Persevere

*  CHANGE ANY PRONOUNS AS NEEDED .  TAKEN FROM SEASONS 1 - 2 .

‘ It’s everything I dreamed. ‘

‘ I told you my life ended the day you were born. ‘

‘ I have a really bad idea. ‘

‘ Salvation comes at a price. ‘

‘ I can’t lose you again.  ‘

‘ If you die, we all die. ‘

‘ Give me enough time, I’ll cook them real good.  ‘

‘ I don’t want to build a bomb. I want to blast off.  ‘

‘ Kill them before they kill us. ‘

‘ Are we really going to do this? ‘

‘ Are you ready to see your daughter again? ‘

‘ Die in space or probably die trying to get to the ground. ‘

‘ It’s about going home. From where I stand we have two options. ‘

‘ Leaders do what they think is right.. ‘

‘ We are on the ground now and that means that we are Grounders!   ‘

‘ I should have fought for you. ‘

‘ You broke my heart. I’m sorry. I - I just can’t. ‘

‘ I swear to God the more we learn about this place the less we know. ‘

‘ You got it all wrong. I don’t want you to say anything. ‘

‘ I want you to feel what I felt. Then … then I want you to die. ‘

‘ What my people are doing to yours is wrong. ‘

‘ Well, if we weren’t at war already, we sure as hell are now. ‘

‘ None of us would have survived this place if it weren’t for you. ‘

‘ I love you. I want you to know that since we’re all going to die soon. ‘

‘ I want you to remember me after I’m dead. ‘

‘ Who we are and who we need to be to survive are two very different things. ‘

‘ It’s not easy being in charge, is it? ‘

‘ You will forever be remembered as the man who brought us back to the ground. ‘

‘ You don’t understand. I’m trying to save all of us. ‘

‘ Don’t hurt her. Okay, I’ll make you a deal. ‘

‘ Revenge isn’t justice. ‘

‘ Wait, wait, wait. What, you think you play by different rules? ‘

‘ You don’t like being called “princess,” do you, Princess? ‘

‘ You don’t want justice. You want vengeance! ‘

‘ You have not seen my vengeance! ‘

‘ Peace with the Grounders is the only way we’ll survive. ‘

‘ Oh, I don’t think they know what peace is. ‘

‘ I lost someone special to me, too. Her name was [Name]. ’

‘ I thought I’d never get over the pain, but I did. ‘

‘ So you just stopped caring about everyone? I could never do that. ‘

‘ You protected my sister before you even knew her. Why? ‘

‘ I heard the stories in the guard. I just didn’t know they were true.  ‘

‘ The world has been trying to turn me into a monster for as long as I can remember. ‘

‘ Have I done something to offend you? ‘

‘ The ground is our birthright. You can’t keep us from that. ‘

‘ My people saw me as a stain on the bloodline, something to erase. ‘

‘ Then screw them. I wouldn’t cover it up. I think it’s pretty badass. ‘

‘ And it only cost you your souls!  ‘

‘ He shouldn’t have attacked my ship. ‘

‘ A warrior does not mourn those she’s lost till after the battle is won. ‘

‘ The savages can go back to killing each other, and then we can retake the ground.. ‘

‘ I didn’t speak the enemy’s language yet. ‘

‘ You put the people you care about in danger.  ‘

‘ The dead are gone, [Name]. The living are hungry. ‘

‘ By recognizing it for what it is: Weakness. ‘

‘ Because she was mine they tortured her, killed her, cut off her head. ‘

‘ I was seven when the first of what we call the outsiders appeared. ‘

‘ You’ve been outside? ‘

‘ Before that, we thought we were all there was. ‘

‘ Loss, pain, regret. Time eases these things, [Name]. ‘

‘ The only time it’s ever truly gone is when I’m painting. ‘

‘ Within a week, 54 people were dead from the exposure.  ‘

‘ She was captured by the ice nation, whose queen believed she knew my secrets. ‘

‘ Hey, I need to ask you something.  ‘

‘ Suicide by Earth. I heard the stories in the guard. ‘

‘ You burned my brother alive in a ring of fire. ‘

‘ So I couldn’t understand him, but I wanted to. ‘

‘ The man inside was hurt, his body broken. I couldn’t get him out. ‘

‘ My village deserves justice. ‘

a collection of lines from westerns. tw: guns and violence.

