AMERICAN GODS SENTENCE STARTERS
episode four - git gone
โ dโya mind ? โ
โ best drinks have self defining names. you order a manhattan, god knows what youโre gonna get, but you order a gin and tonic, a jack and coke, itโs not just a name. itโs a command. โ
โ how long youโve been working here for ?ย โ
โ ooh, thatโs bad luck. โ
โ donโt do it. โ
โ i was waiting for you. โ
โ whyโd you help me ? โ
โ youโre really not very good at this; i saw you coming a mile off. โ
โ are you trying to recruit me ? โ
โ you could be a world class thief. โ
โ you look like you could get anything you want just by asking for it. โ
โ what dโya say, huh ?ย โ
โ hang on a minute. iโm sorry. โ
โ i owe you one. i feel beholden. โ
โ let me buy you a drink. โ
โ letโs go somewhere. โ
โ so you are a thief. โ
โ the weak spot, see โโโ all you need is one. and itโs usually peopleโs attention. โ
โ show me. โ
โ oh, god. ten years, and [ ... ] has NEVER looked at me like that. โ
โ thereโs a lesson in there somewhere. โ
โ my grandma always had cats. she said that they could see ghosts when we canโt, and warn you of thieves. โ
โ do you ever worry about what will happen if you keep stealing ?ย โ
โ do you believe in the afterlife ?ย โ
โ all i know is thereโs more than i know. โ
โ yeah, i think that might sound wiser than it is. โ
โ when you die, you rot. itโs a fixed system. physics doesnโt take sundays off. โ
โ my parents believed in everything. father, son, holy ghost, spirit filled and full of the light of god. they taught me all of it, chapter and verse. โ
โ i went to bed every night in a world full of magic where anything was possible. โ
โ itโs like everything that made the world anything more than what it is is just โโ stories. like snake oil. but worse, because snakes are real.ย โ
โ i wanted to get that magic back so bad, but one day i just accepted the fact that i couldnโt, because life is just not that interesting. โ
โ donโt look at me like that. โ
โ the fun is just getting started. โ
โ i could teach you to fight. โ
โ hey, you want coffee ? โ
โ are we pregnant ? โ
โ what iโm about to say may sound irrational to you, but i have all sorts of rational reasons for saying it, and doing it. โ
โ say it, and weโll talk about whether or not you should do it. โ
โ are weย . . .ย discussing this, or are you telling ? โ
โ thereโs some wiggle room. โ
โ are you unhappy ? because iโm happy, okay, you make me happy. โ
โ yes, i see that youโre happy. from this side of it. the wrong side of it. and i think maybe i resent not being happy. not resent you, just . . .ย resent. โ
โ do you still love me ?ย โ
โ we are like a history book. weโre established fact. we donโt change. โ
โ i represent FAILUREย to you ?ย โ
โ i can take it. if youโre on the other side. i can make it if you can. can you wait for me ?ย โ
โ just glad that i could be here to help you, you know ?ย โ
โ hey, donโt stay here alone tonight. โ
โ why did you say that ? โ
โ come on, [ ... ]ย , say what you mean. โ
โ last night was a one time thing. you were there. and thank you, but weโre not doing this. we did this. and now itโs done. โ
โ you donโt love him. not the way he loves you. โ
โ is that all this was ? just fun ?ย โ
โ are you saying no ?ย โ
โ i lived my life, good and bad. definitely not light as a feather. โ
โ in life, you believed in nothing, so you will go to nothing. you will be done. โ
โ there is nowhere else for you to be. โ
โ tears have fallen for you. โ
โ do i get a say in this ? โ
โ death is not a debate. โ
โ how many do you think have come before you, all with promises and threads and offers of gold, glory, love ? who are you to misguide me from my duty ?ย โ
โ you are but a man, not even one i should remember. โ
โ iโm gonna come in now. iโm gonna come in now, okay ?ย โ
โ is this a haunting ? are you haunting me ? โ
โ does [ ... ] know ?ย โ
โ iโm a vulgar woman. anger and grief have just really made me vulgar.ย โ
โ god, you know, i should thank you. itโs so much easier grieving someone when youโre glad theyโre dead.ย โ
โ oh, fuck your feelings. โ
โ everybody has feelings, everybody cares about what they feel. i donโt care about what you feel. i care about what you think. what do you think about what you did ? โ
โ what was your big lie, [ ...ย ] ? โ
โ i love [ ... ] . . . loved [ ... ]. love [ ... ]. i love [ ... ]. (s)heโs the light of my life. โ
โ you, i remember. โ
โ there is nothing i can do to lighten your heavy heart. โ
โ your heavy heart sank you like a stone, right back where you last left off. โ
โ was it love ? โ
โ love will always have you at a disadvantage. โ
โ many is the man who would take any version of his lost love rather than leave his love lost. โ
โ (s)he/they will say thank you to whichever god has sent you back to him/her/them. โ














