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House Sentences, Vol. 5

(Sentences from House (2004-2012). Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Can I ask what he's done to deserve your loyalty?"

"One day, our friendship will break, and it'll just prove your theory that relationships are conditional and you don't need human connection, or deserve it, or whatever goes on in that rat maze of your brain."

"You think I'm a bureaucrat with a badge, following some arbitrary guideline?"

"None of you are innocent. Not one of you."

"A bully's a bully. If they don't get a reaction, they'll lose interest."

"People think you have no inner censor. The fact is, you hold yourself back, because when you want to hurt, you know just where to poke a sharp stick."

"When I see people with their kids, it's so natural. It's like they have an instruction book imprinted on their genes. Maybe I just didn't get a copy."

"I did this to help you!"

"You need to believe that I've got a problem so that your betrayal has the illusion of nobility."

"Being different, you get used to people's idiocy."

"Only an idiot goes to prison for being stubborn!"

"We both know that my pride far surpasses my instinct for self-preservation."

"Normal's not normal if you're not normal."

"You could throw a dart at all the adjectives between arrogant and unhinged and I'm sure you'd hit one that describes me."

"I live in pain. Pain that on good days is merely intolerable and on bad ones will suck the life-force right out of you."

"You're not my mom! You don't have to keep checking up on me!"

"You find fault in everybody because you're afraid to look at yourself."

"You ever trust an addict? You ever give one the benefit of the doubt? How many times did it work out for you?"

"People like you, even your actions lie."

"I'm sorry, but I don't remember you."

"Does your voice always get that high and annoying when you're angry?"

"How can I help you this beautiful morning?"

"You owe me. I kept you out of jail; I can put you back."

"When you entered, I noted your shirt hadn't been pressed; you hadn't shaved in quite some time. I extrapolated you were a person for whom detail is not a major concern."

"You cannot make the uninteresting interesting."

"Why are you wearing perfume?"

"Is this a real case, or one of those imaginary cases that happen when you’re bored?"

"I'll get better. I always get better."

"Stop looking at my ass when you think I'm not looking!"

"Do you put all your patients through this many tests, or just the important ones?"

"I take it you two aren't sleeping together anymore?"

"I didn't realise you were going to get hurt. I'm sorry I misled you."

"No! I’m not getting sucked into the vortex of your insanity again!"

"That’s such a bad idea! There’s no way that won’t cause damage to the large intestine!"

"Are you keeping us here just to torture me?"

"The only difference between me and you is that I made some bad decisions, and you made some good ones."

"I don't like you. Never have, never will."

"I'm not breaking into somebody's house! I have principles!"

"Tone it down or I will hit you."

"I thought this was going to be fun. I mess with you, you mess with me - eventually, you give in. But you've shown a startling lack of humour."

"I approve of your shamelessness."

The first Holmes to gain favour with the monarchy, resulting in the family moving from useful background figures to people of influence, and his wife. With his new position came money, which he spent on the land which he then built Musgrave Hall on. Late 1500s.

Two more prominent Holmeses. Early-mid 1700s.

Another Holmes.

House Sentences, Vol. 10

(Sentences from House (2004-2012). Adjust phrasing where needed)

"The past is the past. It's why I don't like talking about it."

"It's illegal. People go to jail for that. Pay huge fines."

"Your stunned look, I take it, is your way of saying 'brilliant idea!'"

"I know that this isn't a real marriage, but I really like you..."

"You know, when you're interested in something and nobody else is, the polite thing is to keep it to yourself."

"You always get your way, don't you?"

"You know, there's something seriously wrong with us."

"Why is it so wrong that I don't like to cheat?"

"However much it hurt, I did have a right to break up with you."

"You need to see a shrink. I'm serious."

"If you want to lecture me on my poor judgment, there would seem to be more relevant examples."

"Listen to me, you can't keep going like this. Something has to change."

"I want things to go back to the way they were before we started dating."

"I know one conversation isn't going to solve everything, but it is a start."

"You're miserable and you're angry, and I want you to actually deal with that!"

"You think I have unresolved issues, and that you are the unresolved issues."

"Whatever the reason, it was a bad reason and a bad idea. That's all that matters."

"You don't need to depend on people who are going to let you down!"

"You know, for someone who asks as many favours as you do, you sure don't make any effort to win me over."

"You can read people. You understand them."

"You're really not good at reading people, are you?"

"I'd call you an idiot again, but at this point I'm starting to doubt whether you understand what I mean by the word."

