Forever mine. Forever thine.

feel free to change words and pronouns as needed.

“Hm? Oh, I’m listening.”

“I’m sorry, but how can one possibly pay attention to a book with no pictures in it?”

“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense.”

“I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date! No time to say hello, goodbye. I’m late, I’m late, I’m late!”

“Beg your pardon?”

“I was just giving myself some good advice.”

“That was a very sad story.”

“Goodness. I suppose I’ll be taking orders from (name) next.”

“Oh dear, everything is so confusing.”

“Oh, for goodness sake!”

“Now where in the world do you suppose that…?”

“Most everyone’s mad here. You may have noticed that I’m not all there myself.”

“I’m sorry I interrupted your birthday party.”

“See all the trouble you started?”

“Ah, that’s just it. If you don’t think, then you shouldn’t talk.”

“I have an excellent idea. Let’s change the subject.”

“I’m so late! I’m so very late.”

“If I listened earlier, I wouldn’t be here. But that’s just the trouble with me.”

“I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it.”

“Will I ever learn to do the things I should?”

“She’ll be mad about you, simply mad!”

“Never mind all that! Get to the part where I lose my temper.”

“Where were you when this horrible crime was committed?”

“Well, she simply said you’re a fat, pompous, bad tempered old tyrant!”

“Off with her head!”

Send Thumbelina + Reverse for my muse to find yours shrunk.

                                               - STARTERS -

❛ I am no bird, no net ensnares me. I am a free human being with an independent will. ❜

❛ I would always rather be happy than dignified. ❜

❛ Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? ❜

❛ I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. ❜

❛ I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. ❜

❛ You are my sympathy, my better self — I am bound to you. ❜

❛ I have, for the first time, found what I can truly love. I have found you. ❜

❛ And what is hell? Can you tell me that? ❜

❛ I am not an angel, and I will not be one till I die. I will be myself. ❜

❛ Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own, in pain and sickness it would still be dear. ❜

❛ He made me love him without looking at me. ❜

❛ Flirting is a woman’s trade, one must keep in practice. ❜

❛ All my heart is yours, it belongs to you. And with you it would remain, were fate to exile the rest of me from your presence forever. ❜

❛ I must have you. The world may laugh – may call me absurd, selfish – but it does not signify. My very soul demands you, it will either be satisfied, or it will take deadly vengeance on its frame. ❜

❛ Even for me life had its gleams of sunshine. ❜

❛ You know nothing about me, and nothing about the sort of love of which I am capable. ❜

❛ To attack the first is not to assail the last. ❜

❛ Conventionality is not morality. ❜

❛ It is a pity that doing one’s best does not always answer. ❜

❛ I know I must conceal my sentiments — I must smother hope. ❜

❛ Who in the world cares for you? Who will be injured by what you do? ❜

❛ Beauty is in the eye of the gazer. ❜

❛ I will never again come to your side. I am torn away now, and cannot return. ❜

❛ Your will shall decide your destiny. ❜

❛ I’ll walk where my own nature would be leading. It vexes me to choose another guide. ❜

❛ Make my happiness and I will make yours. ❜

❛ What necessity is there to dwell on the past, when the present is so much surer, the future so much brighter? ❜

❛ I envy you, your peace of mind, your clean conscience, your unpolluted memory. ❜

❛ I never meant to wound you. Will you ever forgive me? ❜

“Some say the soul of the city’s the toll of the bells.”

“Dark was the night when our tale was begun.”

“He saw corruption every where, except within.”

“See there the innocent blood you have spilt?”

“You can lie to yourself and your minions. You can claim that you haven’t a qualm.”

“Even this foul creature may yet prove one day to be of use to me.”

“Who is the monster and who is the man?”

“The world is cruel, the world is wicked.”

“It’s I alone who you can trust in this whole city.”

“How can I protect you unless you stay in here, away in here?”

“These are crimes for which the world shows little pity.”

“You are my one defender.”

“Out there, they’ll revile you as a monster.”

“All my life I watch them as I hide up here alone, hungry for the histories they show me.”

“All my life I wonder how it feels to pass a day not above them, but part of them.”

“Give me one day out there. All I ask is one to hold forever.”

“Old and bent, I won’t care, I’ll have spent one day out there.”

“It’s the day for breaking rules!”

“Come and join the Feast of Fools!”

“Once a year we throw a party here in town.”