THE SECRET OF CONVICT LAKE

‘ guess we do look kinda rough, but we’re peaceable enough. ’

‘ food and a place to sleep is all we want. ’

‘ go down and have a look. see what we’re walking into. ’

‘ you do like i say, do you hear? ’

‘ take this rifle. ’

‘ what’s the matter, kid? ’

‘ try and eat this. it’ll make you feel better. ’

‘ you know i’ve seen hound dogs get on a trail that leads nowhere. ’

‘ got to find someplace to lie down. ’

‘ you sassing me, young man? ’

‘ you bunk down there on the floor. ’

‘ i can’t stand being alone like this. ’

‘ you bloodthirsty weasel. ’

‘ are you crazy? scaring everybody half to death! ’

‘ if you don’t, we’ll blast your heads off. ’ 

‘ you want me to fix you something? ’

‘ we’re running away, but we’re still asking for food and shelter. ’ 

‘ this gun is loaded and i can use it. ’ 

THE OUTLAW 

‘ don’t go away. ’

‘ be careful. your wound – you’ll hurt yourself. ’

‘ what’s the matter? ’

‘ here we are, together again. same old happy family. ’

‘ i’ll get you warm. ’

‘ hurry up with that grub. ’

‘ i’m here, right here. ’

‘ put a bandage on the wound and see that it’s always moist. ’

‘ what do you wanna know for? ’

‘ in other words, you think you’re gonna leave. ’

‘ say, what’s eating you? ’

‘ what’s the matter? ’

‘ shook like a leaf ‘til he died. ’

‘ i’ll use one on you in a minute. ’

‘ gimme a cigarette. ’

THE BRAVADOS

‘ well, you got a name? ’

‘ just passing through. ’

‘ and don’t talk to them. ’

‘ can’t sleep anyway. ’

‘ poor devil never harmed anybody in his life. ’

‘ where have you been? ’

‘ we’ve got to get him out of here. ’

‘ are you worried about me? ’

‘ go and see what it was. ’

‘ come back here! ’

‘ you’re a stranger here. ’

‘ stop that, you idiot! ’

‘ put it down! ’

‘ ain’t we got enough trouble without you starting more? ’

‘ we had fun. ’

TOP GUN

‘ spill it. ’

‘ i need a few things. ’

‘ yeah, i hope you’re right. for your sake. ’ 

‘ if i am, it’s to keep you from running wild and getting into trouble again. ’

‘ they’re worse. ’

‘ i didn’t come back to this town. i came back to a memory. ’

‘ there’s nothing as mean as a renegade white man. ’

‘ i sure could use it. ’

‘ if it isn’t guns, it’s fists. ’

‘ tonight, that’s all i got to go on. ’

‘ be a good idea, if you like living. ’

‘ you’re right. there is still something worth fighting for. ’

as requested by anon. Feel free to make any changes !

“If anybody’s out there, you can come out. And if you’re a monster or a ghost, you can stay where you are.”

“Everybody makes a wrong turn once in a while.”

“Don’t you know that love is the most important thing in the world?”

“We have a proud tradition of failure to uphold.”

“Prepare for trouble.”

“When you have lemons, you make lemonade; and when you have rice, you make rice balls.”

“I hate water, especially WET water.”

“There’s no sense in going out of your way to get somebody to like you.”

“My name is Tom Ato/Ann Chovy/Caesar Salad.”

“My brain says to run but my legs ain’t listening.“

“Then came the storm.”

“Just once, I’d like to make a dramatic exit that DOESN’T involve a life-threatening explosion.“

“I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was.”

“Where did you get all that chocolate? You’re holding out on us.”

“Thundershock, Thunderbolt… I’ve been destroyed by Pikachu’s attacks so many times I know them all by heart.”

“By the way, that’ll be a two dollar charge for resting on my rock.“

“I want food.“

“It smells like old sneakers mixed with rotten eggs and dead fish with just a hint of skunk fumes.”

“I don’t need a fortune teller to know that. Some woman is ALWAYS causing me trouble! It’s a curse…“

“When I want your opinion, I’ll ask for it!”

“Rejected by the one girl I loved. I’ll never find another one like her again.”

“Everybody’s got secrets hidden in their closet.”

“I know it’s my destiny.”

“Don’t worry, ___. You’ll find plenty of other girls to reject you.”

“I see now that the circumstances of one’s birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are.”

“It’s so quiet out here.”

“I didn’t know there were this many stars in the universe.”

“I caught a bug!”

“I’m getting eaten alive out here. Can we go back inside now?”

“We have to be pretty far from camp by now. What did you want to show me?”

“The water’s freezing! Stop splashing!”

“What kind of bird is that?”

“Do you feel something watching us?”

“Are you sure you can climb back down from there?”

“You probably shouldn’t touch those mushrooms.”

“You’ll be sorry when we have to walk home with wet socks.”

“Snake!!”

“There’s nowhere in the world quite this beautiful.”

“Apparently this root is edible. Tastes terrible though.”

“This place used to be an orchard. Nobody’s tended to it in years but the fruit is still good.”

