝑻𝑶𝒀𝑩𝑶𝑿 . ( a collection of various unsorted sentence starters . adjust phrasing as necessary . will be updated frequently . )
why are you here ?
drive . drive fast .
i think we should make an informed decision .
are you coming or not ?
you’ve been avoiding me .
[ name ] , what were you thinking ?
this should be your priority .
let me hold you for a minute .
get out of my way . i won’t tell you again .
that wasn’t supposed to happen .
can you keep a secret ?
i don’t know what i did to deserve you .
you seriously think i could’ve done something like that ?
you’re safe with me .
sorry isn’t good enough .
where is all this coming from ?
who told you about that ?
sorry i’m late , i got caught up .
you’re being paranoid .
why are you looking at me like that ?
you’re the single most important thing to me .
all i’m asking is that you hear me out .
whatever they told you , it’s a lie .
we shouldn’t stick around here .
hold my hand , i don’t want to lose track of you .
[ name ] … truth or dare ?
i love you . nothing’s gonna change that .
can you tell me what happened ?
you can’t come around here anymore .
back off , okay ?
what , you don’t have time for me anymore ?
you’re asking for too much .
i’m trying to start a new life .
what do you mean , you aren’t coming back ?
sometimes i think you must hate me .
why can’t we just talk about this ?
i know i fucked up , you can stop rubbing it in .
you’ve got quite a reputation .
i’m not usually like this , i’m sorry .
please , just let me explain myself .
i love watching you work .
we’re on the same team .
did you ever tell anyone ?
you’ve got a lot of explaining to do .
really funny , you’re very mature .
you call THAT a PLAN ?
can we get out of here ?
i thought things would be different .
this is not up for debate !
do whatever you have to do .
karma’s going to get you for that .
it could’ve been a lot worse .
i asked you to leave me out of this .
maybe it’s time to take a leap of faith .
i never want to see you again .
can you see how many fingers i’m holding up ?
i’m gonna be there when you get what’s coming to you .
you’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me .
i’ve been waiting all night for this .
i told you not to contact me .
sometimes i really think you have a death wish .
what do you need ? — what can i do ?
i would do literally anything to keep you safe .
that was supposed to be a secret .
you haven’t called me that in years .
stop telling me to calm down !
we make a pretty good team .
i have so much i want to say to you .
i’m not going to let anyone hurt you .
can we please not do this right now ?
wait , wait … just breathe for a second .
how are you holding up ?
why don’t you stay the night ? i’ll take the couch .
i don’t need your protection !
you’re not making this easier on yourself .
are you going to let me in ?
i’m supposed to be protecting you .
i will kill you if i have to .
do whatever you have to do .
this is going to hurt , i’m sorry .
what happened to you , where have you been ?!
there was nothing you could’ve done .
you’re all i need right now .
i don’t believe in love at first sight .
have you been following me ?
i need you to believe me .
what do you remember ?
i’m not a good person .
what the hell’s going on with you ?
you’re being followed .
just when i thought my day couldn’t be any worse .
i’ve been having weird dreams .
so you’ve been lying to me this whole time ?
are you trying to get us killed ?
this is the worst thing that’s ever happened to me .
i never asked for your help .
you’re being followed , pretend you know me .
why has it started to feel different with you ?
don’t worry , i have a plan .
i heard everything .
do you need to sit down ?
i have the right to know what’s going on .
i’ve just gotta catch my breath .
stay out of my business .
what did you think was going to happen ?!
don’t cause a scene .
tell me something about you that i don’t know .
can i buy you a drink ?
what if … we played spin the bottle ?
this was never a problem until [ name ] came around .
you can’t ask me to make that choice .
are you seeing anyone right now ?
i need you to listen to me , we don’t have long .
you’re lying , that doesn’t make any sense .
you look … stunning .
what are you trying to prove ?
who died and made you the boss of me ?
you can’t just show up here like this .
let me make it up to you .
there’s no way i’m leaving you like this .
can we stay like this ? just for a little longer .
i don’t need you to fight for me .
so … you lied to me ?