“Every man’s a king and every king’s a clown.”

“Once again its topsy turvy day.”

“It’s the day the devil in us gets released.”

“Everything is upsy daisy.”

“Hurry, hurry here’s your chance. See the mystery and romance.”

“I don’t know if you can hear me…or if you’re even there…”

“Yes I know I’m just an outcast, I shouldn’t speak to you. Still, I see your face and wonder were you once an outcast too?”

“God help the outcasts, hungry from birth. Show them the mercy they don’t find on Earth.”

“God help the outcasts, or nobody will.”

“I ask for glory to shine on my name.”

“I ask for nothing, I can get by…but I know so many less lucky than I.”

“I thought we all were children of God.”

“So many times out there, I’ve watched a happy pair of lovers walking in the night.”

“I knew I’d never know that warm and loving glow.”

“No face as hideous as my face was ever meant for Heaven’s Light.”

“Suddenly an angel has smiled at me and kissed my cheek without a trace of fright.”

“My cold, dark tower seems so bright. I swear it must be Heaven’s Light.”

“You know I am a righteous man, of my virtue I am justly proud.”

“You know I’m so much purer than the common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd.”

“Like fire, hell fire, this fire in my skin.”

“This burning desire is turning me to sin.”

“Its not my fault if, in God’s plan, he made the devil so much stronger than the man.”

“Don’t let this siren cast her spell.”

“Choose me or your pyre.”

“Somewhere out there in the night her soul is also alight.”

“I know the guy she just might be burning for.”

“A guy like you, she’s never known kid.”

“A guy like you a girl does not meet everyday.”

“Those other guys that she could dangle all look the same from every boring point of view.”

“We all have gaped at some Adonis.”

“Maybe you’ve heard of that mythical placed called the Court of Miracles? Hello, you’re there!”

“The dead don’t talk so you won’t be around to reveal what you’ve found.”

“I am the lawyer and judge all in one.”

“We like to get the trial over with quickly because its the sentence that’s really the fun.”

“We find you totally innocent, which is the worst crime of all.”

Their first impression of your muse:

Current impression:   

Are they attracted to your muse?:  

Something they find frightening about your muse:

Something they find adorable about your muse:  

Would my muse sacrifice themselves for yours?:  

Would my muse go on a date with yours?  platonic/romantic:  

One word my muse would use to describe yours:  

Would my muse slap yours if they could?: 

taken from the musical adaption. feel free to change pronouns as necessary.

We are blessed to find our sanctuary.

Let me take you back. I’ll bring you home.

If you have truly discovered charity at this late date, there is someone you can help.

A baby? Yours?

It’s God’s judgment on you! 

The wicked shall not go unpunished!

He has nobody else. Take him, if you can find it in your heart.

Oh, Lord, you’ve sent me a test. 

This child is my cross to bear. 

I may not have saved my brother, but I will save this… thing.

What makes a monster and what makes a man?

The world is cruel. The world is wicked.

It’s I alone whom you can trust in this whole city.

I am your only friend.

How can I protect you, boy, unless you always stay in here?

These are crimes for which the world shows little pity.

You’re my one defender.

Out there, they’ll revile you as a monster.

I am a monster.

All my life I wonder how it feels to pass a day not above them, but part of them.

Give me one day out there, all I ask is one.

What I’d give, what I’d dare, just to live one day out there!

Every day they shout and scold and go about their lives, heedless of the gift it is to be them.

If I were in their skin, I’d treasure every instant.

No one sees I’m here now.

Once a year we throw a party here in town.

Every man’s a king and every king’s a clown.

It’s the day the devil in us gets released.

Give me your girls of pleasure.

I have born the brunt of a soldier’s test.

Whoever pays the most I call ‘My Liege.’

And whatever I do I’ll make sure this is true: I will never go back again.

Darling, to be blunt you are with the best.

Like other true knights I’ve got ambition.

For a few nights fun is my mission.

Care to share a day of rest and recreation?

I’m grateful for the opportunity to serve you, my Lord.

I see how you stare.

Come see me dance.

She dances like the devil himself.

She dances like an angel.

Before we get old, come feel the heat.

Come taste the desire.

Put your foulest features on display.

Wouldn’t you like to be crowned King for a day?

It’s a day we do the things that we deplore.

See how I’ve sheltered you from having to go through this.

You don’t belong with normal men.