“Come on! We’re climbing all the way to the top.”

“I wish I could live out here all the time.”

“I think it’s time to set up camp.”

“Want to catch fireflies?”

“A raccoon stole my lunch!”

“The beach is close by. Let’s go wading before it gets dark.”

“I’m so sorry! I didn’t think anyone was here.”

“Um. Your fly is down.”

“I don’t take photos well.”

“I haven’t really ‘gone out’ a lot.”

“You have something on your shoe…”

“I kinda like being not noticed.”

“When we first met I didn’t like you.”

“I’m not a sport-type of person.”

“I’m so weird and quirky that It’s often painful.”

“I’m usually a bit of a loner.”

“Your skirt needs to get, um, fixed.”

“Here, let me help you out.”

“I was never the popular kid.”

“I can’t eat anything on this menu.”

“I have a few idiosyncrasies.”

“Hi, um, I’m, ah, sorry…”

“I feel I should warn you, my family is a little odd.”

“No! Don’t look in there!”

‘flattery gets you nowhere good.’

‘what gets me somewhere in your good books?’

‘we just pissed off a whole bunch of people.’

‘do you do this with every girl you think is pretty?’

‘next week, you will sing a new tune.’

‘ i like how you think. i like how you dress.’

‘did i surprise you?’

‘i’d say it was fairly unprofessional.’

‘fine. you were fantastic? is that what you want?’

‘you can hate me all you like, or you can act.’

‘you’d be very at home in a high school, wouldn’t you?’

‘what i want, i usually get.’

‘you are so full of yourself.’

‘i know you couldn’t care less about the lives you waste, but you care very much about your income. think it over.’

‘that won’t satisfy me, though i expected you’d know very little about how to do that.’

‘if you had any sense in that thick head of yours, you’d understand that.’

‘i’ll be the first to come by and tell you i told you so.’

‘you know the big difference between me and you? i got a family to go back to.’

‘it was nice. i’d do it again.’

‘they’re sending kids to do their work now.’

‘get your drugs out of here. sweep a little.’

‘don’t act like you’ll hear me out.’

‘you think one night gives you the right to toy with me?’

‘i dread to imagine your intentions.’

‘i think so you don’t have to.’

‘are you a wild dog?’

‘i’m not taking you anywhere second rate.’

‘i don’t want it, if it’s not real.’

‘the men in my family are cold. they think in chess moves. i see that in you.’

‘you’re an enigma.’

‘when i’m kissing you, this isn’t happening.’

‘this didn’t have to happen. this is on you.’

‘what have you got? blood oaths and some spit.’

‘you wear it in your eyes. you’re not even sober right now, are you?’

‘i want to stop acting. i want my real thing.’

‘i’m here to talk, before they kill you.’

‘i think you’re a good guy.’

‘how do you do that? say so much without really saying anything at all.’

‘what’s your policy on room service?’

‘guess it’s a good thing i’m not scared of the dark.’

‘is it time for my complimentary breakfast?’

‘i wasn’t gonna hit you, but that wasn’t very nice.’

‘i think you’re a coward.’

‘all she did, she did for me.’

‘you can’t look after me. you have to be selfish.’

‘your denial doesn’t help you.’

“quit shaking me, i’m okay.”

“they didn’t hurt you too bad, did they?”

“you’re bleedin’ like a stuck pig.”

“did they pull a blade on you?”

“they ain’t gonna hurt you no more.”

“you’re crazy, ( name ), out of your mind.”

“what were you doin’, walkin’ by your lonesome?”

“you don’t ever think.”

“it’s just because you’re the baby — i mean, he loves you a lot.”

“how come you dropped out?”

“what’s it like?”

“take your feet off my chair and shut your trap.”

“oh, my, my, you’ve got me scared to death.”

“guess what i’ve been in for?”

“you don’t look the type.”

“what’s your name?”

“what’s a nice, smart kid like you running around with trash like that for?”

“glory, what time is it?”

“you what?!”

“oh no! no, not my hair!”

“i’m still tired.”

“things have been happening so fast … “

“i killed a kid last night.”

“there sure is a lot of blood in people.”

“i’ll stop crying in a minute … i can’t help it.”

“nothing gold can stay.”

“i always remembered it because i never quite got what he meant by it.”

“i look lousy, but don’t rub it in.”

“i’ll get them, don’t worry!”

“and don’t but me about it.”

“you shouldn’t be smoking.”

“he didn’t get much sleep this week. he hardly slept at all.”

“he’s getting might big to be carried.”

“i can’t feel anything below the middle of my back … ”

“you’ll be okay.”

“i don’t want to die now. it ain’t enough.”

“it’s not fair.”

