• ❝ courage need not be remembered, for it is never forgotten. ❞
• ❝ you’ve met with a terrible fate, haven’t you? ❞
• ❝ am i so beautiful that you’ve got no words left? ❞
• ❝ forgive me. i’m a coward at heart. ❞ 
• ❝ you and i aren’t as different as we thought. ❞ 
• ❝ this time, we fight together. ❞ 
• ❝ if all else fails, use fire. ❞ 
• ❝ the history of light and shadow will be written in blood. ❞
• ❝ what makes you happy… does it make others happy, too? ❞
• ❝ it’s a secret to everybody. ❞
• ❝ do you ever feel a strange sadness as dusk falls? ❞ 
• ❝ tell them the war has ended. ❞ 
• ❝ many years ago, i felt so free… ❞ 
• ❝ we all deserve a happy ending, don’t we? ❞ 
• ❝ they were all good people…my people. ❞ 
• ❝ be careful about going around judging people by their appearance. ❞ 
• ❝ may the winds of fortune be at your back. ❞ 
• ❝ you have great eyes. they’re proud and wild…like a feral beast. ❞
• ❝ no matter what, a fake is a fake, and no matter how much you try to dress it up, the real thing always wins . ❞
• ❝ guess what? you got it for free. are you proud of yourself? ❞
• ❝ your true face… what kind of face is it? i wonder… the face under the mask… is that your true face? ❞
• ❝ you’re the bad guy. and when you’re bad, you just run. ❞ 
• ❝ you’ll come with me, won’t you? ❞
• ❝ this is your fate. don’t feel discouraged, even in the darkest of times. ❞ 
• ❝ may we meet again in another life. ❞
• ❝ you don’t have to look so sad. ❞
• ❝ everything. everything i’ve done up until now…it was all for nothing.. ❞
• ❝ i wonder, if you do the right thing, does it really make everyone happy? ❞
• ❝ whenever there is a meeting, a parting is sure to follow. ❞
• ❝ those who do not know the danger of wielding power will, before long, be ruled by it. ❞
• ❝ your friends… what kind of people are they? do these people think of you as a friend? ❞
• ❝ the flow of time is always cruel. ❞
• ❝ my bloodline endures the ravages of all the years. it survives. ❞ 
• ❝ the sight of your appalling hair makes my gorge rise. ❞ 
• ❝ we are fine here. we will greet the morning together. ❞ 
• ❝ i really am just a failure. ❞ 
• ❝ it’s dangerous to go alone. take me. ❞ 
• ❝ conquer yourself. ❞ 
• ❝ even though it was only a short time, i feel like i’ve known you forever. ❞
• ❝ it’s time for me to make up for my mistakes. ❞ 
• ❝ people are disgusting. my own father and mother are disgusting. you must be disgusting too. ❞ 
• ❝ there are some things in life you can’t change no matter how hard you try. ❞
• ❝ thought i chose the thief’s life, but it really chose me. ❞ 
• ❝ i’m not doing anything suspicious. really! ❞
• ❝ forgive your friend. ❞ 
• ❝ a man is an animal, too. ❞
• ❝ oceans…oceans…oceans as far as the eye can see. ❞
• ❝ heroes fade eventually but legends never die. ❞
• ❝ please…heal my sorrows. ❞
• ❝ i grant my eternal love to you. ❞
• ❝ he who wields such power would make a suitable king for this world, don’t you think? ❞
• ❝ i always believed you would come…because i know you. ❞
• ❝ it is destiny that you and i can’t live in the same world. ❞
• ❝ shadow and light are two sides of the same coin. one cannot exist without the other. ❞
• ❝ your slumber these past moons must have been restless and full of nightmares. ❞
• ❝ your gods have destroyed you. ❞
• ❝ your words are kind and your heart is true. ❞
• ❝ i believe this is what you call…happiness. ❞ 
• ❝ the mortal blow puts your life on the line. ❞ 
• ❝ your ears will bleed from the sounds of your own screams. ❞
• ❝ i consider the time spent with you some of the most special memories i have. ❞
• ❝ a sword wields no strength unless the hand that holds it has courage. ❞
• ❝ you fight like no man or demon i have ever known. ❞
• ❝ the thousand years of raindrops are my tears. ❞
• ❝ time passes, people move…like a river’s flow, it never ends. ❞ 
• ❝ it seems shadow has been moved by light. ❞
• ❝ the thunder that strikes the earth is my anger. ❞
• ❝ to tell you the truth, I’m feeling a bit frustrated, and right now I just need someone to vent to. ❞
• ❝ isn’t it petty? little battles like this? ❞ 
• ❝ wait! do not be so hasty. ❞ 
• ❝ a thing that does not change with time is a memory of younger days. ❞
• ❝ don’t ever forget me. if you do, i’ll never forgive you. ❞
• ❝ if it is something that can be stopped, then just try to stop it. ❞
• ❝ my hate never perishes. it is born anew in a cycle with no end . ❞
• ❝ we’ll be friends forever, won’t we? ❞
• ❝ do you have any idea how that made me feel inside? Furious. Outraged. ❞
• ❝ i’ve taken all that you had to give… though I did not want it . ❞
• ❝ i follow the strongest side. that is all i have ever known. ❞
• ❝ he wasn’t talking about strength, like lifting stuff. he was talking about being brave. ❞ 
• ❝ believe in your strengths. ❞

• i can give you some insight. i can show you what your guts look like.
