the outsider - stephen king sentence starters
change tenses/pronouns as needed !! some lines have been edited for clarity / length / ease of roleplaying
tw ; death , language , mental health
‘i’ve got a good feeling about this.’
‘how’s the other guy look?’
‘I think I’ll wait for my lawyer.’
‘doesn’t look like a monster, does he?’
‘please stop nagging me!’
‘you’re in shit up to your waist and it’s getting deeper.’
‘drop the bullshit and confess.’
‘you have the wrong man.’
‘this is awful. it’s like the whole world turned upside down.’
‘I don’t like that. I don’t like it at all.’
‘you got him. you got him, so what’s wrong?’
‘i’ve made some mistakes, but nothing like this. it’s as if I went blind.’
‘it made sense then and it makes sense now.’
‘that happens to be the dirty truth.’
‘I don’t expect you to believe it, but it’s the truth.’
‘don’t you want to know what happened?’
‘don’t you want to get this right?’
‘this is your chance to clear your conscience.’
‘you did what you had to do.’
‘did you come here to convince me or yourself?’
‘it’s just a loose thread that isn’t loose anymore.’
‘I haven’t said a word against you. why would I?’
‘your fucking point is fucking taken.’
‘belief isn’t the point. it’s a metaphor.’
‘sometimes the tracks just stop, and we have to live with that.’
‘time to do something besides brood.’
‘let’s go back to bed. I think I can sleep now.’
‘I don’t believe in the supernatural.’
‘you scared the hell out of me.’
‘you had your think-face on.’
‘you need to get out of here.’
‘I need to talk to you. please let me talk to you.’
‘I had my reasons, but they weren’t good reasons.’
‘you’re in a hell of a mess.’
‘i’m tired of this. and I’m tired of you.’
‘I made a mistake i’ll carry with me for the rest of my life.’
‘what I’m saying is that I understand why you lost perspective.’
‘it doesn’t make things better, but thanks.’
‘maybe we’re all on the same side here.’
‘I have a crazy idea. want to hear?’
‘that is weird, but probably not substantive.’
‘you see what I meant when I said this just keeps getting weirder and weirder.’
‘so is that what you think we’ve got here? the boogeyman?’
‘do you think I’m crazy? is that it?’
‘there is something very wrong about this. the more you find, the wronger it gets.’
‘wake up, (name)! wake up to what's right in front of you!’
‘I can’t accept it. it goes against everything I’ve believed my whole life.’
‘you’re stronger than that.’
‘(name) is dead. you can let it go.’
‘can’t you let this go now?’
‘i’ll tread with utmost caution.’
‘don’t expect any sympathy from me.’
‘I think it’s good that you’re sad. I hope you’ll be sad for a long time.’
‘anything is possible. anything at all. the world is full of nooks and crannies.’
‘if you tell anyone that, I’d have to kill you.’
‘you know what they say, there are none so blind as those who will not see.’
‘so what? he went crazy, and crazy people don’t give a shit.’
‘don’t move. if you move, I’ll kill you. if you scream, I’ll kill you.’
‘i’ve been threatened before.’
‘i’ve been threatened before. any cop worth their salt has been threatened.’
‘may I say that I think you’re being sort of a fool?’
‘you may be opening the door on things far beyond your ability to understand.’
‘I can’t believe that. I will never believe that.’
‘I believe that you believe.’
‘I know you made a mistake. I know you’re trying to atone for it. but what if you’re making a worse mistake by keeping on?’
‘i'm no genius, but I didn’t hit my head falling out of the dumb- tree, either.’
‘this case is like a zombie that won’t stay dead.’
‘I know how far out it is, we all do, you don’t need to keep telling us, like you’re the only sane man in the lunatic asylum.’
‘you’re making leap I’m not ready to make.’
‘I’m not a hundred percent on board with this myself.’
‘you need to at least keep the possibility in mind.’
‘if you run into something you can’t handle … back off. and come home to me.’
‘I need to tell you something, and it’s important. are you listening?’
‘you’re a good man, (name). a good man who made a bad mistake. you’re not the first to do that, and you won’t be the last.’
‘you have to live with that, and I’ll help you. make it better if you can, but please don’t make it worse.’
‘you need some sleep. you look very tired.’
‘sometimes it seems as if the more tired I am, the harder it is to go to sleep. especially if I’m worried and anxious.’
‘if you want to live, you better run for it!’
‘I have no appetite for your bullshit.’
‘you’re sort of amazing.’
‘no offense, but your sense of humor is a little weak. you should work on that.’
‘this is a horrible place, isn’t it?’
‘I can’t let you leave. it seems we’re at a standoff.’
‘people are blind to explanations that lie outside their perception of reality.’
‘you never should have come looking for me.’
‘overconfidence breeds carelessness. cops see a lot of that.’
‘that’s all you are to me—- cattle.’
‘I can’t do it again, (name). not ever. ever ever ever!’
‘that’s not me being funny, that’s true admiration.’
‘you’ve been through this before. or something like it, haven’t you?’
‘I don’t think I’ll ever be together again.’
‘sometimes life can be very poopy.’
‘is it over? that’s all I care about. is it really over?’
‘dreams are the way we touch the unseen world, that’s what I believe. they are a special gift.’
‘i'm a very curious person. sometimes that gets me into trouble.’
‘if you can’t let go of the past, the mistakes you’ve made will eat you alive.’
‘what you’re feeling … and I’m feeling … that’s normal.’
‘reality is thin ice, but most people skate on it their whole lives and never fall through until the very end. we did fall through, but we helped each other out.’
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