TO SIR PHILLIP, WITH LOVE SENTENCE STARTERS.
phillip crane supremacy ! change pronouns and gendered nouns as necessary.
“i am not an unintelligent man, but I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
“we haven’t a bit of privacy, but we could always go back to the house. i know it’s the middle of the day, but—”
“try to afford a small measure of respect for my intelligence.”
“do you know what i thought when i saw you the first time? i thought i could drown in your eyes. i thought… i could drown in you.”
“i’m sorry you find my propensity for speech so offensive, but i was trying to talk to you about something important, and you tried to kiss me.”
“i expect she’ll want a say. she is a woman of a great many opinions, after all.”
“do you understand what it is to be terrified by your own anger?”
“i’m exhausted, and you look the same. shall we go take a nap?”
“some people are born melancholy, _____. i don’t know why, and i doubt anyone knows why, but that’s just the way they are.”
“this—us—is heaven. and i can’t bear to hear you say otherwise.”
“i love you. i don’t even care if you don’t feel the same way. i love you and … and …”
“i think i’ve waited my entire life for you.”
“speechless? you? i must be better at this than i thought.”
“we take our games seriously.”
“how’s that book, darling?”
“we’re not shooting. just standing about with guns.”
“we can share. have you ever tried sharing? it’s very improving.”
“you are smiling. and now your cheeks are turning pink.”
“hasn’t it ever occurred to you that every thought and feeling doesn’t need to be given voice?”
“i always thought you might surprise us in the end. you frequently do.”
“many men have found me quite resistible. quite a lot, actually.”
“i forfeit. i’m getting something to eat.”
“i had to do something. i couldn’t just sit and wait for life to happen to me any longer.”
“you’d be surprised what men can deduce about one another while fighting.”
“when did you all become the best of friends?”
“it was either drink with them or let them break my legs. it seemed a fairly straightforward decision.”
“very well. he’s quite handsome, if you like the rough, rural sort.”
“it is certainly provident that i now know how you feel about my gender.”
“i’ve decided i don’t have difficulties with women in general, after all. It’s you i find insufferable.”
“you must live in a very polite society. either that, or you’ve simply terrified everyone into bending to your every whim.”
“i am sorry because i am in a horrid mood and have been behaving badly. and if you ask how i have been behaving badly, i swear i will get up and walk away and you will never see me again, because i assure you, this apology is difficult enough without my having to explain it further.”
“good god, woman, do you have a charitable bone in your body? a man needs time to formulate an answer.”
“scone, anyone? no? more for me, then.”
“don’t talk. just shut the door.”
“you were worried that we might not suit. i think it’s time i showed you that we do.”
“it’s perfect. or it would be, if it weren’t so bloody cold.”
“i’m not going away. i’m not ever going away.”
“she gets to watch you all the time now from heaven, so she must be happy.”
“well, i wish you’d said so. you made me extremely sad.”
“hmmm. that’s interesting, but it hardly explains your presence right here outside my door, does it?”
“i have neither the energy nor the patience for fancy romantic words or cleverly constructed stories.“
“if there is one thing i’ve learned in the twelve hours since your arrival, it’s that you’re no imbecile.”
“it’s not something i talk about a great deal. it was a long time ago.”
“i’ll have you know i’m the least cowardly woman you’re ever likely to encounter.”
“they hurt you. that is not acceptable.”
“has anyone ever told you you can be a bit stubborn?”
“i assure you that i am perfectly fine. i’m quite certain i look a great deal worse than i feel.”
“neither one of you is going to kill, maim, attack, or even hug the other for at least thirty minutes.”
“you’re not just a little chilled, you’re bloody well freezing. put this on.”
“do you have any idea how mortifying this is?”
“you lost the right to feel mortified, embarrassed, chagrined, or in fact any emotion other than blindingly stupid when you ran off without a word.”
“you ought to be more careful in the future, should you decide to run off again.”
“you would do well not to disparage her in my presence.”
“we have a great deal to talk about, you and i.”
“i always think of food. what else is there?”
“bloody hell. if you’re going to break my legs, would you just go ahead and do it now?”
“here are your choices. you can marry him in one week, or you can marry him in two.”
“and here i thought you’d appreciate my soliciting your opinion.”
“we behave with honor and honesty, not because it is expected of us, but because that is what we are.”
“love can rather creep up on a person, you know.”