• before i act selflessly, allow me to act selfishly.
• if you think i’m gonna lower myself to make a joke about being all tied up, you’ve got another thing coming.
• this man is a fucking charlatan. 
• for a man of the people, you sure ain’t very popular.
• i wont pretend to understand you, but i will make you endeavor to understand me. 
• a bunko, a graverobber, and a drunk. how could things possibly go wrong?
• he’s already gone off to (place). you’ll never find him down there.
• oh, it’s true. they love me down there. 
• i’m not sure your idea of paradise and mine are quite the same, (name).
• i know we ain’t exactly old pals, but, y’know, have i ever done you wrong? 
• i’m a traveling man, sir. this land is much too small for the likes of me. 
• they say god invented whiskey to stop the irish from taking over the world.
• i was real drunk last time i was here, (name).
• he was a real nice chap. or maybe he was a real bastard? 
• oh, let me guess. you gotta be on your way. 
• the famed hospitality isn’t what it once was, and i’ve never been known to overstay my welcome.
• you’re an angry and a fuck-ugly man, but not a bad one.
• i’m many things, most of them bad, but a man of political principles? no.
• well, you won’t make it in the circus, but you can shoot. 
• it means a little. you were famous when i was a boy.
• killing men is a strange kind of fame.
• i was the fastest in my time. 
• sure. somewhere between the threatening stare and the soldiers armed to the teeth, yeah, you had me. 
• my country is in pain. terrible pain.
• sometimes, in the service of what is right, you’ve got to do terrible things.
• my men are trying to lure him into a trap. 
• (name) is a good man, a strong man. 
• you talk bad about other people because it makes you feel better about yourselves. maybe you should look in the mirror. 
• we are poor. kindness must take a different form.
• they’re part of a past i can’t seem to get rid of.
• the past is all that’s real, my friend. it cannot be erased. 
• i know i can’t change the past, but i’m sure gonna do something about the future. 
• (place) is an easy place for a man to lose himself, whether he wants to get lost or not. 
• i’m not getting paid. it’s a long story. i’m being made to do this. 
• if you help us, we help you. 
• no one hides from (name) for long.
• don’t the people have the right to stand up for themselves? 
• for a tired old revolutionist, you are very naive. 
• he’s a traitor, a liar, a coward and a sinner. 
• when a mans family is involved, you need a little more enthusiasm than apologies.
• those who sit on the fence make their own choice, in their own way. 
• man living in the past, who ran away from home. what choice did you make?
• funny how everyone seems to know my business, but nothing about the men i’m looking for.
• you rest. don’t worry about me. i’m too old for sleep.
• you’re the hero around here, not me.
• if they lay a finger on her, i swear i’ll feed those bastards their balls.
• here we are. looks kinda sleepy, don’t it?
• we all have problems. we must solve them together, or die alone.
• and one day, one day soon, (name) will know justice.
• in our hearts, we are all free. let us make it so.
• you can take it off my dead body!
• it’ll mean that war is brutal, and unnecessary, and good people die. that is all it will mean.
• while there are guns, and money, there won’t be any freedom, (name).
• i have my own family to worry about. 
• good actions make you a good man. 