you’re the only one that can help me .
i can’t help you if you won’t let me .
i never introduced myself , i’m [ name ] .
i expected more from you .
you have no idea who i am , do you ?
are you real ? is this real ?
can i stay with you ? just for the night .
you’re going to get yourself killed .
why did you help me ?
tell me what i can do to help .
pick a card , any card .
i never wanted any of this .
i love you . you don’t have to say it back .
do you wanna get out of here ?
what the hell are you talking about ?
i should have trusted you .
get your head out of the clouds .
how is any of this MY fault ?!
what aren’t you telling me ?
i can’t help you if you won’t let me .
it’s never just one with you , is it ?
you’re not supposed to know about that .
shut your mouth .
i haven’t kissed you yet , today .
where is this coming from ?
come over here and make me , then .
keep lying to yourself , see where it gets you .
i’m not a bad person .
is that what you wanted to hear ?
we can’t be seen together .
i can’t give you what you want .
i need you to leave .
are you drunk ?
i’m here , i’m here . i’m not going anywhere .
you might want to take a seat for this .
have you been listening to anything i’ve said ?
i haven’t heard from you in weeks .
you’re jealous , aren’t you ?
who do you think you’re talking to ?
what are you reading ?
you could’ve killed me !
come on , we don’t have time for this .
i just need ten minutes of silence .
really ? that’s all you have to say ?
we could leave , you know . go far away .
you don’t look too good .
i never want to see you again .
why can’t you just leave me alone ?
i thought you died .
you’ll do anything for attention .
give me another chance .
how’s the weather up there ?
all you do is hurt people !
i’m sorry , none of this makes sense .
you need to get out of here before anyone sees you .
i told you i didn’t want you around here .
is that supposed to be a threat ?
you’ve changed .
don’t look at me like that .
it’s a beautiful day , don’t you think ?
i did what i had to do .
you never know when to stop .
i’ve got to get home , it’s getting late .
i have nothing to prove to you .
stop LYING to me … all you do is lie .
you don’t have to be nice to everybody .
don’t tell me what to do .
pull your head out of the past .
nobody can help me . i can’t even help me .
we are not talking about that right now .
are you new around here ?
you have no idea what you’re starting .
i’m gonna get us out of here .
whatever you came here to say , i don’t want to hear it .
everyone’s staring at us .
is there anything i can do to help ?
i won’t cause you any more trouble .
– just follow my instructions for once !
do you want to come in ?
i just didn’t know what to do .
you need rest , lie down .
i’m not who you think i am .
i don’t know what you want me to say .
you’re not like anyone else i’ve ever met .
i feel like i’m going insane .
stop asking , you’re not going to like my answer .
i didn’t want you to see me any differently .
i wish i knew what to say to you .
don’t give me that look , you know what i mean .
you should be afraid .
do you still love me ?
i never thought i’d get this far .
the world doesn’t revolve around you .
i need you to give me some space .
i know what you’re doing , don’t play games .
you left me to die .
i’m beyond repentance .
when are you going to get it through your head ?
i missed you more than i thought i would .
i’m in love with you .
what do you need from me ?
i’ll kill them , just say the word .
[ name ] , what are you doing here ?
how can i help ?
you’re pathetic .
i need you to come pick me up .
where have you been ? it’s eleven o’clock .
i couldn’t live with myself if i let you get hurt .
i can’t just pretend it didn’t happen .
you’re a real piece of work .
do you remember how we first met ?
when did all of this fall apart ?
that’s not what i came here for .
i would do anything for you .
i don’t need you to hold my hand through this .
are you sure this is the right thing to do ?
can’t we try to pretend things are okay ?
what is THAT supposed to mean ?
you’re always late , what am i supposed to think ?
there’s nothing you can do to fix this .
you’re far too kind to me .
can we go now ? like , right now ?
i have to do this alone .
where’s your common sense ?
we aren’t supposed to be in here .
can you feel my heartbeat ?
i think i’ve seen you around before .
why are you acting weird ?
i have a really bad feeling .
i hate seeing you like this .
how am i supposed to react to that ?
what do you want most in the world ?