I don’t know if you can hear me or if you’re even there.

Yes, I know I’m just an outcast. I shouldn’t speak to you

I see your face and wonder, were you once an outcast too?

God help the outcasts or nobody will.

I ask for nothing. I can get by.

Please help my people, the poor and downtrod.

I thought we all were the children of God.

When you look from high above everything seems pretty.

Thanks for giving this moment to me.

For all these years you’ve stayed alone and free from danger.

Be brave and say something.

Come keep me warm until morning.

Hold me close while we’re dancing.

I cannot bear to watch and yet I cannot turn away.

So many times out there I’ve watched a happy pair of lovers walking in the night.

I knew I’d never now that warm and loving glow, though I might wish with all my might.

No face as hideous as my face was ever meant for Heaven’s Light.

Suddenly an angel has smiled at me and touched my face without a trace of fright.

I dare to dream that she might even care for me.

I swear it must be Heaven’s light.

Of my virtue I am justly proud.

You know I’m so much purer than the common, vulgar, weak licentious crowd.

I feel her. I see her. 

This burning desire is turning me to sin.

It’s not my fault! I’m not to blame!

It’s not my fault if in God’s plan he made the devil so much stronger than a man!

Let her taste the fires of Hell, or else let her be mine and mine alone.

Choose me or your pyre.

God have mercy on her.

God have mercy on me.

She will be mine or she will burn!

Don’t let her flee and vanish in the night.

Are you disobeying a direct order?

I knew it. She’s bewitched you, too.

I’ve heard the calling of the Lord.

In the dark, I call your name.

Why did I hear her words inside my head?

You have to save her!

Oh, what’s the matter? Are you afraid?

Of course he’s afraid! And he should be!

That’s what makes you a hero – doing what you’re afraid of.

She gave it to you because she nows you’re smart.

For her I will be strong.

You’re very clever to have found our little hideaway.

We have a method for spies and intruders not terribly different from bees in a hive.

My apologies for your imminent demise. 

It’s our lives or yours.

Here we are, nearly strangers from two worlds that’ve rarely met.

Somehow, you have made me someone new.

I’m asking if you will let me come with you.

I must be in a place of miracles.

A miracle you’ve brought to me.

All this time I’ve been certain that my life would be spent alone.

It’s time I’ve learned no love will be returned to one who’s born to be alone.

Now I know there’ll be no miracles for me.

No more need for a heart of stone.

Better to have a heart of stone.

Though we’ll set out for lands unkown, they’re lands we’ll share.

Will we find a haven once more?

Could there be a country kinder to our race?

Where’s my place of miracles?

I used to believe, in the days I was naive, that I’d live to see a day of justice dawn.

I’ll die while believing still.

Someday we may yet live to live and let let live.

Someday, life will be fairer.

Someday these dreams will all be real.

You must try to free yourself!

Quiet! Go away!

You’re the only one who can save her now.

You know what happens when I try to help. I only make things worse.

How do you know what I believe?

What do you know of all the things I feel?

Who is it that you see instead of seeing what I am for real?

You’re a liar!

Would that I were made of stone like you.

You give such good advice, so why has not one single word you’ve said been any help at all?

The more your dreams and fancies fill my head the farther that I fall.

If I were senseless, I’d prefer it.

I’ve wasted my faith believing in saints of plaster.

His words were cold as stone, but they were true.

Take all your lies and leave me alone.

We’ll trouble you no longer.

We’re only made of stone.

We just thought that you were made of something stronger.

Now I’m on my own, never again to wonder what’s out there.

Think of what I’ve offered. What is your answer?

Open the doors! Ram them through if you must!

How mch oppression will you allow?

Why not make someday come right now?

Oh, saints and monster, show your power!

You are home.

In my eyes, you are beautiful, too.

You’re such a good friend.

Is she dead?

Now we can finally go back to the way things were.

Now that she’s gone the poison dies with her.

We can go on as close as once we were.

No sanctuary without her!

I could have helped her. Even loved her.

Love? What do you know of love?

Who have you ever loved?

I loved… I loved my brother.

He was wicked, weak!

No – you are the weak one.

I told you – I am very strong!

You don’t want to hurt me!

The world is cruel. the world is ugly. But there are times and there are people when the world is not.

At it’s cruelest, it’s still the only world we’ve got.

“Don’t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.”

“The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.”

“Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”

“Freedom lies in being bold.”