• i will help you, out of respect for your loss.
• (name) betrayed me, and i saw him do bad things. things that disgust even me. 
• but me, you, him .. we’re all shooting people. don’t really seem like we’re very different. 
• you americans forget too quickly, that is the problem. 
• i once believed it was possible to make a difference. that, if we spilled enough blood, we could change the way people think.
• i feel terrible, but it isn’t safe for them here anymore. 
• i will stay and fight. i’m ready to die, if necessary. 
• we tried to protect him, give him a gentler childhood than what we had. guess i failed at that.
• i ain’t been much of a father. we tried to hide the bad from him growing up, but he saw things he shouldn’t. 
• old friends make the worst enemies.
• we was friends once, a long time ago. not anymore.
• very little is beneath a man such as me.
• if i find out you’re lying to me, (name), you’ll really find out the man i used to be.
• i wasn’t gonna give him a second chance to kill me. 
• not particularly. he was hardly worth the bullet. 
• (name) would die fighting for what he believed in. he had a lot of passion, but no love. 
• it was like the one thing he ever believed in turned out to be a fraud. 
• it ain’t exactly fondness. we was close once, but he never cared for me, or anyone else. 
• i’m a semi-literate farmer and a hired killer. i’m hardly in the power game. 
• you have an interesting way of serving the people. kind of like a national gigolo. 
• one way or another, this might be the end. 
• i don’t care who a man is, what he does, or where he’s from. he treats me right, and i’ll do the same. 
• the poor are many, and together, we are strong. 
• it’s hard for me, too. but i’ve pulled this trigger too many times, now. i’m getting tired.
• a famous outlaw come to die in the sunshine. 
• (name) woulda killed you by now. she always thought you were a creep.
• you wanna settle this now, friend? or do you want me to shoot you in the head right now for that poor girl?
• if you win power, remember why you wanted it. 
• no, sir. i want you to shoot him for me.
• your wife and son are doing well. lets both try to ensure things stay that way.
• i can’t imagine i’d ever say anything quite so trite.
• i’m sure all the men you murdered wanted their families, too. 
• we both know how this has to be, and it could all be over today. 
• it ends when we say it ends, you’re in no position to make demands. 
• you can’t erase your past, (name), but we can.
• a bit of a cliche, admittedly, but still a dying breed. like a buffalo. still just as dumb, but not quite as noble. 
• oh, i think he knows whats at stake. don’t you, (name)?
• you’ll make me blush with all these kind words. 
• i can walk faster than this piece of crap. give me a horse any day. 
• it’s a fairly simple agreement, even for a man as devoid of intellect as yourself.
• how does it feel? taking a mans wife and child from him? does it make you feel good? 
• how does it feel to kill hundreds of men in cold blood? 
• i’ll put a bullet in him, don’t you worry. won’t like myself for doing it, but i’ll do it.
• i know, it’s hard. you like (name). he’s charismatic. 
• i don’t rightly know. but it felt good saying it. 
• i think we need to get him before sundown. 
• well, before i shoot you myself, let me just point out the obvious. 
• the one person we have left who can appeal to (name) is the last person we have who knows him.
• we can’t always fight nature, (name). we can’t fight change. we can’t fight gravity. we can’t fight nothin’. 
• my whole life, all i ever did was fight. 
• when i’m gone, they’ll just find another monster.
• our time has passed, (name).
• so at the end, you didn’t have the guts to shoot him? 
• oh, trust me. it looks better in the report that way. 
• they’re quite safe and sound. 
• i know this wasn’t easy for you, but, i have to say, you’ve done your country proud.
• come on, (name), lets go find somebody else we can annoy. 
• i wasn’t so ladylike, and he didn’t try it again. nor no one else.
• that’s a nice way to greet somebody. why donts i get a warm and tender embrace?
• hold your excuses until you figure out which one to use.
• he saw things no boy should see. 
• your back’s tense, and it’s making the rifle jump. 
• you always was a hard and nasty man, (name).
• i’ll give you a bad case of ‘someone just shot me in the head’ if you don’t hurry up.
• this is my son. anything that happens to him, you’ll wish it was you that was attacked.
• don’t be too eager to grow up, son. ain’t as much fun as it looks.
• is there anything you don’t like shooting?
• i won’t let nothing happen to you.