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Vance: “You look pretty”
Bruce: “What was that?”
Vance: “I said you look shitty. Good night Bruce.”
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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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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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thinking of bruce constantly feeling like he has 2 have it together for the sake of everyone else (in terms of grades, baseball, just being someone tht everyone turns to in general) and its so draining but he rarely (if EVER) complains…. he gives so much for the benefit of everyone else
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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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( * & . — THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE SENTENCE STARTERS
* warning : may contain spoilers for episodes one through ten .
‘ if you were me , you wouldn’t be such a fucking asshole . ’
‘ the world out there has teeth and it is hungry and it is stupid and it eats and eats mindlessly . ’
‘ you listen to your gut . even if it makes them hate you . ’
‘ i am a dream and so are you and so are we . ’
‘ you are a looker , aren’t you ? ’
‘ honey , someone’s in the house . ’
‘ i’m dreaming , right ? ’
‘ i just need a little time away . it’s nothing more than that . ’
‘ you’re saying it�� was an accident , so you accidentally put your hand through a mirror ? ’
‘ i’m scared . that’s all i am . there is nothing else . i’m only scared . ’
‘ do you think there’s something wrong with me ? like , really wrong ? ’
‘ it’s alright , sugar . it’s just a dream — just a screaming meemie . ’
‘ we yield to it or we fight it , but we cannot meet it halfway . ’
‘ i seldom am well behaved . ’
‘ i enjoyed the conversation , but i’m gonna say goodnight . ’
‘ did you just punch me in the boob ? ’
‘ just enjoy me . i’m loving you . ’
‘ i wouldn’t have changed a thing . i need you to know that . ’
‘ forgiveness is warm like a tear on a cheek . ’
‘ i loved you completely and you loved me the same . ’
‘ that’s all . the rest is confetti . ’
‘ forgive a girl for being lonely . ’
‘ there’s nothing sadder than a cold bed . ’
‘ journey’s end when lovers meet . ’
‘ journeys don’t end , not if you love someone . they don’t end at all . ’
‘ probably best you didn’t say anything to them . ’
‘ i’m asking you to love me hard for the next few minutes . ’
‘ i’m gonna jump and i’m asking you to hold my hand while i’m falling . ’
‘ i have something that i have to tell you , but i need you to remember when i do that i love you . ’
‘ i wish i would’ve loved you better . ’
‘ pandas don’t like macaroni . ’
‘ i’m just floating in this ocean of nothing and i wonder if this is it , this is what death is . ’
‘ i wonder if this is what death is , just out there in the darkness , just darkness and numbness and alone . ’
‘ i wondered if that’s what they felt , just numb and nothing and alone . ’
‘ he was a light in the darkness . he was a life preserver in the ocean . ’
‘ i reached for him because i had to feel something . i had to feel anything . ’
‘ god , i’m so glad i did it though . thank god it worked . ’
‘ i felt scared . so fucking scared . ’
‘ honestly i had to do it because it felt better than feeling nothing . ’
‘ that thorough fucking shame was so much better than that horrible empty feeling . ’
‘ you have to live . ’
‘ i don’t — i don’t know how to do this without you . ’
‘ i learned a secret : there is no without . i am not gone . i am scattered into so many pieces , sprinkled on your life like new snow . ’
‘ when we die , we turn into stories and every time someone tells one of those stories it’s like we’re still here . ’
‘ we’re all stories in the end . ’
‘ you’re supposed to protect me , but you say the meanest things to me when i try to tell you things . ’
‘ that was really wild stuff . ’
‘ that was really wild stuff considering you were asleep for , what , like… ninety-nine percent of it ? ’
‘ i’m sorry . i should have made more of an effort with you . ’
‘ you tried the best that you could . i should’ve met you halfway . ’
‘ people fuck up . i guess you don’t get that — you really don’t get it until you fuck up . really fuck up . ’
‘ i felt… nothing . just nothing . and it spread everywhere in me , this nothing , until i couldn’t feel anything anymore . i was just this dark , empty black hole . ’
‘ i felt nothing and so i drank and i drank and nothing worked . i couldn’t feel anything . ’
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“ why are you looking at me like that? ”
it could be the summer heat or your sparkling nerves , in the moment you can’t distinguish it . all you knew was you were profusely , u͟n͟c͟h͟a͟r͟a͟c͟t͟e͟r͟i͟s͟t͟i͟c͟a͟l͟l͟y͟ ͟,͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟c͟r͟i͟m͟s͟o͟n͟ ͟ ͟ ͟t͟i͟n͟t͟e͟d͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟i͟n͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟t͟h͟e͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟f͟a͟c͟e͟ . it was the same kind of flare that ran up your sides into the veins of your neck when you were just on the home stretch of a final inning . only this wasn't a baseball game , & you were hardly doing much running & swinging in your stiffened position . you , who stands so large in any room , are now tucked away in the aisle , right beside the pinball machine , & subsequently , 𝚖𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢
, right beside pinball vance hopper .