“i don’t want to see her.”

“i am a menace to society. man, do i have fun!”

*  A VARIETY & MIXTURE OF SONS OF ANARCHY PROMPTS, SEASON 1 & 2. CHANGE PRONOUNS AS NEEDED / FITTING .

❝ It ain’t easy being king. ❞

❝ How the hell you want me to get it out of there? ❞

❝ It’s gonna be different this time. This time I have my baby to live for. ❞

❝ I’ve made several gestures of friendship. He’s declined every one. ❞

❝ I got to tell you something, man. I mean it could be bad. ❞

❝ Let’s go into the photo booth. ❞

❝ You bring him to me first. I’ll pay anything you want. ❞

❝ I don’t want your money. ❞

❝ What? What do you want? You want to bond? ❞

❝ Don’t ever sit on another man’s bike, asshole… ❞

❝ I step outside for five minutes, you can’t watch him? ❞

❝ That love’s gonna kill me. ❞

❝ If I was to ask for some comfort, would you be about that? ❞

❝ The lie and the truth had to feel the same. ❞

❝ I said distract them, not scar them for life.  ❞

❝ So you stole an ambulance? ❞

❝ It was first love bullshit. I grew up. I got over it. It’s time you got over it too. ❞

❝ Somebody hurts your baby, you never get over it. ❞

❝ At least we know one good thing’s gonna happen today, huh? ❞

❝ You can’t change the rules, or it all goes to hell. ❞

❝ Just wondering what digging up dirt on old girlfriends gets you? ❞

❝ If I’m gonna stay, I need to know the truth. ❞

❝ You know why I run away from shit all the time? Cause I don’t trust anyone. ❞

❝ The right ones stay…wrong ones disappear. ❞

❝ When you want the truth, you come to me. ❞

❝ Why do you think I chose you for my second? Huh? ❞

❝ How do you know what I’m dealing with? ❞

❝ Everything caves under the weight of greed. ❞

❝ There’s never a good time for me to be around my kids. ❞

❝ What makes you think this would land on me? ❞

❝ Pull the trigger, man. That’s the only way this leather’s coming off my back. ❞

❝ I banished you, took what’s yours. These are the facts. You do as I say. ❞

❝ You remember that the next time you try to twist the truth to kill one of us.. ❞

❝ Whatever happened to 10-on-10 with no weapons? ❞

❝ Maybe they believe you, but maybe they don’t. ❞

❝ Truth is I know I’m going to hell. ❞

❝ Take him out? That means like kill him? ❞

❝ Can you at least pretend I’m a cop sometimes? ❞

❝ We could have our own little uniforms and hats. ❞

❝ To survive, you had to master the art of perjury. ❞

❝ You know all about us, and we know all about you. ❞

❝ Look, only way this relationship works is two of us together, or one of us dead. ❞

❝ The older I get, the more I realize that age doesn’t bring wisdom. ❞

❝ I’m not any smarter than I was 30 years ago. ❞

❝ I’ve just grown too tired to juggle the lies and hide the fears. ❞

❝ Self-awareness doesn’t reveal my indiscretions; exhaustion does. ❞

❝ I have this condition. I’m not even aware of it. ❞

❝ You’re gonna gag. I’m gonna laugh. We’ll be best friends forever. ❞

❝ We’re not nineteen years old anymore. ❞

❝ His solution is always an equal mix of might and right. ❞

❝ I’m trying to run a business here. ❞

❝ Come on; let me give you a quick hand job. ❞

❝ I’ll gut them dead bitches. I’ll flush their bellies with bleach. ❞

❝ I’ve been through hell, landed on my feet. ❞

❝ And I’m telling you, “brother”…giving me some more time? ❞

❝ I need for you to show me a little respect, and give me a few more days for delivery. ❞

❝ Don’t give a shit about history or respect. This is about business, old man. ❞

❝ He run into it or hit a tree while it was giving him head? ❞

❝ Most of us were not violent by nature. ❞

❝ How the hell you want me to get it out of there? ❞

❝ Blood and bullets are the rule of law. ❞

❝ We all had our problems with authority, but none of us were sociopaths. ❞

❝ I will not look the other way, [Name]. Just a friendly heads up. ❞

❝ I am going to do anything I have to do to protect him. ❞

❝ Some men cave under that weight. Others abuse the momentum. ❞

❝ The true outlaw finds balance between passion in his heart and reason in his mind. ❞

❝ I, you know-we can try to have a decent conversation. ❞

❝ You want to bond? You want to get closer? Fine. ❞

❝ I am not happy about being here either.. ❞

❝ I think quite a few have been there before. ❞

❝ Well I’m glad your ass is feeling loved. ❞

❝ What? What? Too soon for that joke? ❞

❝ Like I don’t have enough shit oozing out of my ears. ❞

❝ Nobody knows the truth in or outside the club; especially you. ❞

❝ I’m serious. I think it’s infected. ❞

❝ You guys gave it your best shot.  ❞

❝ I’m threatening you. ❞    

❝ That’s why the people who buy ‘em are, like, state and federal agencies. ❞    

❝ Oh, uh, just something like a small hospital or something. ❞    

❝ Why don’t you just steal, like, a fire engine? ❞  

PROLOGUE/THE DAY I GOT EXPELLED

“you never listen to me!”

