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My discord is starting a bi(possibly tri)monthly bookclub

“Honest to goodness, I hate you.”

“I just found out the reason for all those telephone calls.”

“It couldn't have gone better.”

“Don't turn around! Keep your eyes on the book.”

“My nerves are being torn to shreds.”

“Don't you sometimes hate yourself?”

“This is solid gold!”

“What were you, a child actress?”

“That's the saddest thing I ever heard.”

“I will now kiss that nose of yours, if you please.”

“How old are you, anyway?”

“The first time you see me coming any closer, I want you to take off a shoe and clunk me on the head with it.”

“Are you doing a little spying in your off hours?”

“And we're not helping her any, feeding her lies and more lies.”

“What happens when she finds out?”

“I made her a star, and I cannot let her be destroyed.”

“Is it a woman? I know it's a woman. Who is she?”

“What's wrong with you tonight? What is it?”

“Stop crying, will you?”

“I did it because I need you. I need you as I've never needed you before.”

“Don't just stand there hating me! Shout at me! Strike me! But don't hate me. Say you don't hate me.”

“If you don't remember the face, you must have heard the name.”

“Now, get your things together and let's get out of here.”

“Look, sweetie, be practical.”

“May I come in, [ NAME ]? I've stopped crying.”

“You think I made that up about the gun, don't you?”

“I suppose you don't think I have the courage!”

“There's nothing tragic about being fifty.”

“Stars are ageless, aren't they?”

“They must have photographed me a thousand times.”

“Then they got a couple of pruning hooks from the garden and fished me out”

“Tell them to go fly a kite!”

“And I promise you, I'll never desert you again!”

“It’s about five o’clock in the morning.”

“That's the homicide squad, complete with detectives and newspaper men.”

“Maybe you’d like to hear the facts. The whole truth.”

“You say the cutest things.”

“I knew they’d be coming around and wasn’t taking any chances.”

“Are you trying to be funny? Cause I’m all out of laughs.”

“I'm over a barrel. I need a job! I haven't got a thing.”

“So you need $300. Of course I could give you $300 – only I'm not going to.”

“I took inventory of my prospects. They now add up to exactly zero.”

“It was a great big white elephant of a place.”

“You there! Why are you so late?”

“Why have you kept me waiting so long?”

“If you need any help with the coffin, call me.”

“He always liked fires and poking at them with a stick.”

“I've made up my mind we'll bury him in the garden.”

“Any city laws against that?”

“Haven't I seen you before? I know your face.”

“I am big. It's the pictures that got small.”

“There was a time in this business when they had the eyes of the whole wide world. But that wasn't good enough for them.”

“Well, you've made a rope of words and strangled this business!”

“Next time I'll bring my autograph album along. Or maybe a hunk of cement and ask for your footprint.”

“Intimate, isn't it?”

“I'm not afraid.”

“It meant so much to her.”

“Later on, just for comedy relief, the real guy arrived with the baby coffin.

“He must have been a very important chimp.”

“By then, I'd started concocting a little plot of my own.”

“I'd have to have somebody I could trust.”

“I like Sagittarians. You can trust them.”

“Why shouldn't you stay here?”

“And there should be plenty of money in it.

“This room hasn't been used for a long time.”

“It was all very queer.”

“I couldn’t see his face.”

“Hey, you! [ NAME ], whatever your name is, what are my things doing here?

“Who said you could? Who asked you to?”

“Do you want this job or don't you?”

“I wanted to get out of there as quickly as I could.”

“Put it back.”

“I didn't argue with her.”

“Plain crazy when it came to that one subject.”

“The plain fact is she’s afraid of that world outside.”

“Sometimes as we watched, she'd clutch my arm or my hand.”

“Still wonderful, isn't it?”

“Empty the ashtray, will you, dear?”

“There are some men outside, they asked for you.”

“I want to talk to you for a minute.”

“Now what is it? Where's the fire?”

“Now you're being silly.”

“That's a dreadful shirt you're wearing.”

“And I certainly don't want you buying them for me.”

“How about some evening clothes?”

“I don't need a tuxedo.”

“You need them for New Year's Eve.”

“Whose room was this?”

“What's this with the door? There isn't any lock.”

“How come? There must be a reason.”

“The doctor suggested it.”

“Poor devil.”

“You look absolutely divine!”

“Well, I'm not going to wear earrings, I can tell you that.”

“Shouldn't we wait for the others?”

“There are no other guests. We don't want to share this night with other people.”

“Hold me tighter.”

“Here. I was going to give it to you at midnight.”

“Shut up. I’m rich.”

“I'm richer than all this new Hollywood trash.”

“What right do you have to take me for granted?”

“Has it ever occurred to you that I may have a life of my own?”

“What you're trying to say is you don't want me to love you.”

“I just had to get out of there.”

“You know [ NAME ], the well-known screenwriter, uranium smuggler and Black Dahlia suspect.”

“Hey, wait a minute. Go easy on that punch bowl.”

“No, I mean, can you put me up for a couple of weeks?”

“I've been hoping to run into you.”

“What for? To recover that knife you stuck in my back?”

“I said you could have my couch. I didn't say you could have my girl.”

“Maybe that's why it's good. It's true. It's moving.”

“How about living it up a little?”

“I'll get us a refill of this horrible liquid.”

“I didn't want to hurt you. You've been good to me.”

“Why don't you just say ‘thank you’ and go?”

“Nobody here can give you any information.”

“This is the day. Here's the chart from my astrologer.”

“Scripts don't sell on astrologer's charts.”

“You don't know how glad I am to see you!”

“Would you believe me if I told you I stayed with a sick friend?”

“They never even heard of you.”

“The accent! I get it! This guy's in the pay of a foreign government.”

“Nothing's the matter. I'm having a great time. Show me some more.”

“Give me this. I need it for a mustache.”

“You know better than to interrupt me.”

“Now! Now, do you believe me?”

“He says it's very important.”

“She was a terror to work with.”

“I hope you haven't lost your sense of humor.”

“I had no idea how much I'd missed it.”

“I don't care about the money.”

“What's so funny about it?”