he wasn’t even doing much of anything . nothing out of the ordinary for him , anyway . flicking away at the same pinball game he’s always glued to . he must be running the poor thing into disrepair , the way he can play for hours without so much as a break , stacking personal high scores one after the other . you're sure that if he had it his way , he'd play day in & day out without so much as a tickle for sleep . he was damn good at it too . it was cool . h͟e͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟w͟a͟s͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟c͟o͟o͟l͟ .
& yes , you know the stories . he gets sorta violent with some of the kids in your grade ( you’ve seen it first hand & even you’d hate to be on the receiving end of his sucker punch ) but you can't fault him all that much for it . t͟h͟e͟y͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟w͟e͟r͟e͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟m͟e͟a͟t͟h͟e͟a͟d͟s͟ , underdeveloped wasteoids with maggots for brains & you knew it . vance knew it too . & that was the thing about vance : 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 . it was as awing as much as it was a horror scene of a watch .
you hadn’t meant to stare for as long as you were . it was , by your mothers flowery words , p̳o̳o̳r̳ ̳ ̳ ̳ ̳m̳a̳n̳n̳e̳r̳s̳ . you were going to leave about five minutes ago , but you couldn’t help it . there you were . borderline loitering at the convenience store , fingers pressed into the pages of a magazine you never had intention of reading nor buying . & anyone who were paying attention to your expression would know why .
& so it seems : even through the curtain of feral hay-colored hair , he was catching onto you . his voice , rolled in salt , knives through the static of your thoughts without so much as a lift of his head or stutter in his concentration . how long did he know you were watching him for ? the potential answer turns you a deeper shade for good measure .
he wasn’t asking because he gave a damn y͟o͟u͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟f͟i͟g͟u͟r͟e͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟t͟h͟a͟t͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟mu͟c͟h͟ . maybe he thought you were looking for problems too . maybe , he thought , in all your preening stance , you were waiting your turn to indulge in a 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 with pinball vance hopper . though as crisp as your swing is , you’re hardly much of a fighter . the pinball happily clanks around at the top of the machine between the breath it takes you to paint something swift to say .
soft & velvet are you in return , as if you hadn’t been caught right in the dead of your entrancement . ❝ dude , sorry , it’s just . . . you're crazy good at that game . ❞ 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 , genius !
a blade of raven hair slips down prim head : draping in the crossroads of your eyes . it is all but taunting your incomplete composure . still , you do what you do best : play it off . ❝ i don’t think i’ve ever seen anyone get a score that high on pinball before . it’s kinda hard to not be impressed . ❞
the smile that splits through your face practically twinkles , as if the sun were meant to beam onto it . m͟a͟y͟b͟e͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟y͟o͟u͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟a͟r͟e͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟t͟h͟e͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟s͟u͟n͟ . maybe it is you who is lighting up the room & pouring your sunshine in the boy’s jean-clad direction . it is so unconscious & so blatant , all at once . ❝ you’ve got to be like , the best pinball player in denver . that’s a kick ass title , if you ask me ! ❞
* 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚜 ,
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