“it mostly gets you killed in very nasty ways.”

“i’m less a player and more the played.”

“honestly i’d totally be fine if i could make it to the next grade.”

“is it me, or is greek mythology not deeply weird?”

“she’s a monster! not literally. i don’t think.”

“dude. i’m your only friend.”

“hey, don’t talk about my mom.”

“you think i’m trouble. just like everyone else.”

STRONG

“i can’t tell you all my secrets.”

“we’re better off without him.”

“yeah, he sounds like a real winner.”

“was he a screw up too?”

“normal is a myth.”

“the things that make you different are the very things that make you strong.”

“the only thing i seemed destined for is detention.”

THE MINOTAUR/THE WEIRDEST DREAM

“when i say run… run.”

“don’t pass out! don’t pass out! don’t pass out!”

“this is weird, but a good weird.”

“you drool when you sleep.”

ANOTHER TERRIBLE DAY

“it means a lot more paperwork for me.”

“of course, being alive is temporary.”

“this is way out of my pay grade—which is saying a lot, because i don’t get paid.”

“well, technically i am cursed.”

“yeah, and i half-care.”

“the best thing is to break up with the guy!”

“i don’t have time to fill you in on all the details.”

“you can hate it here but i hated it first.”

THEIR SIGN

“it wasn’t a dream? she’s really gone?”

“you mustn’t blame yourself.”

“we’ll help you adjust.”

“he’s got a lot to answer for.”

“the guy didn’t need to be ‘dad of the year’.”

“it could be… that is to say, the prophecies suggest…”

“no one can blame you for holding a grudge.”

“welcome to the dysfunctional family.”

PUT YOU IN YOUR PLACE

“prepare to be pulverized, newbie!”

“it’s gonna be bloody murder she wrote.”

“i’ll put you in your place!”

“you losers are a total drag.”

“stay there. it’s your first day. we don’t want you messing this up.”

“heard you were tough—but you don’t look it.”

“you got some issue with me, it’s pretty clear.”

THE CAMPFIRE SONG

“is the food here really that bad?”

“offering to the gods. it’s not enough that they’re omnipotent and all-powerful. they need to feel appreciated.”

“i met the guy once, and once was enough.”

“i ran away.”

“no one has seen him for thousands of years.”

“i’ll bring home a boy and she’s there in her nightie.”

“if i tried to sing, it’d probably cause an avalanche.”

“too bad he’s the worst and my life is a mess.”

THE ORACLE

“i have a destiny?”

“you shall be betrayed by one who calls you a friend.”

GOOD KID

“everything i ever do is wrong.”

“i keep my head down, i keep my chin up, but it ends up all the same.”

“guess i’m good for nothing at all.”

“the only family that really mattered? well she vanished.”

“i never mean to hurt anyone.”

“no one ever tells me that they’re proud.”

“all i need is one last chance to prove i’m good enough for someone.”

KILLER QUEST

“so what if no one’s come back from the underworld? i’ll be the first.”

“i can’t ask you to come.”

“if you’re going to save the world, i’m the best person to keep you from messing it up.”

“i’m needed here, but how about something for the road?”

LOST!

“is the whole trip going to be like this?”

“all our food was in there!”

“it’s not safe to stay out here in the open.”

“i don’t smell.”

“well, i don’t wanna die in the garden state!”

“i’m not saying sorry to a squirrel.”

“i think the gods are trying to tell me they hate me.”

MY GRAND PLAN

“‘smart girl’ only gets a girl so far.”

“someday soon someone will notice me.”

“most girls never win if they’re polite.”

“the best thing you can do is run away.”

“i’ll never be invisible again.”

DRIVE

“look how far we’ve come, we can’t give in.”

“people are counting on us, and i’m counting on you.”

“aw, is that a chihuahua?”

“whoa, whoa, whoa—why are we fighting?”

“relax! i come in peace.”

“tonight, we need a place to sleep.”

THE WEIRDEST DREAM (REPRISE)

“this is… scary.”

“everything is unfolding as i—as we planned.”

“sacrifice is necessary to remake the world.”