“  you  mock  my  pain!  ”  “  life  is  pain.  ” “  he’s  only  mostly  dead.  ” “  i’m on  the  brute  squad.  ” “  you  are  the  brute  squad.  ” “  prepare  to  die.  ” “  we’ll  never  survive.  ” “  nonsense.  you’re  only  saying  that  because  no  one  ever  has.  ” “  who  are  you?  ” “  get  used  to  disappointment.  ” “  you  keep  using  that  word.  i  do  not  think  it  means  what  you  think  it  means.  ” “  i’ll  use  small  words  so  that  you’ll  be  sure  to  understand,  you  warthog  faced  buffoon.  ” “  that  may  be  the  first  time  in  my  life  a  man  dared  insult  me.  ” “  drop.  your.  sword.  ” “  shut  up!!  ”   “  you’ve  made  your  decision  then?  ” “  i  bet  my  life  on  it!  ” “  truly,  you  have  dizzying  intellect.  ” “  you’re  just  stalling  now.  ” “  you  guessed  wrong.  ” “  enough  of  that.  ”  “  surrender.  ” “  you  mean  you  wish  to  surrender  to  me?  very  well,  i  accept.  ” “  i  hate  waiting.  ” “  morons.  ” “  you  are  wonderful.  ” “  you  seem  a  decent  fellow,  i  hate  to  kill   you.  ” “  why  are  you  smiling?  ” “  because  i  know  something  you  don’t  know.  ” “  goodnight.  good  work.  i’ll  most  likely  kill  you  in  the  morning.  ” “  oh,  there’s  something  i  ought  to  tell  you.  ” “  think  it’ll  work?  ” “  it  would  take  miracle.  ” “  hear  this  now —  i  will  always  come  for  you.  ” “  this  is  true  love,  you  think  this  happens  every  day?  ” “  death  cannot  stop  true  love.  ” “  i  died  that  day.  ” “  we  may  as  well  die  here.  ” “  he’s  dead.  he  can’t  talk.  ”   “  as  you  wish.  ”   “  why  didn’t  you  wait  for  me?  ”   “  you  can  die  slowly,  cut  into  a  thousand  pieces.  ” “  you  killed  my  love.  ” “  it’s  possible. i  kill  a  lot  of  people.  ”   “  yes,  you’re  very  smart.  shut  up.  ”   “  you’ve  been  mostly-dead  all  day.  ”  “  inconceivable!!  ”  “  let  me  explain.  ”   “  your vote of confidence is overwhelming.  ” “  what  hideous  sin  have  you  committed  lately?  ” “  will  you  ever  forgive  me?  ” “  there’s a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. it would be a pity to damage yours.  ”  

—   sentence starters   :   the poetry of emily berry,   from the penguin anthology if i’m scared we can’t win.

• actually, it’s tuesday, and i’m taken aback.
• you know perfectly well i believe nothing worthwhile is explainable.
• dear boy, don’t be so literal.
• i’m not sure if you were there or not. did you want to be?
• in a long undergrowth of wanting i creep.
• these white corridors are not free from longing.
• dear knee bones, dear palms, dear faithful body: i have wants.
• a scribble is the way a heartbeat is told. my heart scribbles your name.
• i have given you my proud desperate undeviating wish over and over and over.
• we remain sane despite the worrisome nature of details.
• we made this prayer, a faithless one, it took all our energy to say: please help.
• i said: we’re afraid of this house and we’re not safe in our bones.
• you worthless excuse for a story.
• last week summer fled like it was panic-attacking.
• you can get used to pretty much anything.
• i have known a person who, in contravention of the given narrative, was taken down, reached an end point too soon.
• i was very young when i was cracked open.
• praise be for the gentle, brokenhearted person.
• when the terrible thing happened someone said be strong, as if we might lay steel cables for bones, petrify our whole soft viscera.
• i am writing my first political poem which is also (always) about my love for you.
• she sees everything from an un-given-up perspective.
• i get the feeling in my chest, my whole life in there twisted up like a snake. it could bite me or you.
• hello. i share your doubt. i am full of uncertainty.
• there is a part of me that will always miss what i lost.
• i went back to the burned house.
• give us this day our proper rituals! give us some fucking ceremony!
• i veiled my tender wound. i veiled my narrative.
• i was so small! i was so capable!
