dialogue prompts from lost lambs by madeline cash.
i just made all that up to get a rise out of you.
my virtue is post-theocratic.
i don't like talk radio. it feels like eavesdropping.
any pleasure is a guilty one.
children never fail to leave a residue. they're like little snails.
regardless of your gender, you should know how to boil some water.
i don't ask questions, and i'm well-compensated for it.
can we just sit here a minute?
where are you going, all dressed up?
it's always the quiet ones, isn't it?
it's unbecoming to snitch.
some of your mail was delivered to me by mistake.
people like them don't understand people like us.
you're an artist. i could tell right away.
you're not living. you're just enduring.
you eat like a hunter-gatherer.
i feel like we were only young for a summer.
very few things are impossible.
you're too clever for your own good.
you aren't being challenged enough.
education is a system of imposed ignorance.
it's ironic that the punishment for not going to school is... not going to school.
i feel like you're failing to grasp the gravity of this situation.
let me ask you this: do you want to be right, or do you want to be happy?
being right brings me happiness.
sadness can add a depth to beauty.
what do you think's going on in there?
the whole place is soundproof.
so, tell me something about yourself.
i doubt you're ever unserious.
i don't like seeing you this way.
do you want me to make you something to eat?
i don't think i have a talent.
how long have you been standing there?
silences don't make me uncomfortable.
weird. i usually skip anger and go straight to depression.
who has the money for frivolities like mental health?
we're older, but no wiser.
it's the twenty-first century. there are no good cops.
i'm allowed to have a little fun, too, you know.
i don't care for awkward pauses.
you don't seem to suffer from inhibition.
think of something that brings you joy. one thing.
i never fully know what you're talking about.
'beautiful' seems too small to contain you.
perspective isn't just what you see: it's what you plan to do about it.
you don't even know my middle name.
no one can 'make' you feel anything.
something bad happens to everyone, eventually.
nothing bad is going to happen to you.
i got too close to the truth. for that, i must suffer.
i guess i didn't know as much as i thought.
are you wearing my _____?
news travels fast, around here.
mystery is a hop and a skip from misery.
you're sounding like a conspiracy theorist.
i really thought you were different.
this town's going to heck in a hand basket.
you've always cared, in your own way.
nothing good happens after midnight.
would you mind repeating what you just said?
i am the arbiter of my own misery.
who are you? do you even know?
you're being quiet and weird.
i want more from life than this town.
things will never look the way you think they're going to look.
you get used to it. the cameras.
i like a man who doesn't mince words.
do you often disobey instructions?
sometimes, the pot needs stirring. how else are you going to make something?
control what people do, and you're a king. control what people think, and you're a god.
let me get some frozen peas for your hand.
i don't care if you're sorry.
i don't worry about your business, you don't worry about mine.
this is a public street. i have a right to be here.
you will have to live with yourself and the company you keep.
what do you know about who you're protecting?
taking pride in one's work is a lost art.
i wasn't dishonest in the traditional sense.
i'm no stranger to online hostility.
it's like the land has its own memory.
we all make mistakes. saints and sinners alike.
i like you. i think we could work well together.
i think we should have a threesome.
i didn't want to hurt anyone.
i don't really know what to do in this situation.
you would be good at tell-based card games.
i don't like to see anything go to waste.
don't worry about rumors. none of it's true.
i've started to question the very nature of truth.
to say there is no absolute truth is self-refuting.
human beings are confined to their perspectives.
everything is true, from a particular perspective.
some people don't quite fit anywhere.
do you want to be a pussy, or do you want to be a hero?
who's in charge around here?
you're all business and no banter.
are you familiar with the popular adage, 'ignorance is bliss'?
i imagine this is a lot to take in all at once.
i know i was right, but thank you for saying so.
smell the roses and then blow out the candles. that's how you should breathe.
there's biblical precedent for covering your own ass.
you're like a truffle pig for trouble, aren't you?
come on. let's go to the mall and buy something stupid and expensive.