She Wept Blood

a sentence starter prompts list comprised of quotes from the novel a sky beyond the storm by sabaa tahir. please be advised that this list may involve topics including, but not limited to, murder, death, and violence. change verbiage as needed.

we are, all of us, just visitors in each other’s lives. you will forget my visit soon enough.

emotion is the enemy. love, hate, joy, fear. all are forbidden.

you will not win. i do not care what it takes, nor how long. i will defeat you.

death is not good, nor evil. there is no right or wrong with death. death is death.

murder is not the answer to everything.

worrying won’t help, but talking about it might.

defeat in your mind is defeat on the battlefield.

men are a terrible waste of air.

the world’s not only full of bad things, you know.

you of all people understand what it means to have the love of your life turned into someone else.

don’t let me fall, you idiot. unless you want to carry my carcass the next hundred miles.

it is torment to love someone hopelessly, with no chance of requital. there is no salve for it, no cure, no comfort.

your heart is the only thing that can be trusted.

i can’t change your mind, can i?

for me, [name], desire is not simple. it is not shelter. it is not warmth. it is a fire that offers no light, only heat, ruinous and consuming. the longer you deny it, the hotter it burns. you forget shelter. you forget warmth. there is only that which you want and cannot have, and the desolation that follows.

your wishes do not matter much to me.

you will not touch me. you will not even think about taking me anywhere without my leave.

may death claim me first.

when you look at me, what do you see?

you’re brave and wise. you just have to be patient too.

i am sworn to protect you.

i need you to disappear. to never leave. i need to have never met you or felt you. you. you. you. i need you.

why do you stand there like a moonstruck doe? if they catch you, they will kill you.

can a worm hurt a wolf, or an ant kill an eagle? no matter how badly you want me to die, i cannot.

i want to fight. i want a battle that isn’t in my head.

do you even remember those you’ve killed? or are there so many that their faces fade together?

greetings, death. you come to claim me at last.

i could not live with myself if more suffer because of me. stay away. leave me in peace.

there is no safe place for me in this world. not unless i create it for myself.

one day, you’ll have to reckon with all the things you try to hide from yourself. the longer you wait, the more it will hurt.

forgive me. laughing hurts less than facing what happened.

when i thought i was going to die, i thought about you.

there is no honor in death by idiocy. 

for the living, death is the only guarantee. it cannot be defeated.

war is your past. war is your present. war is your future.

a commander who has tasted the bitter fruit of war is the only one worthy of waging it, for they understand the cost.

i have missed you, my love.

get away from me. i will tell you nothing.

we are doomed, you and i, to offer more love than we will ever be given.

you’re a man of few words, so don’t waste the ones you do utter on things i already know.

this is my city and as long as i have breath left in my body, i will fight for it.

do not give me some sad story about love and loss and your broken heart.

you and i are more alike than you know, and that is not a compliment.

you’re in a position of great power. it’s a lonely place to be. most leaders spend their lives using others and being used. love isn’t just a luxury for you. it’s a rarity. it’s a gift. don’t throw it away.

you are lucky enough to love someone who loves you back. they are alive and breathing and in the same vicinity as you. by the gods, do something about it. for however long you have, for whatever time you get. because if you don’t, i swear that you’ll regret it. you’ll regret it for all your years.

mangoes are not as sweet if you are not sharing them with someone you love.

i didn’t care about them. not like i care about you.

i’d tear apart the world if anything happened to you.

you cannot make me stop loving you. not when i know that somewhere in there, you feel the same.

do you not understand why? i do this because I love you.

it’s so good to hear you laugh. you don’t laugh enough.

memory will make you weak and emotion will not serve you well.

you are broken, but it is the broken things that are the sharpest. the deadliest. it is the broken things that are the most unexpected, and the most underestimated.

i have seen what happens to those i love.

can i kick him? i’m going to kick him.

i still loved them. i shouldn’t have, but i did.

every time i touch you, i fall deeper into a place i know i will not be able to emerge from, should I lose you.

my soul aches with all that I should do. it weighs on me like a mountain, and i cannot bear it.

all my love goes with you.

i do not know if i will be able to do what must be done.

there are some things that do not die no matter how many blades we put into them.

love is why i still live.

come to me in the darkest hour of the night when the stars still sleep.

still flirting at inappropriate times, i see.

how many have died because of a king’s greed or a commander’s pride? 

how much pain exists in the world because we cannot get past what has been done to us, because we insist on inflicting pain back?

how does one move past such huge sins?

sometimes, it is better to die than to live as a monster.

there’s no one i’d rather have at my back.

love can be more powerful in a battle than planning or strategy. love keeps us fighting. love drives us to survive.

you don’t get to decide if you deserve my love or not. i decide that. you are worthy of my love.

your mistakes only define the rest of your life if you let them. don’t let them.

i want a life with you. adventures. meals. late nights in front of fires. a thousand rainy walks. you talking me out of my clothing in inappropriate places. i want more.

you cannot go first. i could not make sense of the world if you did.

there is not a single person alive who i trust more than you to do what must be done today.

all that i do is driven by love. love of all that was taken from us. love of what is left.

how do i go on when i’ve wrought such devastation? when all i have to give is death?

perhaps you and i are doomed to always be hurt. what we do with that hurt is our choice. 

how do we trust our happiness? how do we go on if we don’t know if it will be taken away?

