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tumblr lit compilation but it's just me frantically pointing between my fave quotes from indie digital media like "you're seeing this shit too right?"

assorted lines from james baldwin novels. tw: violence and military.

‘ don’t feel bad. ’

‘ think it’ll be all right for a while? ’

‘ i guess it’s time to go. ’

‘ everybody has troubles. ’

‘ do you ever pray? ’

‘ go wash your face. ’

‘ i don’t want to make a big fuss over nothing. ’

‘ are you ready for your bath? ’

‘ i hate goodbyes. ’

‘ you want to take a nap? ’

‘ i’m spinning like a feather. i don’t know where i’ll land. ’

‘ i’ve been in a bad mood all day long. ’

‘ you hungry, little sleepyhead? ’

‘ stand up, come over here, let me look at you. ’

‘ make a fist. ’

‘ lunch is on the table. come on, now, hurry, before it gets cold. ’

‘ don’t talk that way. ’

‘ you get into a fight, or did you beat him up, or what? ’

‘ sometimes i scare myself. ’

‘ you still love me? ’

‘ there is nothing like the first cold plunge, and any survivor will tell you that. ’

‘ that’s easy for you to say. ’

‘ i don’t think you realize how tired you are. ’

‘ you don’t know where i’ve been. you don’t know what life is like for me. ’ 

‘ nothing’s going to change, baby. people are too empty-headed, too empty-hearted. ’

‘ is that the truth? ’

‘ which is a hell of a reason to love anybody. ’

‘ the world’s wide and life – life, she is very long. ’

‘ a burnt child dreads the fire. ’

‘ you were wrong. it’s worse. ’

‘ i’m going to go to bed now. ’

‘ don’t bug me any more. ’

‘ you better pull yourself together. ’

‘ i’d rather drop dead than fight for this miserable country. what have i got to fight for? ’ 

‘ you’re usually in bed by this time. ’

‘ shut up. i don’t want to hear any of your bad philosophy. ’

‘ you wouldn’t just go away and leave us? we’d miss you, baby. ’

‘ don’t sweat it. if you’re tired, rest. ’

‘ you got a pretty bad crack in the jaw, didn’t you? ’

‘ now, that doesn’t mean shit, really, and yet it means everything. ’

‘ don’t be such a baby. ’

‘ it can be a goddamn pain in the ass. ’

‘ they’re such cornballs. ’

why didn’t you tell me?

i don’t think it’s right.

it’s the only thing i know how to do.

mmm you really are hopeless.

did you hurt yourself?

it’s not like you can stop me.

so, i have to go away for a little while, okay?

i’m sorry i just turned up like this.

i’ve got one too, you know.

let’s go home and you can lie down for a bit.

i’ll go and get you some.

let me see.

you need to think about yourself now.

sorry i’m late.

you look tired, you should go to bed.

i’ll take you back later. now you need to rest.

so you saw the sunrise?

if you tell me yours, i’ll tell you mine.

we’re going to do a checkup.

you’re coming with us and that’s that.

i can’t get to sleep.

don’t you want it anymore?

i’ll be right there.

will you come into the other room with me?

i’m going to throw up.

do you really think i’m that stupid?

go away!

the usual crap.

children need time.

you have to see a doctor.

no, i’d just like a little water.

you always look stupid.

go on, or you’ll be late.

you really don’t know how to be happy, do you?

okay, but you’ve got to decide.

you’d rather pretend nothing is wrong, as if nothing strange were going on.

and do you like me?

i don’t have any secrets.

well done, you idiot.

you’ve got to get rid of it.

i’ve made up my mind.

music this loud gives me a headache.

“ i’m leaving. try and stop me. “

“ let’s get you from that miserable place. “

“ you’ve got quite the fighting spirit in you there, i have to say. “

“ halt, ____. not one step further. “

“ come on, ____. haven’t we had more than enough of each other by now? “

“ you can turn back like a good little man, or i can send you home the painful way. what’ll it be? “

“ i told you nobody gets out of here, whether alive or dead. “

“ do not despair and hold to your resolve, ____. “

“ ever stubborn, aren’t you. “

“ it shall be exactly as you say, ____. your wishes are identical to mine. “

“ i lay the blame entirely upon you, yes. who else? “

“ everyone’s saying i went easy on you, ____. “

“ look, i’ve a reputation to uphold. you get past me again like that, you best go all the way. “

“ leave me be, and don’t think you’re going to be so lucky next we meet out there. “

“ i have to say you’re quite the specimen, and so, i’ve decided i shall aid you for the moment. “