• it’s no use you can’t help me.
• i wish to be immersed and live forever on the cusp of drowning.
• her ghost took many forms. sometimes she came down as rain, that was the most benign. other times she came close to killing me.
• if you are not happy, the sea is not happy.
• sometimes i think if the devil came and offered to swap me into some other body without me knowing what i’d be getting, i’d say …sure.
• i wanted to love the world.
• my thoughts are wrong. my thoughts are wrong.
• stop, language is crawling all over me.

SIX WORDS .

TEN WORDS .

• "Take courage, for the worst is a harbinger of the best."
• "The old and corrupt must be laid to waste before the just can triumph."
• "Abuse of power comes as no surprise."
• "Killing is unavoidable, but is nothing to be proud of."
• "There is a period when it is clear you have gone wrong but you continue. Sometimes there is a luxurious amount of time before anything bad happens."
• "Your oldest fears are the worst ones."
• "Being sure of yourself means you're a fool."
• "If you're considered useless, no one will feed you anymore."
• "It is in your self-interest to find a way to be very tender."
• "Anger or hate can be a useful motivating force."
• "Savor kindness, because cruelty is always possible later."
• "Fathers often use too much force."
• "You are a victim of the rules you live by."
• "Expiring for love is beautiful but stupid."
• "A man can't know what it's like to be a mother."
• "Fear is the most elegant weapon; your hands are never messy."
• "Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison."
• "Nothing is safe, sacred, or sane."
• "Turn soft and lovely any time you have a chance."
• "Dying and coming back gives you considerable perspective."
• "When you start liking pain, things start to get interesting."
• "It takes a while before you can step over inert bodies and go ahead with what you were trying to do."
• "Don't be polite to me."
• "How do you resign yourself to something that will never be? You stop wanting just that thing. You go numb. Or you kill the agent of desire."
• "The future is stupid."

• i was thinking that i’d be a little lost without you here.
• you were having a bad dream.
• i never thought i’d need anyone again, but i need you. is that okay?
• find something warm, though. you’re going to need it.
• this is going to sting a little.
• am i dead or do i just feel like it?
• if it scares you, it scares you. that’s pretty simple.
• i’m going to bed. you go to bed, too.
• the problem is that guns are easy. any idiot can use one and any idiot can feel tough with one.
• it’s five thirty in the morning.
• killing isn’t hard. it only takes a second. it’s what comes after that’s hard.
• sorry for running out like a stupid child and causing everybody to worry.
• take another breath. let it all out.
• you forgot to eat lunch again.
• that’s it, we’re going to the hospital.
• the people you expected to do the bad thing did the bad thing.
• sorry i made you come out there and have to save me.
• scary stuff.
• you were in bad shape.
• it’s a tough time, these holidays.
• when you call me son, i almost believe it.
• this is all so unreal.
• that’s going to eat at me for the rest of the day.
• you’re in a world of trouble and that’s what you need to be worried about.
• to tell the truth, i’m scared.
• my fingers hurt.
• don’t worry about that now. let’s just get home.
• i’ve got bad news.
• it’s okay to love something bigger than yourself without fearing it. anything worth loving is bigger than we are anyway.
• you’ll slow me down and i’ll be worrying about you.
• people live, people die. people split up, people stay together and make each other miserable.
• have at it, buckaroo.
• put your butt in a chair.
• i trust him about as much as i trust any white man with a gun.
• makes as much sense as anything.
• go grab yourself some lunch.
• a little dizzy, queasy all of a sudden.
• in other words, get it your damn self.
• not bad? whatever happened to “great” or “good”?
• you don’t want to understand. you won’t try to understand.

  some  one  word  prompts .    (    send   one   of   the   words   for   our   muses   to   interact   based   off   that   word   )

• goodbye :  my  muse  kissing  and/or  hugging  your  muse  goodbye.
• secrets :   my  muse  sharing/confiding  their  deepest,  darkest  secret  with  your  muse.
• nightmare :   my  muse  coming  to  your  muses  aid  when  they  awake  from  a  nightmare.
• push :   my  muse  pushing  your  muse  out  of  the  way  of  danger.
• embrace :   my  muse  abruptly  throwing  their  arms  around  your  muse,  hugging  them  tightly.
