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SENTENCE STARTERS : THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE BY V.E. SCHWAB

PART I: THE GODS THAT ANSWER AFTER DARK

❛ don’t you remember when you were nothing but shadow and smoke? ❜

❛ darling, i was the night itself. ❜

❛ some days you’re stuck with what you’ve got. ❜

❛ heaven is a nice spot in the shade, a broad tree over my bones. ❜

❛ spells are for witches, and witches are too often burned. ❜

❛ never pray to the gods that answer after dark. ❜

❛ i am always with you. ❜

❛ am i the devil? or the dark? am i a monster? or a god? ❜

❛ i do not want to belong to someone else. ❜

❛ i want more time. ❜

❛ are you a stranger or a spirit? ❜

❛ you wanted to be free. ❜

❛ it is a lonely thing to be forgotten. to remember when no one else does. ❜

❛ how do you walk to the end of the world? ❜

❛ come live with me and be my love. ❜

❛ you do not know what love is. ❜

❛ if you sold your soul for one thing, what would it be? ❜

PART II: THE DARKEST PART OF THE NIGHT

❛ you are entirely hopeless. ❜

❛ this, is a story of gods. ❜

❛ drink with me. ❜

❛ if a person cannot leave a mark, do they even exist? ❜

❛ with time, you can get used to anything. ❜

❛ you can have my life when i am done with it. you can have my soul when i don’t want it anymore. ❜

❛ you will give in, soon enough. ❜

❛ water me, and watch me bloom. ❜

❛ they say people are like snowflakes, each one unique, but i think they’re more like skies. some are cloudy, some are stormy, some are clear, but no two are ever quite the same. ❜

❛ i am not yours. ❜

❛ am i the devil, or the darkness? ❜

❛ stop pretending you did me a kindness instead of a cruelty. ❜

❛ you have grown teeth. ❜

PART III: THREE HUNDRED YEARS — AND THREE WORDS

❛ i was thinking, that it must be so easy to be a man. ❜

❛ there is something timeless about you. ❜

❛ i thought you were a new yorker. ❜

❛ do you ever feel like you’re running out of time? ❜

❛ it did not feel like courage, it felt as if i had no choice. ❜

❛ do you think a life has any value if one doesn’t leave some mark upon the world?❜

❛ i think there are many ways to matter. ❜

❛ i know your heart, dear. i feel when it falters. ❜

❛ i am the night itself. i see everything. ❜

❛ you thought i would wither without your attention. ❜

❛ would you rather feel nothing or everything? ❜

❛ i thought you had better things to do than plague me. ❜

❛ you’re being an ass. ❜

❛ he’s still in love with you. ❜

❛ but i can’t love him back. ❜

❛ without me you will always be alone. ❜

❛ are you still drunk? ❜

❛ don’t forget me. ❜

PART IV: THE MAN WHO STAYED DRY IN THE RAIN

❛ time moves so fucking fast. ❜

❛ you’re not enough. ❜

❛ we can’t help who we fall in love with. ❜

❛ pain can be beautiful. ❜

❛ i am the one who sees kindling and strokes the flame. ❜

❛ i can look at you and see you as you are. ❜

❛ you look like shit. ❜

❛ my little storm cloud, don’t let it get too dark in here. ❜

❛ come home with me. ❜

❛ god, it feels good to be wanted. ❜

❛ don’t get me wrong. you’re cute. but i’m still a lesbian. ❜

❛ the question is simple, what do you want for yourself? ❜

❛ you are impossible, a paradox, a collection at odds. ❜

❛ they look at you and see whatever they want… because they don’t see you at all. ❜

❛ what do you see in me? ❜

PART V: THE SHADOW WHO SMILED AND THE GIRL WHO SMILED BACK

❛ and you think me the devil, now? ❜

❛ say the word, and i will lay my soul bare before you. ❜

❛ you do have a way of finding trouble. ❜

❛ humans are so ill-equipped for peace. ❜

❛ are you not a god of chaos? ❜

❛ i am a god of promise. ❜

❛ do not mistake this kindness. ❜

❛ i simply want to be the one who breaks you. ❜

❛ i do what i have to, and it’s not always nice, and it’s not always fair, but it’s how i survive. ❜