"Running away from home is a time-honoured tradition, but you're not doing it to flee your parents. You're doing it to protect them."

"I like you. I have fun with you. And, if you can honestly say that you don't like me, you don't have fun with me, I can accept that."

"Just do whatever you have to do to get over this. You can punch me in the face, kick me in the nuts. Either/or. Both seems excessive."

"We're going to fundamentally disagree about what it means to read too much into this, aren't we?"

"I'm not sure what you were trying to achieve. I'm never quite sure."

"So, either you're so insecure that you feel like you need to always have the upper hand, or you're so arrogant that the notion of a favour is insulting to you."

"Don't you think it's a little early to be dragging up our baggage in front of each other?"

"Everybody makes mistakes. They just don't usually broadcast all of them at the same time."

"Even the best-intentioned parents end up damaging their kids."

"People respect you. They just don't like you."

"Are you intentionally trying to get me to dislike you?"

"I know you want to believe that this is something we can cure. It's not. I'm sorry."

"You're incapable of human connection, so you want everyone to be like you!"

"I know this is weird for you, but you need to figure out a way to be okay with it."

"It really does suck being you, doesn't it?"

"Friends respect each other's decisions, even if they don't agree with them."

"Loyalty is a tool to get people to do things they don't want to do."

"I have been a disloyal, disrespectful jerk. I should have listened to what you wanted."

"Like it or not, you are a person."

"People don't change. Consciences don't spontaneously develop."

House Sentences, Vol. 9

(Sentences from House (2004-2012). Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Is that a favour to me or to you?"

"I said no, so stop asking me!"

"You're too much of a nice boy. Let's let the bad boy out for a bit!"

"I like being alone - at least, I convince myself that I'm better off that way."

"We're better off alone. We suffer alone. We die alone."

"If there's any chance that we can pretend this never happened, I'd be completely fine with that."

"Why the hell were you naked in the kitchen?"

"You know what happens when you interfere in other people's relationships?"

"I know you're worried about me, and I also know that that kind of unselfishness doesn't come naturally to you, but I don't want your help."

"I should have known that you weren't done sabotaging this."

"Well, at least you're actually taking responsibility for once in your life."

"You're successful, smart, and you attract everything that moves."

"You present yourself as not giving a damn about other people's emotions, but your actions indicate otherwise."

"I told you that I wanted to be happy, and I followed your advice. And instead, I'm just miserable."

"Whatever the answer is, you don't have it."

"I don't love you, so just accept it and move on with your life instead of making everyone miserable!"

"I love you. I wish I didn't, but I can't help it."

"Why do you have to analyze things to death? Why can't you just let it be nice?"

"I know you're screwed up - I know you are always gonna be screwed up - but you're the most incredible man I've ever known."

"It means a lot that you respect me enough to do this."

"Just to be clear, this whole little act isn't gonna work. I need an apology. Not flattery."

"I've come to realize that I love you even more than I thought I did."

"You led me into temptation, and I followed."

"If everybody lies, then trust is not only unfounded and pointless, it's fictional."

"Did you sedate my mother?"

"There's nothing worse than loving someone who's never going to stop disappointing you."

"You know, you turned out remarkably close to normal, considering the genes in play."

"I am not giving you advice just so you can distort it to suit your own warped world view!"

"You're really not good with nuance, are you?"

"If you're going to dress like an Italian hooker, at least let it be this year's Italian hooker."

"If you didn't want to be insulted, you wouldn't have invited me."

"If you're emotionally invested, you cannot make rational decisions."

"You lied to me and betrayed me. Do you think I really care what you consider a good idea anymore?"

"You know, I've got to tell you, there is bossy - which can be sexy - and then there's bitchy."

"Can I ask you a question? Are you insane or just stupid?"

"Haven't you ever done something in a relationship you wish you could take back?"

"I used to think the whole brooding thing was just part of your work persona, but now I know you need to lighten up."

"If I had to choose between saving everyone, and loving you and being happy, I would choose you. I choose being happy with you."

"You choose yourself over everybody else over and over again, because that's just who you are."

"So, you don't want to just avoid the issue? You want to avoid avoiding the issue?"

"When things go wrong, I don't want to hope that I'm not alone."

"Why don't you move back in with me? At least until you get back on track."

House Sentences, Condensed

(Sentences from House (2004-2012). Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Isn't treating patients why we became doctors?"

"Truth begins in lies."

