Paranorman sentence starters
73 starters
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โWhatโs happening now?โ
โWell, the zombie is eating her head, _____.โ
โThatโs not very nice. Whatโs he doing that for?โ
โIโm sure if they just bothered to sit down and talk it through, itโd be a different story.โ
โHeโs, like, R-I-double-P-E-D. Like, a seven-pack, at least.โ
โHow many times do we have to go through this, _____?โ
โGod, Iโm not making this up, I swear!โ
โDoes anyone smell burning?โ
โYou stink of illiteracy!โ
โI keep telling you, _____. I like to be alone.โ
โYou shouldnโt let them get you down.โ
โIf you were bigger and more stupid, youโd probably be a bully too.โ
โI was told not to talk to you. Sorry.โ
โI can see ghosts too. And I know thatโs not all youโve been seeing lately, is it?โ
โAnd Iโll bet no one told you about the witchโs curse, did they?โ
โThe witchโs curse is real! And youโre the one who has to stop it.โ
โYouโve got to use your gift of talking to the dead.โ
โDonโt make me throw this hummus. Itโs spicy.โ
โJeez, what a dirty old creep.โ
โSo is it true? Can you see ghosts, like, everywhere, all the time?โ
โCan you stop doing that? Itโs kind of stupid.โ
โNo, you try it. I already went, like, fifty times.โ
โThe dead are coming!โ
โYou know, sometimes people say things that seem mean, but they do it because theyโre afraid.โ
โBut Iโฆ I donโt know what any of it means.โ
โDo I look crazy to you?โ
โYou know, Iโve kind of got other things on my mind right now.โ
โJust go home, _____. Iโm better off on my own anyway.โ
โThereโs nothing wrong with being scared, _____, so long as you donโt let it change who you are.โ
โI think I peed my pants!โ
โAre they going to try to eat our brains?โ
โ_____, I donโt understand. Just tell me what to do!โ
โI really need to get home โcause Iโve got a seriously early curfew.โ
โJust so you know, I totally saved his life, and I could totally save yours.โ
โSorry, my fault. When Iโm nervous, I get mouth diarrhea.โ
โYou know, I would Google this myself if there wasnโt a three-hundred-year-old guy trying to rip my face off.โ
โI really think it might help if you tried to see things from his point of view.โ
โMan! Zombies take over the world and we lock ourselves in a library! Are you kidding me? Thereโs an adult video store just across the street.โ
โThis will be a piece of cake, youโll see.โ
โIt wouldโve been a quiet night too, if it hadnโt been for those meddling kids.โ
โI canโt believe this is your plan.โ
โThereโs something moving out there. I think itโs the zombies.โ
โIโm scared, _____, and I canโt listen to this anymore.โ
โYou never listen. No one ever listens!โ
โIโm scared too, but Iโve still got to do this!โ
โI shouldโve known you wouldnโt understand. No one ever does!โ
โIโm not going anywhere. You canโt make me.โ
โWhy wonโt you listen to me? Why are you doing this?โ
โDo you have anything to say for yourself?โ
โI didnโt do anything wrong!โ
โLeave me alone or Iโll make you sorry!โ
โYou must stop the curse.โ
โI believed we were doing what was right. I was wrong. Now, this is our punishment.โ
โ_____, if we die tonight, this may be the last chance I get to tell you how I feel.โ
โI have cheered the uncheerable, _____, and I am not letting you give up now!โ
โI wish I understood you.โ
โYouโre not welcome here. Go away.โ
โI donโt want to go to sleep, and you canโt make me.โ
โI donโt like this story!โ
โIโll make you suffer!โ
โI wanted everyone to see how rotten they were.โ
โThey did something awful, but that doesnโt mean you should too. All thatโs left in you now is mean and horrible!โ
โThen stop! This is wrong and you know it!โ
โYouโve spent so long remembering the bad people that youโve forgotten the good ones.โ
โBut youโre not alone! You have to remember!โ
โI think you got so scared that you forgot who you are.โ
โBut what about the people who hurt you? Donโt you ever want to make them suffer?โ
โYou think just because thereโs bad people out there, that thereโs no good ones either?โ
โThat story you were telling, how does it end?โ
โI thought I was going to lose you.โ
โYou did it! You stopped the witchโs curse and made the zombies go away and saved pretty much everything!โ
โSo, do you think now everythingโs going to turn back to normal?โ