dialogue prompts from what big teeth by rose szabo.
i don't think anyone's asked what you wanted in a long time.
you're so young to be so cynical.
i've always wanted a daughter like you.
i need a little time to be alone.
i've never been very good at making friends.
god lives in empty places.
you have such a good heart.
let's talk about more pleasant things.
you'll believe me? you promise?
i just wanted to see you. i like looking at you.
why do people have to have a purpose?
i'm fine. more than fine, because i'm with you.
i wish you wouldn't pretend to rescue me.
you're generous. i like that about you.
i'm not sure i want anyone to know where i am.
you can't trick me anymore.
please. i need you to help me.
you don't know, or you don't like to know?
you don't know anything about me.
you don't know what i've suffered. what i've lost.
it's strange to remember how much i loved ___.
maybe i only liked the feeling of being wanted.
i've been alone most of my life.
i'm ready to hurt for what i've done.
all i can do is remember.
i will try to love all the parts of you, even the parts i cannot see.
i know it the way i know everything: metaphors, invisible signs.
you have a face like a renaissance saint's.
who are you when you're not with me?
charity can be another kind of spite.
you don't know what alone is.
you're lucky to have been born into a family that loved you.
i've never wanted to tell anyone, until you.
you don't have to believe me. i'm going to show you.
i felt like you do, once.
no one you love is ever fully yours.
are you going to kill me now?
is it you? tell me something only you would know.
you still ask for so little. i wish you would ask for more.
nothing you could say is silly to me.
i'm here. i'm going to fix this.
why be alone when you could be with someone who loves you?
you do like feeling sorry for yourself.
love feels like carrying an egg in your mouth.