Taken from the 2021 Netflix series, Midnight Mass! Some of these have already been edited. You can change them however you see fit! Keep in mind that some spoilers for the show will be present!

“Are they okay? They’re gonna be okay?”

“While you’re at it, ask him why He always takes the kids, while the drunk fucks always walk away with scratches.”

“Oh, their lips to God’s ears. No. They’re lips to my ass.”

“I’m good. I’d actually prefer not to smell like cat shit.”

“You know, sometimes there’s a storm, and it floods, and those bodies just pop up right out of the ground. Cat food.”

“I’m surprised that you’re surprised. I figured this is where you wanted to be. You were trying to break in, after all.”

“This isn’t a community anymore, honey. It’s a ghost.”

“Come on, no one can fool the altar boys.”

“No, uh, I think that you’re the prodigal one. I’m just the black sheep.”

“Look at us, back where we started. The one place that we swore we’d never end up.”

“So, I mean, you came back… Here. You came back here on purpose. Why?”

“Ride out the storm tonight, and then tomorrow, you’ll see what tomorrow is all about. Find another project.”

“Well, that’s the thing about where we’ve been. It’s important, sure. But it’s not as important as where we’re going.”

“Every place before where I am now, well, they were just leading me here even if I didn’t know it at the time. Even if I didn’t see it.”

“Are you really walking by without saying hi?”

“This darkness. This blackness that spilled into us.”

“Even out of the blackness, love will rise again.”

“I don’t want to hold up the town’s pariah.”

“Shit I did, I don’t care about me so much either. But what did he ever do? What did he ever do to you?”

“My friend here is just leaving, and they mean no harm. Not they’re fault that they were born woefully fucking unfunny.”

“You ever hear of RR? AA for pirates.”

“See, I’m a pretty rational person, and you know that all our myths, our religions, come from natural occurrences that we can’t explain.”

“No, it’s more than that. You take care of people.”

“You stole from me things I didn’t even have yet. You reached through time, (Name)! You reached through time and stole!”

“If I can forgive you, (Name), then anyone can.”

“It’s like this particular brand of self-righteousness that is exclusive to a certain breed of religion.”

“But just now… It’s like I woke up, and there you are.”

“Told you they’d catch on. We’re a trio now.”

“But then being in there with you, and (Name), and talking like that, talking under those circumstances where I feel like… maybe my life might be worth it.”

“It felt too easy to leave. Like, I shouldn’t just leave.”

“I guess I’m a glutton for punishment.”

“I knew all the while that I’d have to lie to the very people that I’m here to save.”

“All three of us, we, um, we were a little scared shitless.”

“I already had resentment in my heart, and I shouldn’t have.”

“But children just don’t do what you did on their own, not unless one of their parents has failed them something awful. And you’re mother’s a saint, so I guess that just leaves me.”

“It’s a special kind of self-pity to identify with the destruction of Jerusalem.”

“Everyone gets their wings clipped at some point.”

“I think we all want, so badly, for there to be a reason. For everything. And some justice, and some comfort when we die.”

“That’s what we mean when we say heaven. No mansions, no rivers of diamonds or fluffy clouds and angel wings. You are loved. And you aren’t alone.”

“Give yourself over, while you understand it or not.”

“Well, at least they didn’t call them Bong.”

“When something like this happens, we are all supposed to be the same.”

“He seemed fine. But that’s what they say. People who aren’t okay.”

“Just wondering who the hell lit those campfires in the sky.”

“You were aware of yourself, but you acted involuntarily.”

“I worry. I worry about that one. They’re hardly the reliable sort.”

“You brought me out here, where there is nowhere for me to go, to do what exactly?”

“See, I can’t believe you’d want to scare me. I don’t believe that.”

“I’m not as strong as you. I never was.”

“I’ll show them, they don’t have to be afraid of us. I’ll show them who we are.”

“What I know is that (Name) sacrificed everything. Everything. Because they thought I could help.”

“It never made sense to me. We say there’s a heaven and that it’s waiting for us. Then we claw, fight and beg for a few more minutes at the end.”

“We made our choices. We lived our lives.”

“Is that what I’ll become? Just an animal who can’t resist?”

“I suppose virtue isn’t a virtue if it doesn’t cost you anything.”

“I am so proud of you, and I just wish that we had gotten to know each other.”

               sorrow   pulls   at   the   corners   of   her   lips.   —    the   question   rubs   at   a   wound   that   is   still   too   fresh.   she   briefly   considers   ignoring   her,   the   sensitivity   of   the   topic   feeding   feelings   that   were   still   stuck   somewhere   between   anger   and   grief.   still,   fingertips   press   into   pale   palms   and   a   quick   roll   of   her   eyes   accompanies   a   harsh   gaze.   

“   yeah,   you   shouldn’t   have.   ”   there’s   bite   in   her   tone,   raelle   was   never   one   for   self-control.   the   impulsivity   brings   a   pacifying   relief   to   the   heat   in   her   skin.   —   which   guilt   quickly   replaces.   her   jaw   grinds   and   a   sigh   pushes   past   her   lips.   her   mother's   death   wasn't   anyone's   fault   except   the   army's.   “   sorry.   i   mean . . .   family’s   a   sore   subject . . .   ”   a   pause,   “   . . . i   have   a   dad   back   home . . .   ”   it’s   all   she   can   offer   without   the   threat   of   tears.