❛ i can be wild. i can be stubborn as weeds, and you will not root me out. ❜

❛ we are not so different, are we? ❜

❛ i have seen your truest form. you cannot scare me now. ❜

❛ in the end, everyone wants to be remembered. ❜

❛ i am a muse and you are a thief. ❜

PART VI: DO NOT PRETEND THAT THIS IS LOVE

❛ i know i can be cruel but nature can be crueler. ❜

❛ you know how to summon gods. ❜

❛ who knew gods were so nostalgic? ❜

❛ you have not been human since the night we met. ❜

❛ i would rather be a ghost. ❜

❛ have you missed me? ❜

❛ immortality breeds a high tolerance for risk. ❜

❛ there are things worse than death. ❜

❛ i want you. i have always wanted you. ❜

❛ will you vanish with the sun? ❜

❛ how often did you think of me? ❜

❛ you are not capable of love. ❜

❛ love is hungry. love is selfish. ❜

❛ do not pretend that this is love. ❜

❛ dance with me. ❜

❛ stay with me, i’m here. ❜

❛ i am tired of losing. tired of mourning everything i try to love. ❜

#memes.

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mstbehave · 3 years

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𝐏𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 ( 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕 ) dir. paul thomas anderson / feel free to change pronouns and subjects as you see fit !

❛ he has made my dreams come true and i have given him what he desires most in return… ❜

❛ yes. maybe he’s the most demanding man … ❜

❛ there’s nothing i can say to get your attention aimed back at me, is there? ❜

❛ i cannot begin my day with a confrontation, please. ❜

❛ it’s the most lovely thing i’ve ever seen. ❜

❛ it makes me feel like i have courage. ❜

❛ comforting to think the dead can watch the living. i don’t find that spooky at all. ❜

❛ will you remember? ❜

❛ may I take you to dinner? ❜

❛ for the hungry boy, my name is [ … ] ❜

❛ i like to see who i’m talking to. ❜

❛ that’s beautiful, your secrets. ❜

❛ your things are so well arranged. ❜

❛ my sister is a terror maybe she’ll be a great dictator some day — ❜

❛ if you want to have a staring contest with me you will lose. ❜

❛ you look like a bird to me sometimes — or an alligator. ❜

❛ you’re a very handsome man. ❜

❛ why aren’t you married? ❜

❛ i am quite certain i was never meant to marry. ❜

❛ marriage would only make me deceitful and i don’t ever want that. ❜

❛ you sound so sure about things. ❜

❛ you’re just acting strong… for who? not for me, i hope. ❜

❛ it is only the expectations and assumptions of others that cause heart ache… ❜

❛ and who’s this lovely creature making the house smell so nice? ❜

❛ i feel as if i’ve been looking for you for a very long time. ❜

❛ well here i am.. you found me. ❜

❛ whatever you do, do it carefully … ❜

❛ but in his work i become perfect and i feel just right. ❜

❛ you look beautiful, really. very beautiful. you’re making me extremely hungry. ❜

❛ my little carnivore. ❜

❛ what are you looking so forlorn about, hm? ❜

❛ maybe one day you’ll change your taste, ❜

❛ perhaps i’m looking for trouble. ❜

❛ if that’s your wish, i hope it comes true for you. ❜

❛ have you had enough to eat? you seem thirsty. ❜

❛ i think he’s being too fussy… ❜

❛ let me drive for you. ❜

❛ when he’s like this, he’s very tender. ❜

❛ what do you want me to do with that? ❜

❛ accept her invitation. if you can stomach it. ❜

❛ i know you’re doing the best you can. ❜

❛ i’m afraid i must insist that you come. ❜

❛ i brought sincerity into his life. ❜

❛ go on, give us a kiss for the cameras. ❜

❛ how beautiful you are. ❜

❛ when you dream about your wedding dress, what is it that you dream? ❜

❛ are you a gold person or a silver person? ❜

❛ i’m trying to surprise him and love him the way that i want to. ❜

❛ i have to know him in my own way, ❜

❛ let me collect myself for a moment. ❜

❛ she’s very beautiful, like a sculpture of some kind. ❜

❛ this is meant to be a nice evening. ❜

❛ let me serve you. ❜

❛ usually, you always tell me what you think. ❜

❛ i don’t know what i’m doing here. ❜

❛ i wanted time with you. i wanted to have you to myself. ❜

❛ you have me all the time. ❜

❛ is it because you think i don’t need you? ❜

❛ are you a special agent sent here to ruin my evening and possibly my entire life? ❜