❝ It takes courage to let down your armor, to welcome people to see you as you are. ❞

❝ I can’t risk having people behold me as I truly am. ❞

❝ You will miss so much by being so guarded. ❞

❝ I don't think you realize how strong you are. ❞

❝ Sometimes strength isn't swords and steel and fire, as we are so often made to believe. Sometimes it's found in quiet, gentle places. ❞

❝ I hope you will find your place, wherever you are. ❞

❝ I think we all wear armor. I think those who don’t are fools, risking the pain of being wounded by the sharp edges of the world, over and over again. ❞

❝ I am coming to love him, in two different ways. Face to face, and word to word. ❞

❝ I am destined to always be at war within myself. ❞

❝ Your grief will never fully fade; it will always be with you--a shadow you carry in your soul--but it will become fainter as your life becomes brighter. ❞

❝ You are not alone. ❞

❝ I never told you that I love you. And I regret that, most of all. ❞

❝ That’s it. You’re doing great, ____. ❞

❝ I think there is a magical link between you and me. A bond that not even distance can break. ❞

❝ It’s not a crime to feel joy, even when things seem hopeless. ❞

❝ ____, look at me. You deserve all the happiness in the world. And I intend to see that you have it. ❞

❝ I don’t want to wake up when I’m seventy-four only to realize I haven’t lived. ❞

❝ I’m not going anywhere, unless you tell me to leave, and even then, we might need to negotiate. ❞

❝ I realize that people are just people, and they carry their own set of fears, dreams, desires, pains, and mistakes. ❞

❝ I can’t expect someone else to make me feel complete; I must find it on my own. ❞

❝ I pray that my days will be long at your side. ❞

❝ Let me fill and satisfy every longing in your soul. May your hand be in mine, by sun and by night. ❞

❝ Let our breaths twine and our blood become one, until our bones return to dust. Even then, may I find your soul still sworn to mine. ❞

❝ I’m not afraid to be alone, but I’m tired of being the one left behind. ❞

❝ I broke my engagement, quit my job, and traveled six hundred kilometers into war-torn land to be with you. ❞

❝ And yet I keep moving forward. On some days, I’m afraid, but most days, I simply want to achieve those things I dream of. ❞

❝ Let us make our names exactly what we want them to be. ❞

❝ How do you make your life your own and not feel guilt over it? ❞

❝ I am so afraid. And yet how I long to be vulnerable and brave when it comes to my own heart. ❞

❝ I grew something living in a season of death. ❞

❝ I don’t think you can even begin to understand what your words mean to me. ❞

❝ I want your hand to be in mine, no matter what comes. ❞

❝ You’re distracting me, ____. ❞

❝ Endings were often found in beginnings. ❞

❝ By law, we’re both legal adults who can drink and be formally charged for murder. ❞

LYANNA STARK of WINTERFELL

lyanna and her nieces, had she survived

Our 53rd art piece is...

Lyanna and Jon, by @wodania here on tumblr! For @spectrumcore.

fleetwood mac // rumours rp meme

edit/alter/change pronouns etc as you see fit!  

second hand news.

there's nothing to say.

someone has taken my place.

i got nothing on you.

there's nothing to do.

i ain't gonna miss you when you do.

i've been tossed around enough.

i know you're hoping to find someone who's gonna give you peace of mind.

i'm just second hand news.

dreams.

you want your freedom.

who am i to keep you down?

thunder only happens when it's raining.

players only love you when they're playing.

i keep my visions to myself.

it's only me who wants to wrap around your dreams.

have you any dreams you'd like to sell?

never going back again.

let me in.

she broke down.

i'm never going back again.

you don't know what it means to win.

come down and see me again.

don't stop.

you'll see things in a different way.

don't stop thinking about tomorrow.

it'll be here better than before.

yesterday's gone.

why not think about times to come?

why not think about times to come, and now about the things that you've done?

if your life was bad to you, just think what tomorrow will do.

life was bad to you.

all i want is to see you smile.

it takes just a little while.

i never meant any harm to you.

don't you look back.

go your own way.

loving you isn't the right thing to do.

how can i ever change things that i feel?

if i could, baby i'd give you my world.

you can go your own way.

you can call it another lonely day.

tell me why everything turned around.

songbird.

for you, there'll be no more crying.

no more crying.

for you, the sun will be shining.

when i'm with you, it's alright.

i know it's right.

to you, i'll give the world.

to you, i'll never be cold.

i love you like never before.

i wish you all the love in the world.

i wish you all the love in the world, but most of all, i wish it from myself.

the chain.

damn your love.

damn your lies.

if you don't love me now you will never love me again.

you don't love me now.

you will never love me again.

