𝙷𝙾𝙽.

dialogue prompts from the great offshore grounds: a novel by vanessa veselka.

i killed my better angels.

we should at least get drunk before we go.

i’m totally prepared to make an awkward situation more awkward.

do you think it’s too late for us to be something?

i always try to think about where i want to be, this time next year.

i’m proud of how you turned out. you’ll find your path.

i’m fine. i just don’t like being wrong.

everything is reparable, if you change your definition of ‘fixed’.

don’t look outside yourself for what you need.

you’re not chicken, are you?

i wear my ability to suffer consequences like a merit badge.

maybe it’s already too late for anything real to change.

come on, tell me. what do you want? i mean, for real?

i don’t want to owe anybody anything.

maybe this is what it looks like to flunk adulthood.

i’ve been reading a book about people like you.

you have to get on a raft and eat your friends. it’s the only way out of the problems you’ve created.

do you believe in destiny? do you think everybody has one?

the past is different for men than it is for women.

i don’t want to hear about magic.

i have absolutely no fear left, and that’s all i had before.

i’m not going to pay the ER when i’ve got a drawer full of neosporin and superglue.

you’re a part of who i am.

i still believe the universe is talking to me, but i no longer like what it is saying.

do you think it’s better to be left for someone, or for no one at all?

please don’t tell me anything. there’s nothing i need to know that i don’t know already. 

if someone shot at you, you’d apologize to them.

why are you doing this? what the fuck are you thinking?

i want to know what i’ve got in myself. i can’t tell. i could be anybody.

well, there’s no emoji for mythic ambivalence, so i use the red heart.

things don’t always feel how you think they’re going to feel.

there should be someplace for everybody to go.

set yourself on fire in a motel and marry the same woman three times. then you’ll have a sense of humor.

i don’t laugh because it’s funny, i laugh because it’s true.

no need to be nervous, it’s not like i’m going to hear anything new.

i was here in my dreams. we both were.

turns out you do all sorts of things for other people you’d never do if it were just you.

you made your own bed. i don’t feel sorry for you.

i don’t think i’ve ever felt free in my life.

“ i wanna go if you want to go. “

“ i’m sick and tired of talking. “

“ i’ve told you everything you need to know. the rest is in the body language. “

“ do you hear me? can you feel me now? “

“ there’s no tracking where i’m going.

“ there’s no ‘me’ for them to find. “

“ just come closer. i wanna know who you are. “

“ i ain’t here to be cute, i ain’t here to impress. “

“ you know why i’m calling, i’m here to collect. “

“ i don’t do what i’m running from, but i’m always on the run. “

“ i can’t afford to look back. “

“ if you knew me, then you’d probably wanna get to know the new me. “

“ i don’t ever judge, just wanna have a little fun. “

“ i won’t be here for long, some will say i’m on the run. “

“ go and say what you want, you’re just a stranger. “

“ you never knew me then and you’ll never know me now. “

“ i’m the one they love to hate, and i’m the one who will survive. “

“ i don’t wanna be anywhere if it’s not with you. “

“ we’re not gonna make it, but at least i’m going down with you. “

“ don’t you wanna get to know you? “

“ would you be a tyrant if i gave you power? “

“ when everything is a riot, you’re my peace and quiet. “

“ you’re driving me crazy, although i say that nothing can faze me. “

“ don’t think you can lie. i can see through your mind. “

“ don’t lose this. we have it all. “

“ i am not your enemy. “

“ don’t come for me unless i send for you. “

“ you’re obsessed, just let it go. “

“ i’m not somebody you know. “

“ can you just leave me alone? “

“ you’re dead to me. “

“ it’s okay to disagree, we don’t have to be friends. “

“ you’re dead to me. why can’t i be dead to you? i think that we both know the truth. “

“ do you remember me? it’s me, the one you loved so much. “

“ you’re cheating yourself, can’t you see? “

“ i know who you really are. i know you still love me. “

“ the moments we are happiest are the moments that we don’t exist. “

“ i’m getting tired of sleeping in, but you’re much better in my dreams. “

“ today is the day i’ll learn that i believe in miracles. “

“ no one can give me what i want, i know. “

“ let’s get out of this hopeless town. “

“ time’s on our side while our hearts are young. “

“ give me a kiss that lasts an eternity. “

“ i will never return, never. “

“ we will burn together. “

“ i’m looking back, now thinking, maybe i was wrong. “

“ i’ve been so out of place and desperate for so long. “

“ nothing would ever heal the wound. “

“ i’m coming home. it’s been too long. “

“ if they wanna know, tell them i went home. “

“ whatever goes around eventually comes back to you. “

“ you gotta be careful and look both ways before you cross my mind. “

“ i hate that sometimes i can’t go home. “

“ no one’s gonna save you now, so you better save yourself. “

“ i know it’s hard, but did you even really try? “

“ what can i do? it’s just too late to reach you. “

“ they say don’t blame the player but you played the game. “

“ it’s no fun to feel like a fool. “

“ ____, have you got no soul? is your heart a gaping hole? “

“ how come i didn’t see that in you? how come i can forgive you? “

“ if you loved me, you’d never do this. “

“ ‘forever’ is for dreamers. “