❛ do you have a gun? you here to kill me? ❜

❛ stop playing this game! ❜

❛ what game? what precisely is the nature of my game? ❜

❛ why don’t you just fuck off to back where you came from? ❜

❛ if you’re going to make her a ghost, go ahead and do it. ❜

❛ don’t let her sit around waiting for you. ❜

❛ don’t pick a fight with me, you certainly won’t come out alive. ❜

❛ i don’t know what the hell came over me. ❜

❛ i’ve never really felt like this before. ❜

❛ i’ll take care of you.❜

❛ i think this is clear. he wants you to fuck off. ❜

❛ i miss you. i think about you all the time. ❜

❛ i hear your voice say my name when i dream. ❜

❛ i just miss you, it’s as simple as that. ❜

❛ i want to tell you everything. ❜

❛ i don’t ever want to be without you. ❜

❛ there are things nagging at me. things i simply cannot do without you. ❜

❛ a house that doesn’t change is a dead house.❜

❛ will you marry me? ❜

❛ i probably owe you an apology of some kind. ❜

❛ how do you know how my life has been? ❜

❛ i want to go dancing. ❜

❛ there is an air of quiet death in this house. ❜

❛ i want you flat on your back. helpless. tender. open. with only me to help. ❜

❛ you’re not going to die. you might wish you were going to die, but you’re not going to. ❜

❛ kiss me, my girl, before i’m sick. ❜

❛ if he wasn’t here tomorrow, no matter. for i know he’d be waiting for me in the afterlife. ❜

❛ i am older and i see things differently, and i finally understand you. ❜

#memes.

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mstbehave · 3 years

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the dragon republic - r.f kuang sentence starters change tenses/pronouns as needed !! some lines have been edited for clarity / length / ease of roleplaying tw : drugs , suicide mention , illness , addiction , death , murder , nsfw , language

‘I’m telling you, you’re not in any state to be useful.’

‘get out of bed and stop being such a brat.

‘you will learn to control yourself, and you will start protecting them.’

‘you think you’re on the brink of madness, you think that this moment is going to be when you finally snap, but it’s not.’

‘eventually you learn to exist on the precipice of insanity.’

‘it should have been you. you should have died.’

‘revolution is fine in theory. but nobody wants to die.’

‘you can stop pretending to be my friend, because I know that’s all you came for.’

‘you’re dead. I saw you die.’

‘all you want is to get your revenge. but you could be so much more. do so much more. you could change history.’

‘can’t I be happy? I’ve missed you.’

‘of course you’re in on this madness. what did I expect?’

‘you’re frightened all the time. you think everyone’s out to get you, and you want them to be out to get you because then that’ll give you an excuse to hurt them.’

‘fuck your pain.’

‘you asked how large my sorrow is, and I answered, like a river in spring flowing east.’

‘if you just keep breathing, I’ll tell you a story.’

‘you spend your whole life chasing after some illusion you think is real, only to realize you’re a damned fool, and that if you reach any further, you’ll drown.’

‘you don’t have to suffer alone, you know.’

‘you’re so strong. whatever you’re seeing, whatever you’re feeling, it’s not as strong as you are.’

‘she thinks it’s funny to watch her prey squirm before she kills it.’

‘she knows what drives men, and she takes their deepest desire and makes them believe that she is the only thing that can give it to them.’

‘I don’t need your fake sympathy.’

‘I know nothing. I help no one. let’s leave it at that, shall we?’

‘you are my greatest weapon. do not disappoint.’