“The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.”

“Forgive me my nonsense., as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.”

“The best way out is always through.”

“I’m not confused. I’m just well mixed.”

“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.”

“By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.”

“It’s a funny thing that when a man hasn’t anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.”

“The middle of the road is where the white line is - and that’s the worst place to drive.”

“You can’t get too much winter in the winter.”

“I’d just as soon play tennis with the net down.”

“What we live by, we die by.”

“Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice.”

“Education doesn’t change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.”

“The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.”

“You don’t have to deserve your mother’s love. You have to deserve your father’s.”

“Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.”

“Thinking isn’t agreeing or disagreeing. That’s voting.”

“Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.”

“If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.”

“I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.”

“We love things we love for what they are.”

“The only certain freedom’s in departure.”

“The artist in me cries out for design.”

“You have freedom when you’re easy in your harness.”

“To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.”

“A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.”

“To be social is to be forgiving.”

“They would not find me changed from him they knew - only more sure of all I thought was true.”

“Humor is the most engaging cowardice.”

“Pressed into service means pressed out of shape.”

“One aged man - one man - can’t fill a house.”

“If we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane.”

“Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I’ll forgive Thy great big one on me.”

“I’m not a teacher, but an awakener.”

“I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.”

“Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.”

“I’m against homogenized society, because I want the cream to rise.”

“Poetry is what is lost in translation.”

“The first thing I do in the morning is to make my bed and while I am making up my bed I am making up my mind as to what kind of a day I am going to have.”

“I had a lovers quarrel with the world.”

“Good fences make good neighbors.”

“One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.”

“Nothing gold can stay.”

“I could get used to a view like this. Yep, I’m used to it. I want a castle.”

“I have made the decision to trust you.”

“You know, I can’t help but notice you seem a little at war with yourself here.”

“Look in that mirror. I see a strong, confident, beautiful young lady. Oh look, you’re here too!”

“Your dream stinks. I was talking to her.”

“What if it’s not everything I dreamed it would be? And what if it is? What do I do then?”

“WOO-HOOO! BEST DAY EVER!”

“This is part of growing up. A little rebellion, a little adventure, that’s good. Healthy, even.”

“Let’s just assume for the moment that everyone in here doesn’t like me!”

“Here comes the smolder.”

“You should know that this is the strangest thing I’ve ever done!”

“That’s the funny thing about birthdays, they’re kind of an annual thing.”

“And when I promise something, I never ever break that promise.”

“Who are you, and how did you find me?”

“Well, that’s okay! I mean, what she doesn’t know won’t kill her, right?”

“Great. Now I’M the bad guy.”

“I didn’t want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice.”

“This is kind of an off-day for me. This doesn’t normally happen.”

“The party lasted an entire week, and honestly, I don’t remember most of it.”

“Stay calm. It can probably smell fear.”

“I don’t know why, but overall it just smells like the color brown. Your thoughts?”

“Did I ever tell you I’ve got a thing for brunettes?”

“I know not who you are, nor how I came to find you, but may I just say— Hi. How ya doin’?”

“Save what has been lost. Bring back what once was mine.”

“It doesn’t matter now. Just let them come.”

“Oh, that is despicable.  I love it!”

“Well, some people use their imagination.”

“But then, he/she’s never looked at me that way before.”

“If you’d hold still, it wouldn’t hurt as much!”

“If I didn’t know better, I’d think you had feelings for this monster.”

“Please. Attempt to be a gentleman.”

“Oh, this is all my fault. If only I had gotten here sooner.”

“Well, perhaps there’s something there that wasn’t there before.”

“How can you read this? There’s no pictures!”

“Don’t talk like that. You’ll be alright.”

“Please, I meant no harm. I just need a place to stay!” 

“It’s not right for a woman to read. Soon she starts getting ‘ideas’ and ‘thinking.”

“By the way, thank you for saving my life.”

“We’re together now; everything’s going to be fine, you’ll see.”

“I thought I told you to come down to dinner!”

“We don’t like what we don’t understand, in fact it scares us.”

“I was trying to be hospitable.”

“You will join me for dinner! That’s not a request!”

“I use antlers in all of my decorating!”

“Well, what are we waiting for? I’ll have this thing fixed in no time.”

“Try the gray stuff, it’s delicious!”

“Let me go! Let me go, please! Don’t hurt me! I’ll do anything!”