we have always lived in the castle.
dialogue prompts from we have always lived in the castle by shirley jackson.
i have had to be content with what i had.
a pretty sight, a lady with a book.
i wish you were all dead.
never let them see that you care.
if you pay any attention, they'll only get worse.
it's wrong to hate. it only weakens you.
they tell me you're moving away.
i wish you would not sit so close to me.
did you ever hear anything like the gossip in this town?
i have a little house, all by myself, on the moon.
you go pick on someone else.
there won't be any peace around here until you go.
i wanted them doubled up and crying on the ground in front of me.
can't you make them stop?
i'm always so happy when you come home.
i'm always happy to get home.
i'm getting better all the time, i think.
is there anything you need? anything we can do?
sooner or later, i will have to take a first step.
you have a right to be happy. come back into the world.
you've done penance long enough.
no one would recognize you in the city, you know.
you'll need some clothes.
i don't listen to their gossip, and i hope you don't.
nine-tenths of that feeling is just your imagination.
it could be said that there is danger everywhere.
there is such a thing as good taste.
i'm sure i don't think of myself as suffering.
you say you have never tasted arsenic? it is not agreeable.
i cannot remember when i have taken to anyone as i have to _____.
____ wants to reform you.
i can't help it when people are frightened; i always want to frighten them more.
maybe there will be a tulip open today.
it's terrible to be old, and just lie here wondering when it will happen.
we'll always be here together, won't we?
don't you ever want to leave here?
the world is full of terrible people.
look, you've got to let me in.
go and look. ____ isn't there.
can't it all be forgotten? there's no point in keeping those memories alive.
i never feel quite comfortable when you're away.
i have not been doing my duty. i have been hiding here.
how long has it been since you combed your hair?
i have decided to ask you to please go away.
you are the silliest person i ever saw.
i should have done everything differently.
don't go around taking other people's things.
you are evil. you are a ghost and a demon.
i see no cause for this hysteria.
i'll be back as fast as i can get help. don't panic.
don't watch. don't watch them.
can they see me? is anyone looking?
it's all over. it's all right. all right now.
i am going to put death in all their food and watch them die.
we are on the moon at last.
i thought i dreamed it all.
i'm glad to be here. thank you for bringing me.
it was all my fault. somehow it was all my fault.
come and talk to me. i want to see you.
everything's all right. really, it is. we're going to forget all about it.
are you hurt? sick? do you need help?
listen. no one's going to hurt you.
you can't just let people go on worrying and worrying about you.
i wanted you to forget about it. i never wanted to speak of it, ever, and i'm sorry i did.
we'll never talk about it again. never.
it is not quite as i supposed it would be.
i must say you never looked so bright before.
no one knows for sure if there's anyone inside or not. the local people tell some tall tales.
i wonder if i could eat a child, if i had the chance.
poor strangers. they have so much to be afraid of.