‘you’ve been feeling the pull, haven’t you? it’s consuming you. your mind is not your own.’

‘does it ever bother you? that you are only a pale imitation of ____?’

‘are you insane? you want to live, you fucking hide.’

‘I know you’ll fight her to the end. but I hope you realize you’re going to go mad trying.’

‘I would never lie to you.’

‘I mean, sometimes I think maybe I can stop, maybe I can just run away. but what I’ve seen—-what I’ve done—- I can’t come back from that.’

‘when you have the power that you do, your life is not your own.’

‘people will seek to use you or destroy you.’

‘you can’t do it alone. I’m all you got. you have to trust me.’

‘you don’t know how to fix me, do you? you never did.’

‘good men are dead because of you. I hope you know.’

‘I saw how you were hurting. that looked like torture. I thought you might be relieved.’

‘you’re always talking about ____ like he was some great hero. but he wasn’t.’

‘I’d die before I let anyone hurt you’

‘you can’t keep me safe, so you might as well let me fight.’

‘I like you better. aren’t you flattered?’

‘how does it feel getting a taste of your own medicine?’

‘it’s like I’m frozen in one moment. and no one knows it because everyone else moved on except me.’

‘I can’t figure out who’s right or wrong, and I’m the smart one, I’m always supposed to have the right answer, but I don’t.’

‘I just wanted it to be over. I wasn’t thinking. I didn’t want to hurt them, not really, I just wanted it to end.’

‘I suppose it’s not easy going to war against friends.’

‘___ made her choice. she just happened to be dead fucking wrong.’

‘he’s still grieving. and there’s nothing you can do to make that hurt less.’

‘you know what your problem is? you have no impulse control. absolutely zero. none.’

‘you have to fight for something, you can’t just—just live your life like a fucking coward.’

‘it’s not about who you are, it’s about how they see you. and once you’re mud in this country, you’re always mud.’

‘I stuck with you because we thought we’d stay together. we’re always supposed to be together.’

‘it sounds like you’re saying that people have to die for progress.’

‘war’s different when you’re not struggling for survival.’

‘your secret is safe from ___, if that what you’re asking. but I don’t understand why you’re lying to me.’

‘I’m not stupid. I know what I saw.’

‘don’t sentence us to death just because you’ve been humiliated.’

‘she’s telling the truth. you’re just not listening because you’re terrified that someone else is right.’

‘cant give orders for shit, but you love taking them.’

‘I realized that he’d gone crazy and that something had broken and that that path was just going to lead to his death.’

‘did you think he’d fall in love with you if you just did what he asked?’

‘don’t lie to me. I know what you’ve done.’

‘we / I don’t need your permission to exist.’

‘you’re little children, grasping in a void that you don’t understand for toys that don’t belong to you.’

‘he dared to threaten us / me. he deserved what he got.’

‘would a simple thank-you suffice? or did you also want a hug?’

‘you think it makes you strong, but it’s going to destroy you.’

‘I didn’t think it was worth scaring you when I couldn’t do anything about it.’

‘you weren’t going to tell me I was going mad!’

‘she promises you peace when you know you ought to be fighting a war. that’s worse.’

‘no one has to die. you can have everything back. everyone. no one has to go.’

‘he only has as much power as you give him.’

‘you can tell me everything I hate about myself, but I already know. you can’t say anything to hurt me more.’

‘I loved an idea of you. I was infatuated with you. I wanted to be you.’

‘I loved you too. do you believe that?’

‘it’s alright to cry. I know what you saw.’

‘our dead don’t leave us. they’ll haunt you as long as you let them.’

‘that boy is a disease on your mind. forget him.’

‘he was brilliant. he was different. you’d have never met anyone like him.’

‘this is why we are polite to our allies.’

‘we’re soldiers. we’re always about to die.’

‘I want it more than anything. but I can’t ask you to do this for me.’

‘you are going to kill him. and then nothing will save you.’

‘if you love him, then you can trust yourself to protect him.’

‘you have the same eyes. angry. desperate. you’ve seen too much. you hate too much.’

‘all we have is this story unfolding, and in the script of this world, nothing’s going to bring ___ back to life.’