• bloody :   my  muse  coming  to  your  muse  with  blood  stains  on  their  clothes  and  hands,  shaking.
• drunk :   my  muse  takes  care  of  your  muse  while  they  are  in  a  drunken  state.
• bed :   my  muse  wakes  up  in  the  same  bed  as  your  muse  with  little  recollection  of  the  night  before.
• slap :   my  muse  slaps  your  muse  across  the  face  out  of  anger.
• gone :   my  muse  stays  by  your  muses  side  while  they  take  their  last  breath.
• scream :   my  muse  hears  your  muse  scream  and  quickly  runs  to  their  side.
• sleep :   my  muse  falls  asleep  on  your  muse,  making  it  hard  for  my  muse  to  leave.
• stalk :   my  muse  gets  caught  by  your  muse  trailing  behind  them,  watching  them.
• sacrifice :   my  muse  jumps  in  front  of  your  muse,  sacrificing  their  life  for  your  muses  life.
• trail :   my  muse  watches  as  your  muse  traces  one  of  my  muses  scares,  asking  them  about  it.
• love :   my  muse  confronts  your  muse  about  why  they  never  say  ’ i  love  you ’  back.
• piggyback :   my  muse  jumps  on  your  muses  back,  my  muse  gives  yours  a  piggyback  ride.
• jump :   my  muse  runs  to  your  muse  and  jumps  up,  my  muse  holding  yours  up  by  their  thighs.
• dance :   my  muse  holds  their  hand  out,  waiting  for  your  muse  to  come  out  and  slow  dance  with  them.
• carry :   my  muse  carries  your  muse  to  their  house,  either  drunk,  or  a  weakened  state,  can  specify. 
• lighter :   my  muse  pulls  out  a  lighter  and  lights  it  for  your  muse  to  use  to  light  their  cigarette.
• shot :   my  muse  gets  shot  and  struggles  to  your  muses  house  for  aid.
• wound :   my  muse  patches  and  bandages  a  wound  your  muse  has  gotten.
• fight :   my  muse  stops  your  muse  from  getting  into  a  physical  fight  with  someone  else.
• arrest :   your  muse  finds  my  muse  arrested  in  cuffs  with  swarming  police  everywhere.
• hospital :   my  muse  awakens  in  a  hospital,  finding  your  muse  by  their  side,  asking  what  happened.
• gun :  my  muse  pulls  out  a  gun  on  your  muse,  your  muse  tries  to  talk  them  into  putting  the  gun  down. 
• betrayal :  my  muse  finds  out  that  your  muse  has  betrayed  them  in  same  way  and  confronts  them  about  it.
• nude :  my  muse  walks  in  on  your  muse  accidentally  seeing  them  naked.
• karaoke :  my  muse  pulls  your  muse  up  on  stage  with  them  to  sing  some  karaoke  songs. 
• laughter :   my  muse  hears  your  muse  laughing  uncontrollably  and  approaches  to  see  if  they  are  okay.
• murder :   my  muse  walks  in  on  your  muse  committing  a  gruesome  murder.
• wet :   my  muse  strips  down  to  their  under  garments  and  runs  into  the  water,  motioning  for  your  muse  to  join  them.

a mercy misplaced , a raven’s cries amiss fallen and forgotten he stands over , petals dipped gently in blood and a dagger slipping silently from cold hands. it is a treacherous thing, his heart,  and it has betrayed his lips.