THE TREE ON THE HILL

“i should’ve told you, but i—i thought that if i did, you’d never want me on this quest.”

“maybe if i’d been a little bit braver…”

“‘maybe’ doesn’t make it alright.”

“we only survived because she stayed to hold off the monsters. she paid for her sacrifice with her life.”

D.O.A.

“you ain’t getting out.”

“who do you feel like listening to?”

“you’re dead!”

SON OF POSEIDON

“everything i try to do will fail.”

“maybe he did the best that he could do…”

“hey, that’s life, and life ain’t fair.”

“i’ll come back for you, i promise.”

“we were set up. and i think i know who did the setting.”

“let the slugfest begin!”

THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER

“what do you do when the battle’s won?”

“stay or go: pick one.”

“there’s something left i still need to find.”

“sometimes family is worth the trouble. believe me.”

“i’ve barely seen you since i got back. you avoiding me?”

“time someone put them in their place.”

“it’s about wiping them out and taking our turn.”

“i don’t care if i hurt anyone.”

BRING ON THE MONSTERS

“there still might be a war.”

“are we ever gonna once have it easy?”

“i’ll make mistakes, but my own, and it frees me.”

“if you’re looking for trouble, then count me in.”

“you’ll see me again.”

change around as you see fit!

‘ oh brother , this guy STINKS! ‘

‘ my leg! ‘

‘ chocolate? CHOCOLATE! ‘

‘ the inner machinations of my mind are an enigma. ‘

‘ i’m ugly and i’m proud. ‘

‘ fine , i guess you’re gonna miss the … panty raid. ‘

‘ do you smell that? that smell. a kind of smelly smell. the smelly smell that smells … smelly. ‘

‘ don’t you have to be stupid somewhere else? ‘

‘ can i be excused for the rest of my life? ‘

‘ goodbye , everyone. i’ll remember you all in therapy! ‘ 

‘ firmly grasp it in your hand. ‘

‘ FIRMLY GRASP IT! ‘

‘ well , it’s no secret that the best thing about a secret is secretly telling someone your secret , thereby , secretly adding another secret to their secret collection of secrets , secretly. ‘

‘ come on. you know , i wumbo , you wumbo, he / she / me wumbo. wombology , the study of wumbo! it’s first grade , _____! ‘ 

‘ just get outta here you stupid , dumb animal! ‘

‘ we don’t need television. not as long as we have our imagination. ‘

‘ you just can’t wait for me to die , can you? ‘

‘ this is a load of barnacles … ‘

‘ this is not your average , everyday darkness. this is … advanced darkness. ‘

‘ i’m not just ready , i’m ready freddy. ‘

‘ i’ll have you know i stubbed my toe last week and only cried for 20 minutes. ‘

‘ ravioli , ravioli , give me to formuoli. ‘

‘ too bad that didn’t kill me. ‘

‘ well it may be stupid , but it’s also dumb. ‘

‘ quick , _____ , without think: if you could have anything right now what would it be? ‘

‘ we’ve been smeckledorfed! ‘

‘ oh well , i guess i’m not wearing any pants today. ‘

‘ umm , i got it. lets get naked! ‘

‘ a five letter word for happiness … money! ‘

‘ woo! shake it! shake it! yeah! shake that bubble butt! ‘

‘ _____! your genius is showing! “

“ you’re nothing but pure evil! just like newspaper comics! ‘

“i fell in love with you, smartass, because you were one of us.”

“when you spend so long trapped in the darkness, you find the darkness begins to stare back.”

“there are good days and hard days for me—even now. don’t let the hard days win.”

“if you were going to die, i was going to die with you.”

“you’re a real bastard, you know that?”

“there are different kinds of darkness. there is the darkness that frightens, the darkness that soothes, the darkness that is restful. there is the darkness of lovers, and the darkness of assassins. it becomes what the bearer wishes it to be, needs it to be. it is not wholly bad or good.”

“i’m thinking… i’m thinking i was a lonely, helpless person, and i might have fallen in love with the first thing to show me a hint of kindness and safety.”

“i am broken, and healing, but every piece of my heart belongs to you.”

“i would have torn apart the world to get you back.”

“i’m thinking that i look at you and feel like i’m dying. like i can’t breathe. i’m thinking that i want you so badly i can’t concentrate half the time i’m around you, and this room is too small for me to properly bed you.”

“i hope they all burn in hell.”

“the issue isn’t whether they loved you, it’s how much. too much. love can be a poison.”

“many atrocities have been done in the name of the greater good.”

“did you enjoy the sight of me kneeling before you?”

“you gave up on me. you were my friend.”

“life is better when you’re around. and look how lovely your handwriting is.”