“ hey, ____, if there happens to be something really horrible waiting for me beyond there, then… give me a sign, won’t you? “

“ oh there you are. just as i was beginning to think it’s been too long since i last killed you, ____. “

“ admit it, ____. you can’t stop thinking about me. “

“ don’t flatter yourself. i think of you in pain. and now there’s no need for the imagination. “

“ death is your only family. death, and i. best get accustomed to the both of us. “

“ what have i done, ____, to deserve such scorn? your lapse in judgement here is not so easy to forgive, yet easily punished. “

“ i never grew accustomed to the air, up here. it gusts senselessly whichever way it pleases. “

“ i’ll tear you limb from limb out there next time, you mark my words. “

“ oh, we have met, in a way. i know everybody, here, and there. “

“ the only one responsible for all of this is you. and i thought even you would have understood that by now. “

“ names are there to be forgotten, ____. “

“ no. no mournful speeches. now get out of my way. “

“ you’re running from yourself. though i can slow you down a bit i think. “

“ they say lots of things about me, ____; and they’ll tell you, in your dealings with me, ample caution is in order. let me show you why. “

“ you think me cruel, yet know nothing of cruelty. “

“ you want something to hate, then have it! “

“ you can’t be serious. you’re going to pretend as though it never happened? “

“ it comforts me to see how far you’ve come, ____. and i am confident that you shall make your way, eventually. “

“ a mortal’s life is short, and fraught with pain; is that truly the life you yearn for, ____? “

“ look, i’ve done some things that maybe aren’t great, but i am very, very sure i haven’t murdered anyone. “

“ life isn’t particularly fair, ____. nor death. i’d have expected you to know as much. “

“ blood needs be shed, and yours is going to suffice. “

“ i get the feeling we’re starting off on the wrong foot. “

“ i always wanted to kill a god. you’ll have to do. “

“ something the matter there, ____? you seem a little quieter than usual. dare i say even a little somber and remorseful, for some reason? “

“ what you’re attempting is impossible. you’ve seen what happens when you go too far. “

“ i’m not your practice partner, fool. “

“ you left, without so much as telling me goodbye. “

“ i left when it was necessary, ____. i thought of you and hoped you’d understand. i have to do this. “

“ if you won’t say it, then i’ll say it. goodbye, ____. “

“ you believe you are entitled simply to walk out of here. from your birthright and your responsibilities! but i am here to tell you, no. “

“ always happy to oblige. especially when it causes me to risk my station. to risk everything i’ve worked for. “

“ look here, ____, let me save you lots of future suffering: i happen to be the jealous type. “

“ do not anger me again, or i might come down and kill you there myself! “

“ i’m surrounded by my family, but i always feel alone. “

” i told you i don’t need your help here, ____. “

” you’re no god. “

” you’re nothing but a piece of trash. born into all of this. and you don’t even want it! “

” you seem to have me all figured out. and here i thought we were still getting to know each other. “

” i thought we had an understanding, _____, but this wouldn’t be the first time i was wrong about someone. “

” is this an offering of fealty or friendship, ____? “

” i guess there’s only one thing left to do. isn’t that so, ____? “

” i’d ask you to join me for a drink, ____, but i know you’ve a task ahead of you, and liquor dulls the senses. fortunately so, under most circumstances except yours. “

” perhaps you have defied me here in jest, though in such cases pertinent to my authority, you’ll find i lack a sense of humor. “

” you must see plainly, then, what your birthright amounts to: you’re no better off than any of us here. “

” it’s not that i’m upset or anything, here, ____, you know i’m not, but truthfully i am a bit annoyed, a little bit, and so, i got to send the message. “

” ____, i am getting awful sick of seeing your smug face, time after time after time. “

” have you given any thought to just… leaving me alone, and going back to wherever it is you came from? “

” why? why do you keep showing up? in spite of knowing that the outcome shall be just the same as how it always was? “

” why don’t you go get out of here if you despise this place so much? “

” you know what i like about you? the way you bleed. “

” never met a god that bleeds like you. red. like a worthless mortal. “

” come on! let’s bleed you dry. “

” thought i might find you all the way out here. although quite frankly i’m surprised you’re still alive. “

” even i’m beginning to fear you, i think. seems i don’t know you as well as i thought. “

” whatever you’re doing, it had better be worth it. “

” you’re stubborn. and you are going to get me in a heap of trouble before all is said and done. “

” a harsh winter is coming for you, ____. and i’m afraid you’ve brought it on yourself. “

” you’re funny. but you’ll break. they always do. “

” stranger, i am warning you: if you keep showing up like this, i’m going to have to find a new nickname for you. “