you make loving fun.

you make me happy with the things you do.

this feeling follows me wherever i go.

i never did believe in miracles.

i never did believe in miracles, but i've a feeling it's time to try.

i never did believe in the ways of magic.

i never did believe in the ways of magic, but i'm beginning to wonder why.

don't break the spell.

you make loving fun.

i don't have to tell you, but you're the only one.

you're the only one.

you make loving fun, it's all i wanna do.

i don't want to know.

i don't wanna know the reasons why our love keeps right on walking down the line.

i don't wanna know the reasons why.

i don't wanna stand between you and love.

i just want you to feel fine.

the truth had come down now.

take a listen to your spirit, it's crying out loud.

you say you love me.

you say you love me, but you don't know.

now you tell me that i'm crazy.

oh daddy.

you know you make me cry.

how can you love me?

i don't understand why.

how can you love me? i don't understand why.

if there's a fool around, it's got to be me.

you soothe me with your smile.

you're the best thing in my life.

why are you right when i'm so wrong.

i'm so weak but you're so strong.

i can't walk away from you.

gold dust woman.

take your silver spoon and dig your grave.

lousy lovers pick their prey.

they never cry out loud.

did she make you cry?

did she make you cry, make you break down, shatter your illusions of love?

did she shatter your illusions of love?

is it over now?

pick up the pieces and go home.

rulers make bad lovers.

you better put your kingdom up for sale.

silver springs (super deluxe).

i would be your only dream.

did you say she was pretty?

did you say that she loves you?

she loves you.

i don't wanna know.

i'll begin not to love you.

i said i loved you years ago.

tell myself you never loved me.

can you tell me was it worth it?

was it worth it?

time cast its spell on you, but you won't forget me.

you won't forget me.

time cast its spell on you.

i know i could have loved you.

i know i could have loved you, but you would not let me.

i'll follow you down.

the sound of my voice will haunt you.

you'll never get away from the sound of the woman that loved you.

was i just a fool?

“Is that blood?” “No?” “That’s not a question you’re supposed to answer with another question.”

“You have no power over me.” “You sure about that?”

“Are you clinically insane or incredibly annoying?” “I don’t know, probably both.”

“Right now, I don’t know if I want to kiss you or shove you off a bridge.” “Can I pick?”

“Don’t you have a country to run?” “My favorite person is in the hospital, the country can wait.” “I don’t think it works like that.” “I run the country, so it does.”

“I was going to ask if you wanted to do me on your desk, but I thought I should say hi first.”

“It’s been so long. I’m probably not interested in him anymore.” “I’ve seen his Instagram, you’re definitely still interested.”

“If you’re going to die on me, the least you can do is look good while doing it.”

“I’d agree with you, but then we’d both be wrong.”

“Why are you covered in neon body paint?” “Best not to ask.”

“No, it’s really not that complicated. He’s a bad person.”

“The king is missing.”

“How could you do this to me?”

“You’ve got thirty seconds to explain to me what you’re doing here.”

“I know this may be hard to believe, but I’m on your side.”

"I still don't like you, but we need to work together. Just… try not to get in my way."

"If you think this means we're friends now, you're delusional."

"I’m only helping you because I need you alive—don’t make me regret it."

"We may hate each other, but we hate them more. So, truce?"

"This doesn't mean I trust you. It just means we have the same enemy."

"You're the last person I want to rely on, but right now, you're all I've got."

"I never thought I’d be fighting alongside you. Feels weird, doesn’t it?"

"We make a surprisingly good team… let’s not talk about it."

"I still want to punch you in the face, but we have bigger problems right now."

"You think this changes anything between us? Think again. But thanks… I guess."

"Look, I don’t want to owe you anything. So let's call this even."

"Just because we’re working together doesn't mean I’ve forgotten what you did."

"I swear, once this is over, it’s back to hating each other. Deal?"

"I never thought I’d say this, but… I could use your help."

"It’s not like I had a choice—you were the only one who could pull this off."

"Don't get any ideas. This is temporary, and after we're done, it's back to being enemies."

"I don’t like you, you don’t like me. Let’s just get through this without killing each other."

"I’m only here because I need something from you. Don’t mistake this for kindness."

"Funny how the universe keeps throwing us together, huh? Almost like a sick joke."

"You’re the last person I want to see right now, but it seems I don’t have much of a choice."

"I’m starting to hate how well we work together. It’s unsettling."

"If anyone asks, this never happened. I wasn’t here, and we didn’t help each other."

"I didn’t think we’d ever be on the same side, but here we are… how does that feel?"

"I still think you're insufferable, but I suppose I could tolerate you… for now."

"This changes nothing between us. We're just two people with the same goal—for now."

"As much as I hate to admit it, I wouldn’t have survived without you back there."

"You think saving my life means I owe you? We’re still enemies, make no mistake."

"I don't want to be here any more than you do, so let’s make this quick."

"It doesn’t sit right with me, trusting you. But what choice do I have?"

"If we manage to pull this off together, you might just earn a sliver of my respect."