‘I can’t look at you and not see him.’

‘we’re fighting for something good. something worth fighting for.’

‘I have to do this. otherwise I have nothing.’

‘i’m going to tell you a story. I want you to just listen. and I want you to believe me. please.’

‘I don’t think I can die. i’ve tried.’

‘when you have this much power and this much is at stake you don’t fucking run from it.’

‘I’m scared for you. for both of us. I can’t help that.’

‘if you stay here you’ll die for nothing.’

‘you’re my sister. how could I not remember you?’

‘holy shit. you’re going to die. we’re all going to die.’

‘you never think, do you? you always just pick whatever fights you want, whenever you want, and fuck the consequences—-’

‘if you die, I die.’

‘we’ll keep surviving until we’re safe and the world can’t touch us. one enemy at a time, agreed?’

‘you don’t know anything going into a battle. you only know the stakes.’

‘I had a dream. you died.’

‘I just want to make things right between us. what’s that going to take?’

‘I really am sorry. please, I don’t want us to end like this.’

‘please—- you have more enemies than you think you do—-’

‘you taught me the meaning of fear. nothing more.’

‘I know what kind of person you are— you betray those who help you and you throw lives away like they’re nothing.’

‘we are precisely the same, you and I.’

‘we’ve acquired more power than any mortal should have the right to, which means we have to make the decisions no one else can.’

‘the world is our chessboard. it’s not our fault if the pieces get broken.’

‘would you really do things differently, if you had another chance?’

‘tell me you wouldn’t have given up everything. tell me you wouldn’t sacrifice everything and everyone you knew for the power to take back your country.’

‘you don’t understand the stakes, because you don’t know the meaning of true fear. you don’t know how much worse it could have been.’

‘I’m sorry I hurt you. but I had a plan to protect my people, and you simply got in the way.’

‘____ discards allies without blinking when they are no longer convenient, and if you don’t believe me when I say you’re next, then you’re a fool.’

‘you need me far more than you need them.’

‘you think that he’s invincible, but he is more fragile than you think.’

‘I know that he’d throw himself off a cliff for you. please stop trying to break him.’

‘a puppet to the end. when are you going to learn?’

‘I know what you told him. now I want you to tell me the truth.’

‘have you ever considered being less of a pretentious fuck?’

‘do you have any idea how much trouble you are?’

‘do you want someone to rearrange your face? because I’ll do it for free.’

‘I just don’t want the world to break you.’

‘don’t you dare puke on me.’

‘if you’re trying to drown me, then you’re being a little obvious about it.’

‘why do you always think someone’s trying to kill you?’

‘I feared you, I hated you, and that never really went away.’

‘you can’t beat that thing. you have no idea what you’re up against.’

‘this is what happens when men are fool enough to toy with heaven.’

‘chaos is clever. it can disguise itself as rational and benevolent. it can make us merciful. but in the end, it must always be hunted down and destroyed.’

‘if you’re going to kill us all then you’ll have to kill him, too.’

‘he’s not the one we’re trying to save.’

‘you’ll be alright. it’s not as bad as you think it is.’

‘I’m supposed to be a soldier! what the fuck am I supposed to do now?’

#memes.

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mstbehave · 3 years

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𝐏𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 ( 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕 ) dir. paul thomas anderson / feel free to change pronouns and subjects as you see fit !

❛ he has made my dreams come true and i have given him what he desires most in return… ❜

❛ yes. maybe he’s the most demanding man … ❜

❛ there’s nothing i can say to get your attention aimed back at me, is there? ❜

❛ i cannot begin my day with a confrontation, please. ❜

❛ it’s the most lovely thing i’ve ever seen. ❜

❛ it makes me feel like i have courage. ❜

❛ comforting to think the dead can watch the living. i don’t find that spooky at all. ❜