“i know you—more than you realize, i think—and i don’t believe for one damn minute that you’re remotely fine with being a pretty trophy for someone who sat on their ass for nearly fifty years, then sat on their ass while you were shredded apart—”

“come on. we don’t bite. unless you ask us to.”

“but i couldn’t… i couldn’t stop being around you, and loving you, and wanting you. i still can’t stay away.”

“i’d much rather you licked my wounds for me.”

“you decide your fate—your choices. not me.”

“i’m surprised there aren’t more mirrors in this house, since you seem to love looking at yourself so much.”

“i heard you begging for someone, anyone, to get you out. i heard you say no.”

“revenge smells so sweet.”

“i know a few things about love. horrible, terrible, awful awful things”

“it’s not that they’re evil. they lack empathy & go into a dissassociative state & commit atrocities”

“oh, how the turntables”

“what a beautiful fucking day. nothing beats this shit”

“doctor called me sick. i said tru”

“local dumbass knew what they were getting themselves into & did it anyways”

“please have a curhs on me but also don’t cause that’s a lot of pressure”

“spongebob dies in infinity war”

“home is where i feel empty on a sunday”

“life ain’t all burritos & strippers my friend”

“well, that didn’t work”

“it really be like that sometimes”

“do you want salt with your answer?”

“you had sex how many times? yeah, that’s not technically a bromance”

“love is a neurochemical con job”

“i’m in love with you but you’re a little shit”

“i’m gay & also stronger than all of you, so don’t try any shit”

“it’s a shock every day to remember i’m cute & amazing”

“i don’t remember falling in love with you.”

“shit’s fucked up!”

“life is just a series of sidequests & grinding until you’re strong enough to fight your dad”

“my priorities aren’t straight & neither am i”

“birth is a curse & existence is a prison”

“i am often seized by the fatal need to have a pretty good time”

“hey there demons, it’s me, ya boy”

“shoutout to my depression ya stupid bitch”

“don’t talk to me.”

“i don’t friggin give a heck”

*  A MIXTURE OF THE TUDORS  S1 - S2 PROMPTS , CHANGE ANY PRONOUNS AS NEEDED .

❝ You think you know a story, but you only know how it ends. ❞

❝ To get to the heart of the story, you have to go back to the beginning. ❞

❝ I cannot disguise my distress and unhappiness. ❞

❝ What about his legs? Are his calves strong like mine? ❞

❝ It’s an activity fit only for beasts yet practiced by no kind of beasts. ❞

❝ Do you really think we should go to war? ❞

❝ I think we should try to do as the King wants us to do. ❞

❝ That victory made him famous [Name]. It made him immortal! ❞

❝ The thing I care for most is my integrity. ❞

❝ You must be prepared to give him the thing you most care for, in all the world. ❞

