Marco Polo sentence starters
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season 1, part 1 of 2 episodes 1 through 5 154 starters feel free to change gender pronouns content warning: sexual themes, violence
“The true sweetness of wine is one flavor.”
“What do you wish in return?”
“What greater tribute can a man offer than his own flesh and his own blood?”
“This will not be forever.”
“Don’t do this!”
“Don’t leave me here!”
“Do not leave me alone again.”
“You do not belong here! Stay away from me!”
“You have no knowledge of our world. Do not act as if you do.”
“Were you frightened earlier?”
“I was terrified the first time I left home.”
“Do you know how I persevered? Knowing just where home was… and that I could always return to it.”
“My only fear is that I might awaken in my bed destined to live a common life once again.”
“The blood of an adventurer courses through your veins. I can see this.”
“You… are but a lowly… worm.”
“Hm. Odd bit of trivia.”
“Do you blame me for your current station in life?”
“I simply wonder why you kept me.”
“They also believe a war can be won without fighting.”
“Why must they always speak in riddles?”
“Truce is the dying cry of the weak and the sick.”
“There is no honor in this for me.”
“If you wish to survive here, get up at once.”
“Do you hear them taunt us? They mock our blood.”
“I have thought of nothing else these past days and nights.”
“A ride preceded by victory is much shorter.”
“True words such as these can only be drawn from a well of personal experience.”
“They follow me around like I’m a king!”
“I did not mean to startle you.”
“Are you following me?”
“What are you doing out here?”
“Do you know who I am?”
“If _____ were to catch you anywhere near me, he would run you through.”
“I trust you will not report me.”
“I see behind your words.”
“I am nothing like you.”
“Try to keep up, if you can.”
“You’ve been particularly busy of late.”
“Beware, _____. Your words can get you killed.”
“You will not be gaining favors by your charming stories anymore. Not without a tongue.”
“That was foolish.”
“Were your words true?”
“You may kill him, if that’s your desire.”
“_____ is a dog that would eat its own afterbirth.”
“Does that excite you, _____?”
“_____ should be trampled by one thousand horses and left on a steppe to rot.”
“Men grow old, pearls turn yellow… There is no cure.”
“Eventually, we all become white ashes, _____.”
“What is this gift I hear of?”
“You should be tied to a post and have your skin sliced from your body.”
“He was given an honorable death.”
“A true ruler must not lose the loyalty of his allies and subjects.”
“A wise leader allows his people their ways.”
“That is rebellion.”
“We can argue that all night.”
“Try that again.”
“In my heart and by our laws, I know this to be necessary and just.”
“I invite you to a feast in your honor.”
“Perform as if your life depends on it. It most likely does.”
“Business done quickly is business done badly. Do you want me to do bad business, hm?”
“What’s your business here?”
“Whom do you serve?”
“We speak of this no more.”
“I must protect you.”
“And as you protect me… I will protect you, _____.”
“You’re my only friend in this world.”
“I would rather enjoy my wine.”
“Steer your eyes from her visage. She is beyond your reach.”
“It is in our nature to seek our brother’s possessions. And be willing to destroy to obtain them.”
“I did not mean to offend—”
“I know it’s not my place, and I do not wish to overstep my bounds.”
“You need not hold your tongue.”
“Hatred does not cease by hatred.”
“Finance fuels the crucible of war and its spoils fill our treasury.”
“Why speak of this to me?”
“Do you enjoy your current station in life?”
“I suppose some in life must make do with the meager skills birth has bestowed upon them.”
“You are quite stunning. I never took notice.”
“He thinks war is the answer.”
“I should feed his balls to feral cats.”
“He defends you and wants only the best for you.”
“Now you must consider all roads before you. But the journey must not linger in the deliberation.”
“Choose wisdom over wrath.”
“Should I be afraid?”
“Take me in your hands.”
“If the Gods are always watching, we might as well put on a good show.”
“The inability to sleep is the curse of the aged… and the guilty.”
“You’re a drunken fool.”
“I prefer a general with aggression in his blood to one who quakes with trepidation on his steed.”
“A lie can cost innocent lives.”
“Stop struggling, fool.”
“Save your breath.”
“Without compassion, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?”
“Tread carefully, _____. Or you will find yourself a more permanent sleep.”
“We must not be deceived. Prepare to destroy them.”
“Delusion is an imperfection that defiles the mind.”
“Concern yourself with the danger you face.”
“The better man does not sit in the dark with his woman and his jealousies. The better man stands erect and strong, and finds a way to tilt the scales in his favor.”
“A divided empire is an opportunity.”
“Never volunteer for a stealth mission. You might as well have a barking dog accompany you.”
“One must adapt to survive.”
“You understand nothing!”
“What trouble have you got into?”
“Listen to me. Despite your dress and visage, you are not one of them. You never will be.”
“Your chest is puffed. In this place, that’s what whores do when they want to get fucked.”
“What concern is it of yours?”
“You’re a coward.”
“Value is the first thing you seek. Risk, the second.”
“_____, you have no authority to dictate or declare my place.”
“Your currency is the fear of war. But it is spent and you are nothing without it.”
“Our imaginations outrun us, _____.”
“War is coming.”
“Peace without bloodshed is upon us.”
“Such an ugly little creature.”
“To them, it is fortune, not legacy, that changes a life.”
“You have a place above all others.”
“_____, you have my devotion.”
“Mistakes demand correction.”
“I have a tale to tell you before sleep.”
“I am pained to hear such news.”
“How did this scum penetrate our defenses?”
“And you, _____, might get sliced into fine white meat in the process.”
“I make no promises for tomorrow.”
“How does one absorb such darkness and yet return to the light?”
“Why are you telling me this?”
“Take this tragedy for what it is. Opportunity.”
“Cruelty must be met with cruelty.”
“If you do not prepare to strike… Worse, prepare to be struck.”
“Perhaps grief invades my thoughts.”
“This is not my home. I’m a guest. It is not my place to judge my host.”
“Were you close to your mother?”
“Fathers are destined to disappoint sons, and sons, their fathers.”
“Didn’t know that was allowed.”
“What is locked behind the doors of the heart is no one’s business but one’s own.”
“The point of all this was to thank you. So… Thank you.”
“Where were you?”
“Never the matter. _____ will fall and you with him.”
“Peace is found in the hearts of the faithful.”
“I think too much on this life to consider what lies beyond.”
“I misread you. You are a fool.”
“Diplomacy is dead.”
“Find me the good in this.”
“You are certainly not fond of your throat, are you?
”_____, do you see? It is not the sun. It’s a… golden passage… into the heavens.“
“Are they watching us now?”
“So, tell me, _____, why did you come? To discover or to destroy?”
“How many more days and nights will this continue?”
“What do you hope to get from a man you know can give you nothing?”
“Ego, not armies, destroys empires.”
“You are the only one I might speak freely to, the only one I can trust.”
“It makes me happy to know I have this with you.”
“You would let me go?”
“This is my home, and if someone were keeping me from it, I would kill to return.”
“Is it not better than death?”
