ASSORTED ASKBOX PROMPTS featuring the dialogue of films and literature in the PERIOD DRAMA genre, including the works of Jane Austen, Little Women (2019), The Great (2020), Anne With An E (2017), Enola Holmes, and more!
CHANGE gendered words and in-universe phrases as needed
SPECIFY muse for multimuses.
β A young woman should be free to follow her heart. β
β Either we escape tonight or we say goodbye forever. β
β Your life is still in danger. β
β You bewitched me from the very first moment we met. β
β I too have known heartache and betrayal. β
β My dear girl, donβt you know that Iβm in love with you? β
β You donβt know what it is to be without power. β
β Actually, for once, I think that there is some small value in what you say. β
β If I changed at all, it was because of you. β
β Sometimes, I think you couldnβt possibly be real. β
β I just canβt live without you. β
β Just because my dreams are different than yours does not mean that theyβre unimportant. β
β I cannot stop thinking of you. β
β I am yours; I have always been yours. β
β A man with charm is an entertaining thing. β
β Itβs alright to have anger, but you canβt let that be the ruling factor over your life. β
β You deserve everything your heart desires. β
β Night and day, I dream of you. β
β Dancing is a trust; it is a union. β
β Did you admire me for my impertinence? β
β It is you I cannot sacrifice. β
β I love crying over a good book, donβt you? β
β I love you. Most ardently. β
β There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. β
β When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I donβt have an excellent library. β
β Caring deeply will always be the right thing. β
β I donβt need friends. I have my own company. β
β Evil to some is always good to others. β
β Have a little compassion on my nerves! You tear them to pieces! β
β No man on earth cares for me. β
β I forgive what you have done to me. β
β I do not find it easy to talk to people I donβt know. β
β Men of sense do not want silly wives. β
β I have crossed oceans of time to find you. β
β How I love being a woman. β
β You are a wish come true I never knew I was making. β
β Sometimes, you just have to let people love you. β
β If you want to be heard, you have to make some noise. β
β Iβm so sick of people saying that love is just all that a woman is meant for. β
β Youβre being emotional. Itβs understandable, but unnecessary. β
β I want things to go back to the way they used to be! β
β Wait, they didnβt teach you that in finishing school? β
β Whatever society may claim, they canβt control you. β
β Youβre not rid of me yet. β
β You have no interest in changing a world that suits you so well. β
β Iβve always known that I would marry you. Why should I feel ashamed of that? β
β I donβt want to leave you. β
β No one should be alone all the time. β
β Marriage is both a joy and a place where you will be dealt unbearable griefs. β
β I canβt risk losing anyone else I love. β
β You donβt believe in me. Iβve spent my whole life trying to get you to β¦ and you just donβt! β
β You are a befuddling, strange creature. Everything you are saying is ridiculous. β
β Have you been hiding from me? β
β If anything were to happen to you, I would never be able to live with myself. β
β Itβs pretty obvious now that for us to stay sane, we have to stay together. β
β The world is hard on ambitious girls. β
β Do you truly have feelings for me? β
β I donβt think thereβs any place for me in this world. β
β How do I look? Do I look alright? β
β I want a home. And a family. β
β An I talking too much? People are always telling me that I do, and it seems to cause no end of aggravation. β
β Oh, isnβt it a beautiful morning? β
β It would surely be much more rational if conversation instead of dancing were made the order of they day. β
β You donβt annoy me; you make me nervous. β
β You are an unexpectedly dark character. β
β I have been unpardonably vain and insufferably arrogant. β
β You have to watch your tongue. β
β Iβm so sorry; I donβt understand what you are saying. β
β I donβt understand why youβre being so kind to me. β
β Donβt be defeatist, dear. Itβs very middle class. β
β What is a weekend? β
β We should see more of each other. β
β I look like a prized calf trussed up for auction. β
β Your reputation precedes you. β
β Ever since I was a child, I felt like greatness was in store for me. β
β You donβt look as though youβre struggling. You look β¦ radiant. β
β I will love you until time has lost all meaning. β
β There are many versions of you, and you know that Iβm the only one who sees them all. β
β You aim to rile me. I like it. β
β Will you join me for dinner? β