❝ There’s something deep and dangerous in you, [Name].   ❞

❝ Those eyes of yours are like dark hooks for the soul. ❞

❝ Do you see that young woman over there? ❞

❝ Should I like something that accuses me of being cruel? ❞

❝ You are a poet as I am a woman.  ❞

❝ Poets and women are always free with their hearts, are they not?  ❞

❝ You give us no choice but to attack and breach your defenses! ❞

❝ What we lack in men, we can more than make up for in ships. ❞

❝ Don’t tease me. I don’t like it. ❞

❝ Will you like it when an old man tries to make love to you? ❞

❝ Gospel says the truth will make you free. ❞

❝ I write poems, I don’t know how to be “a poet”. ❞

❝ Of course I loved her, but from a distance. ❞

❝ Why do you let them talk to you like that? ❞

❝ Did you love her? ❞

❝ Oh, I hope so. I certainly do hope so, for your sake. ❞ 

❝ You will remove yourself from my sight. Do you understand? ❞

❝ I have yet to decide whether to make your bedmate a head shorter. ❞

❝ I won’t have a thought or an affection for anyone else.  ❞

❝ I promise, I’ll take you as my only mistress. ❞

❝ Look, I don’t mean he is banished forever. Just as long as he breathes. ❞

❝ You’re going away, why? ❞

❝ Forgive me, I spoke of things I should not. ❞

❝ What would a silly girl like you have to say to a king? ❞

❝ I give you leave that we may always speak freely with each other. ❞

❝ How do you like your charge, sweetheart? ❞

❝ It makes a man, any man… extremely vulnerable. ❞

❝ Diplomacy is nearly always settled by such proximity. ❞

❝ I do not sleep with her. Not whilst you and I are still married. ❞

❝ Someone told me taking infusions was the worst thing. ❞

❝ It will make you feel sick, but it’s better than the sickness it prevents. ❞

❝ I must stay in the king’s good graces or we are nothing. ❞

❝ I didn’t see all of his game. Now I do. I despise him. ❞

❝ You can love, perhaps for a year, a month, a day, even for an hour. ❞

❝ I do believe you love as well and deeply… as any man. ❞

❝ Your love is most generous where it is most hurtful. ❞

❝ You speak to me of chastity. Have you not a mistress and two children?   ❞

❝ I shall have to share [Name]’s table, and sometimes her bed. ❞

❝ I hear you’ve been unwell? Is it true? ❞

❝ Have you no kind things to say? ❞

❝ You treat me so unkindly and in public neglect me. ❞

❝ We were never legally man and wife. ❞

❝ I don’t think anything, but I imagine everything. ❞

❝ Do you… do you have a message from the King? ❞

❝ I would rather see her hanged than acknowledge her as my mistress! ❞

❝ Aren’t you supposed to be running the country? ❞

❝ Would you prefer them to be women? ❞

❝ I would only be unhappy if you ever stopped loving me. ❞

❝ Have I made you unhappy? ❞

❝ I believed with all my heart that he would return to reason, but now, I … ❞

❝ I notice you allow yourself none of the trappings of your great office. ❞

❝ Now, my love, let me conceive… and we will have a son. ❞

❝ Can you not plead some indisposition? ❞

❝ Don’t act impulsively; it’s always a mistake. ❞

❝ I’m not heartless, whatever some people think- quite the contrary. ❞

❝ I could still do it. I could find a way to poison her. ❞

❝ But, why should anyone ever know? ❞

❝ You understand? You don’t act alone.  ❞

❝ You’ve never even seen a man being tortured, have you? ❞

❝ I’m sure we both know the object that has brought us together. ❞

❝ I would rather lose my own son, than to see any hurt come to you. ❞

❝ I have no opinion. I neither murmur at it, nor dispute upon it. ❞

❝ I must confess, I rather like the liberty of not being married again! ❞

❝ Don’t you know I love you a thousand times more than [Name] ever did!? ❞

❝ I cannot think whether it would be a bad thing, or a good thing, if he died. ❞

❝ What about your daughter, will you watch her suffer? ❞

❝ Tell me, [Name], was it all worth it?! ❞

❝ We found no evidence against you. You’re to be released…eventually. ❞

❝ Do you believe this to be true? ❞    

❝ How can you say that to me!? ❞    

❝ Then you should smash und destroy it- utterly, totally und without pity. ❞    

❝ I’m a woman, und I demand equal respect for my ideas! ❞  

❝ I don’t think that you are going far enough, or fast enough. ❞    

❝ So, tell me- you are suppressing some religious houses? ❞    

❝ Now he will die ashamed and alone in a prison cell. ❞    

❝ We forgive him, because he is a genius… whatever that means. ❞    

❝ Do you know who that was? ❞    

❝ You should know that the King himself has no mind to coerce you. ❞    

❝ I say no harm, I think no harm- but I wish everybody good. ❞    

❝ I need hardly remind you of the consequences of not doing so. ❞    

❝ Will you take the Oath? ❞    

❝ May I ask your opinion of the King’s new marriage? ❞    

❝ They would find you and torture you, and you would tell them everything. ❞    

❝ Perhaps, one day this little girl will preside over empires. ❞    

❝ I’m going to have to attend on the king and that bitch of his at her coronation!  ❞  

“You’ve got me… Now what?”

“Don’t tell me you’re chickening out.”

“You’re mine now.”

“Your lips look so soft from up close. Kissable.”

“You look like you want to devour me.”

“No where to run. But you didn’t want to escape, did you?”

“Your heart’s racing. What are you afraid I’m going to do?”

“I can’t resist you.”

“I knew I could get you to chase me. You’re so easy to rile up.”

“You’re shaking… ”

“No more teasing.”

“You’ve been taunting me all day. Was this what you were after?”

“As they say, turnabout is fair play.”

“You thought I was just going to lay back and take it?”

“You’re starting to realize you’re in over your head, aren’t you?”

“I’m going to take what’s mine.”

“Now that I’ve caught you - on your knees.”

“You shiver every time I breathe in your ear. How cute~.”

“You didn’t know you were into this, did you?”

“Fuck, I love it when you do this.”

“Don’t forget who’s in control.”

“You’ve been pushing your luck. This is a reminder of who’s in charge.”

“Are you gonna give it to me? Or are you all bark and no bite?”

“Don’t get cocky.”

“I hope this is going where I think it is.”

“Don’t worry, I like things a bit rough.”

“Now that’s what I call foreplay.”

“You’re hot as hell when you get all in my face like this.”

“Is that it? Didn’t you want to prove a point?”

“I can feel how bad you want me. Give in.”