‘  it is so appropriate to color hope yellow  .  ’ ‘  but we were never to color even one of our paper blossoms yellow  .  ’ ‘  i thought i would never feel ashamed or guilty  ,  that these were burdens for others to bear  .  ’ ‘  i believed all of life would be one long  &  perfect summer day  .  ’ ‘  what sensible person could resist a fella like you  ?  ’ ‘  did you think about me when i was gone  ?  ’ ‘  the ride home on our bike was just beautiful  .  ’ ‘  it’s a fairyland out there  .  ’ ‘  i’ve seen you looking at me with suspicious thoughts in your head  .  ’ ‘  to this day  ,  i can still recall how lovely she looked  ,  like a raphael madonna  .  ’ ‘  your lunch is moving around  ,  or else you have gas  .  ’ ‘  you haven’t said hello  ;  you haven’t even looked at me  .  ’ ‘  it hurts me when you don’t run into my arms  &  give me kisses  .  ’ ‘  didn’t he know i was supposed to be his favorite all his life through  ?  ’ ‘  this is the first time in your life you have ever glared at me like that  .  ’ ‘  don’t cry  ,  don’t feel jealous  .  ’ ‘  you won’t be loved any the less  .  ’ ‘  doctors do know everything  .  ’ ‘  hey  ,  you don’t look half-bad  .  ’ ‘  half-bad  ?  is that the best you can manage  .  ’ ‘  it pains me dreadfully to bring you bad news on what seems a special occasion  .  ’ ‘  our days are numbered  …  that’s the way it is  ,  from the day we’re born  ,  our days are numbered  .  ’ ‘  it’s not good to be alone when you feel bereft  .  ’ ‘  it’s better to be with people  &  share your grief  ,  &  not keep it locked up inside  .  ’ ‘  someone  ,  some adult  ,  should have warned us that the young  ,  the handsome  ,  &  the needed can die too  .  ’ ‘  fate was a grim reaper  ,  never kind  ,  with little respect for who was loved  &  needed  .  ’ ‘  life holds all sorts of surprises  ,  (  name  )  ,  &  some of them are unpleasant  .  ’ ‘  you are much more aggressive  ,  &  much more determined  .  ’ ‘  there are some mothers you just can’t love  ,  for they don’t want you to love them  .  ’ ‘  sometimes death is not as terrible as you think  .  ’ ‘  there is a reason for everything  &  a solution for every problem  .  ’ ‘  i’m trying  ,  trying hard to do what i think best  .  ’ ‘  why did she look at us so oddly  ?  ’ ‘  soon enough you’ll know everything  ;  i’ll explain  .  ’ ‘  i am a pretty  ,  useless ornament who always believed she’d have a man to take care of her  .  ’ ‘  it’s not love that makes the world go ‘round  -  it’s money  .  ’ ‘  we will be free forever of all financial worries  .  ’ ‘  everything he touches turns to gold  .  ’ ‘  are you listening  ,  using your imagination  ?  ’ ‘  do you realize what a tremendous amount of money can do  ?  ’ ‘  the world  ,  & everything in it is yours  !  ’ ‘  through me every dream you’ve ever had will come true  .  ’ ‘  i would be just like a princess  !  ’ ‘  a room is just a room  .  ’ ‘  you’ll live in many rooms before you die  .  ’ ‘  with everything you gained  ,  you had to lose something  .  ’ ‘  i might as well get used to it  ,  &  make the best of it  .  ’ ‘  that was only an owl  !  did you think it was a ghost  ?  ’ ‘  you don’t have to whisper  .  no one is about  .  ’ ‘  why would you do that  ?  ’ ‘  take that worried look off your face  .  ’ ‘  if god didn’t plan for people to grow old  ,  &  sick  ,  &  to eventually die  ,  he wouldn’t keep on letting people have babies  .  ’ ‘  don’t like walkin in woods when it’s dark  !  ’ ‘  you still have a nasty  ,  suspicious mind  !  ’ ‘  pay no attention to what you just heard  .  ’ ‘  why do you keep crying so much  ?  ’ ‘  sweet  -  sweet as a boa constrictor  .  ’ ‘  one thing you’ve got to learn  :  stop exaggerating  !  stop making so much out of small things  .  ’ ‘  stop making so much out of small things  .  ’ ‘  you are now gazing on hell  ,  as some might see it  .  ’ ‘  i don’t like it here  !  ’ ‘  did you hear me say i don’t like it here  ?  ’ ‘  how did we get here  ?  ’ ‘  we walked through the woods in the moonlight  .  it was very pretty  .  ’ ‘  i don’t like the tone of your voice  .  speak respectfully when you speak to me  .  ’ ‘  the day i speak respectfully to you  ,  (  name  )  ,  will be the day you earn my respect  .  ’ ‘  cheer up  ,  sober face  .  i was only kidding  .  ’ ‘  cheer up  ,  sober face  .  ’ ‘  i just love the gems you spurt forth when prokoked  .  ’ ‘  keep your cool  .  ’ ‘  don’t take any of this seriously  .  ’ ‘  she’s a nut  ,  a loony-bird  .  ’ ‘  we’ll protect you  .  ’ ‘  we weren’t devils  ,  but most certainly we weren’t angels either  .  ’