❛ will you remember? ❜

❛ may I take you to dinner? ❜

❛ for the hungry boy, my name is [ … ] ❜

❛ i like to see who i’m talking to. ❜

❛ that’s beautiful, your secrets. ❜

❛ your things are so well arranged. ❜

❛ my sister is a terror maybe she’ll be a great dictator some day — ❜

❛ if you want to have a staring contest with me you will lose. ❜

❛ you look like a bird to me sometimes — or an alligator. ❜

❛ you’re a very handsome man. ❜

❛ why aren’t you married? ❜

❛ i am quite certain i was never meant to marry. ❜

❛ marriage would only make me deceitful and i don’t ever want that. ❜

❛ you sound so sure about things. ❜

❛ you’re just acting strong… for who? not for me, i hope. ❜

❛ it is only the expectations and assumptions of others that cause heart ache… ❜

❛ and who’s this lovely creature making the house smell so nice? ❜

❛ i feel as if i’ve been looking for you for a very long time. ❜

❛ well here i am.. you found me. ❜

❛ whatever you do, do it carefully … ❜

❛ but in his work i become perfect and i feel just right. ❜

❛ you look beautiful, really. very beautiful. you’re making me extremely hungry. ❜

❛ my little carnivore. ❜

❛ what are you looking so forlorn about, hm? ❜

❛ maybe one day you’ll change your taste, ❜

❛ perhaps i’m looking for trouble. ❜

❛ if that’s your wish, i hope it comes true for you. ❜

❛ have you had enough to eat? you seem thirsty. ❜

❛ i think he’s being too fussy… ❜

❛ let me drive for you. ❜

❛ when he’s like this, he’s very tender. ❜

❛ what do you want me to do with that? ❜

❛ accept her invitation. if you can stomach it. ❜

❛ i know you’re doing the best you can. ❜

❛ i’m afraid i must insist that you come. ❜

❛ i brought sincerity into his life. ❜

❛ go on, give us a kiss for the cameras. ❜

❛ how beautiful you are. ❜

❛ when you dream about your wedding dress, what is it that you dream? ❜

❛ are you a gold person or a silver person? ❜

❛ i’m trying to surprise him and love him the way that i want to. ❜

❛ i have to know him in my own way, ❜

❛ let me collect myself for a moment. ❜

❛ she’s very beautiful, like a sculpture of some kind. ❜

❛ this is meant to be a nice evening. ❜

❛ let me serve you. ❜

❛ usually, you always tell me what you think. ❜

❛ i don’t know what i’m doing here. ❜

❛ i wanted time with you. i wanted to have you to myself. ❜

❛ you have me all the time. ❜

❛ is it because you think i don’t need you? ❜

❛ are you a special agent sent here to ruin my evening and possibly my entire life? ❜

❛ do you have a gun? you here to kill me? ❜

❛ stop playing this game! ❜

❛ what game? what precisely is the nature of my game? ❜

❛ why don’t you just fuck off to back where you came from? ❜

❛ if you’re going to make her a ghost, go ahead and do it. ❜

❛ don’t let her sit around waiting for you. ❜

❛ don’t pick a fight with me, you certainly won’t come out alive. ❜

❛ i don’t know what the hell came over me. ❜

❛ i’ve never really felt like this before. ❜

❛ i’ll take care of you.❜

❛ i think this is clear. he wants you to fuck off. ❜

❛ i miss you. i think about you all the time. ❜

❛ i hear your voice say my name when i dream. ❜

❛ i just miss you, it’s as simple as that. ❜

❛ i want to tell you everything. ❜

❛ i don’t ever want to be without you. ❜

❛ there are things nagging at me. things i simply cannot do without you. ❜

❛ a house that doesn’t change is a dead house.❜

❛ will you marry me? ❜

❛ i probably owe you an apology of some kind. ❜

❛ how do you know how my life has been? ❜

❛ i want to go dancing. ❜

❛ there is an air of quiet death in this house. ❜

❛ i want you flat on your back. helpless. tender. open. with only me to help. ❜

❛ you’re not going to die. you might wish you were going to die, but you’re not going to. ❜

❛ kiss me, my girl, before i’m sick. ❜

❛ if he wasn’t here tomorrow, no matter. for i know he’d be waiting for me in the afterlife. ❜

❛ i am older and i see things differently, and i finally understand you. ❜

#memes.

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