PAINT THE ROSES RED !

she     hadn't     been     expecting     that     question,     and     really,     she     wasn't     sure     she     had     a     solid     answer     for     that.     ❝     we...     don't     know?     ❞     she     says,     opting     for     the     truth     for     once.     ❝     scared?     nervous?     excited,     maybe?     ❞

❝    oh,    yeah,    that's    actually    the    point.    ❞    red    says,    shrugging    her    shoulders,    evil    little    smile    spreading    across    her    features.    ❝    gotta    keep    all    the    creatures    of    wonderland    fed,    right?    ❞

she    does    her    best    not    to    sneer    at    the    auradonian,    looking    him    up    and    down.    ❝    no,    not    particularly.    ❞    she    says    after    a    moment,    shrugging    her    shoulders.

The Great Gatsby Sentences

(Sentences from The Great Gatsby (2013). Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Back then, all of us drank too much."

"Hey! What say after dinner we go into town?"

"Would you like to hear a family secret?"

"Shh, don't talk! I want to hear what happens!"

"Your daughter, I suppose she talks and eats and everything?"

"All the bright, precious things fade so fast, and they don't come back."

"Do you want to sit on the sideline and watch, or do you want to play ball?"

"Neither of them can stand who they're married to."

"I don't know how I got home, but I had the distinctly uneasy feeling that somebody was watching me."

"Alone, and a little embarrassed, I decided to get roaringly drunk."

"I heard he killed a man once."

"This house and everything in it are all part of an elaborate disguise."

"I like large parties. They're so intimate."

"Rich girls don't marry poor boys."

"I'm afraid I haven't been a very good host."

"Young men don’t just drift coolly out of nowhere."

"What is your opinion of me anyhow?"

"I don't want you to get the wrong impression from all those bizarre accusations you must be hearing!"

"I don't want you to think I'm just some nobody."

"I’m going to make a very big request of you today."

"Looking at my tie pin? It's the finest species of human molar."

"The way he looked at her is the way all girls want to be looked at."

"Look here, you don't make much money do you?"

"Why did I have to come alone? Are you in love with me?"

"Did you ransack a greenhouse?"

"I'm certainly glad to see you again."

"You're acting like a little boy! You're being rude!"

"I wish I had done everything on earth with you."

"I wish that it could always be like this."

"I don’t think I recognise a single person here."

"Is all this made entirely from your own imagination?"

"I wish we could just run away."

"Remember how much fun we used to have? Why can’t we just have fun like that again?"

"You can't repeat the past? Why, of course you can!"

"I knew it was a great mistake for a man like me to fall in love."

"Now see here, if you're going to make personal remarks, then I won't stay a minute."

"Why, how could I love him, possibly?"

"You're nothing but a goddamn coward!"

Sad Sentences, Vol. 9

(Sad sentences from various sources. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Sometimes, I wake up in the middle of the night, and for a second, I forget who I am."

"We all come out of this a lot less human than we went in."

"Don't you get any kind of feeling at all when we're like this?"

"Since when did I become my father?"

"It's going to be one of those nights, isn't it?"

"When have you ever had a lasting relationship?"

"Do you ever imagine what it's like to die?"

"Did you ever know the right thing to do and then you hesitated, and then it was too late?"

"Look me in the eye and tell me it meant nothing."

"I don't want to be a burden to you..."

"How can your whole world change, but the neighbourhood you grew up in stays just as you left it?"

"I always understood, you know, and I have forgiven you. You just need to forgive yourself."

"I wish I had done everything on earth with you."

"You can't hide out here forever, you know. You have to go home sometime."

"I wonder if you even know you're lying."

"The more you know about people, the more you appreciate dogs."

"I haven't been like this in a long time. Years."

"I've killed more human beings than I care to remember."

"None of us go on forever."

"Forget you ever knew me. Never come here again."

"I'm sorry, I should have listened."

"I'm not the man you think I am."

"I knew it was a great mistake for a man like me to fall in love."

"It's not my first choice, but it's my only choice."

"I was thinking today about missed opportunities."

"I just wanted to be your friend."

"I'd do anything to help you - you know that - but I don't think I can do this."

"I wish we could just run away."

"You ever been in some place you couldn't leave but you couldn't stay, both at the same time?"

"Of all the lies people tell themselves, I bet that's the most common."

"I didn't spot it. I made a mistake."