dialogue prompts from eat the ones you love by sarah maria griffin.
you can't cry here. everyone watches everyone.
your sympathy pass ran out weeks ago.
where would be far enough away for a new beginning?
flowers are dead the second they're cut, aren't they?
what kind of help do you need?
you know what they say about cold hands: warm hearts.
our pain is a non-phenomenon.
you look and feel really familiar.
i'll try not to give you too much trouble.
we're going to be such good friends, you and i.
i'm happy to go wherever you send me.
this is where the magic happens.
i wish i had something to take notes with.
when you're just used to something, you kind of forget how intense it can seem to someone just seeing it for the first time.
we talk about life and death a lot.
i will literally do anything you say.
i won't be so weak again.
don't you have anything to say?
this place is fucked, and you know it.
you make it sound worse than it is.
i'm glad you two are close. it's good to see.
i only want to keep you safe.
thank you for this whole time. for the adventure.
flowers can say nothing at all, or everything.
there's nothing good about me. not a cell.
i'm no better than a man.
please tell me to fuck off if this is inappropriate.
the silence out here has made me weird.
work is only kindling for our lives, not the whole fire.
it is a deep feat to move with grace when you've been granted little to none.
i don't like you smoking.
i'd be the last one standing in this place, i swear to god.
you look so beautiful this way.
not everyone deserves to live.
making friends as an adult is brutal.
you have very straight energy to me. i mean that with total respect.
i don't read books written by men.
you have to learn to love somebody in the quiet of themselves, as well as the noise.
drinking alone is grim. i do it, but it doesn't feel good.
i've never really broken many rules.
you're pretty compelling, yourself.
i feel like i left ____ there to die.
i can't fix anybody. i've got my own shit.
something happened, and i don't know what to do.
you're taking this like a champ.
are you ready, or do you need a break?
you might want to close your eyes.
i wish i could explain better. i've never had to explain before.
i'm gonna have to get my shit together, but not tonight.
nothing put up can't be torn down again.
i can't believe i'm still trying to save ____.
i didn't think you had it in you.
i haven't had sex in over a year.
if you can see the ocean, you can see the whole world.
i'm not above being cute.
it feels so nice to be away.
as far as i'm concerned, i am on holiday.
this all feels a lot like a date.
you're my favorite, anyway.
i'm manifesting. setting good things into motion.
it's like you just disappeared.
you're very almost always right.
if you don't go, this place will eat you alive.
you can feel the sorrow of a thing that's gone without wanting it back.
weird and terrible things can be right in front of us and we can look right through them, right? most of us have to operate in a fog to survive.
sit down here for me for a second.
you're never the same two days in a row.
thank you for being so understanding about all this.
let's have a drink before we do anything hasty.