"I can't just break into someone's house!"

"Pain'll make you do stupid things."

"You're not a very nice doctor, are you?"

"When did I give you the impression that I care?"

"I’ve been a doctor for years; why do I have to keep assuring people that I know what I’m doing?"

"How many of those pills are you taking?"

"I can’t believe you authorised this!"

"Oh, I’m sorry, I thought we were having a state-the-obvious contest."

"Did you need to be so cruel?"

"You know, there are other ways to manage pain."

"You’re going through withdrawal."

"I said I was an addict. I didn't say I had a problem."

"You think you’re incapable of making a mistake?"

"It must be miserable always assuming the worst in people."

"It’s a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies."

"Work smart, not hard. That's my philosophy."

"Can you please be a human being for one minute and talk to me?"

"Have you even read an ethical guideline?"

"Are you hallucinating?"

"You are not healthy!"

"That was one of the stupidest things you have ever done!"

"I live in pain. Pain that on good days is merely intolerable and on bad ones will suck the life-force right out of you."

"You find fault in everybody because you're afraid to look at yourself."

"Is this a real case, or one of those imaginary cases that happen when you’re bored?"

"I approve of your shamelessness."

"You're an idiot! You nearly killed yourself!"

"Does everybody around here have trust issues?"

"Are you going to tell me what's wrong with me or not?"

"You spread misery because you can't feel anything else."

"I know you're scheming."

"I should have known that you weren't done sabotaging this."

"Well, at least you're actually taking responsibility for once in your life."

"However much it hurt, I did have a right to break up with you."

"You need to see a shrink. I'm serious."

"If you want to lecture me on my poor judgment, there would seem to be more relevant examples."

"You're miserable and you're angry, and I want you to actually deal with that!"

"You can read people. You understand them."

House Sentences, Vol. 7

(Sentences from House (2004-2012). Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Physically, you're fine. Mentally, you're weird."

"You're losing it. That's what happens when you have kids. Ceaseless crying and nagging leads to irrational fears."

"Why do you even care if I have a baby? It's not like I'm ever gonna ask you to babysit!"

"I know this is awkward, but we need to talk."

"There's a reason that we've evolved a feeling of awkwardness. It tells us not to talk about things."

"The benefit of being boss is that I don't have to argue."

"Any relationship that doesn't end in a breakup ends in death. Everything falls apart in the end."

"Are you saying you want to date me?"

"Trust me, everybody will be happier if we aren't dating."

"You need to know everything because you're afraid of being wrong."

"Can you honestly tell me you've never done anything hypocritical?"

"Why do you try so hard to get my attention?"

"I think we're supposed to kiss now..."

"It's a bad idea to get into a power play with somebody who holds the power."

"Just tell her how you feel! If you won't, then I will!"

"You really passed your psych rotation?"

"I think you're confusing nice and evil again."

"Why do people get married?"

"You really don't have to keep buying me things."

"You act like you don't care about anyone, but here you are saving lives."

"I don't think you're looking for somebody to prove you right. I think you're looking for somebody to prove you wrong - to give you hope."

"Everything that happened to you can be rationally explained."

"I have issues with authority. You?"

"Why do you care if I'm happy?"

"You're afraid of change. The one thing you have is your intellect. You think if that's compromised, you have nothing."

"I don't mean to be abrasive, especially since you're such a pleasure to imagine naked."

"Your voice is no longer attractive to me with that note of disapproval."

"Has it ever occurred to you that when I don't share something, it might not be meant as a challenge? It might just mean that I'd like there to be one molecule of my life that goes unexamined by you?"

"Cat brains are always in alpha mode. The few scientific tests that have seemed to confirm psychic phenomena, that's where it takes place."

"I get it. You're a little nuts, aren't you?"

"God's mistakes are well documented."

"I'm proposing that you should propose to me."

"Being drunk doesn't change who you are - it just reveals it."

"Every time I go to one of your parties, I end up embarrassing myself in some new and unexpected way."

"Are you going to ignore me all day again?"

"Apologies aren’t supposed to make you feel better. They’re supposed to make the other person feel better."

"You want to kiss me, don't you?"

"Why is it always reasonable in your world to take an emotional problem and sidestep it by turning it into a mechanical problem?"

"You have the luxury of not caring about your image, but I do not!"

"I can smile through gritted teeth and play nice, but there are serious risks of violence involved in that choice."

"Are you ready to play nice?"

"I know you're scheming."