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amusinguproar · 5 years ago
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     COYOTE STORIES | THE CRANE WIVES      SENTENCE STARTERS | PART 2
006 -- ROCKSLIDE
“ i hear a rumblin’, honey. “
“ this wild weather’s got the mountain shakin’ weak. “
“ i know you long to plant your feet. “
“ we best get a move on, or the devil we will meet. “
“ i feel a quakin’, honey. “
“ rocks are a - tumblin’ while the people are asleep. “
“ i pray the day my soul to keep. “
“ drop dead sprint, my darlin’, now! “
“ don’t look back now, honey, just try to breathe. “
“ that monster’s comin’ and it don’t care for you or me. “
“ the angels we may someday see. “
007 -- METAPHOR
“ i’ve gotten good at leaning on metaphor. “
“ i’ve gotten good at living on someone else’s page. “
“ i’ve cut my teeth on secondhand sentiments. “
“ you can’t trust a single thing i say. “
“ i keep my closet free of skeletons ‘cause i’m much better at digging graves. “
“ i always dig up bones in your sympathy. “
“ i can’t trust a single thing you say. “
“ you won’t like the scars he put in me. “
“ i’ve gotten good at making up metaphors. “
“ i’ve gotten good at stretching the truth out of shape. “
“ all these words are sweet and meaningless. “
008 -- THE HAND THAT FEEDS
“ i’ve seen good men spoil. “
“ they work and sleep and work again. “
“ in their darkest nights, they howl. “
“ their cries are a warning. “
“ no man should stand to work all of his days and have nothing at the end of them. “
“ i’ve got no money but the change that jangles in my pockets. “
“ i am powerless to stop it. “
“ it keeps rambling on like a mad, wandering man. “
“ my dear papa gave me lessons in regret. “
“ the hand that feeds deserves to be bitten. “
“ he taught me how to break my chains. “
“ i may never be a rich man, but i can make sure i’m free. “
009 -- LITTLE SOLDIERS
“ it was a march we made towards ruin and despair. “
“ i swear that i loved you. “
“ ‘neath the table you would offer up my bones. “
“ i’d drag dirt through every room inside our home. “
“ you still held me at night. “
“ we didn’t give up ; we wouldn’t surrender. “
“ it was an honest loss. “
“ the aftermath will ring with songs you’ve sung. “
“ i fought with tooth and nail before the flag had flown. “
“ you were already gone. “
010 -- SLEEPING GIANTS
“ i feel the mountains shifting under me. “
“ i hear something calling me. “
“ the moon is humming lovely melodies. “
“ the trees are crowing hungry harmonies. “
011 -- OF EVERLONG
“ ‘twas there i wrote me a sad, sad song. “
“ if my lover will not hear it, take my voice and take my spirit. “
“ leave me wicked and dig my hole. “
“ only my lover, not i, can keep my soul. “
you can change pronouns and/or names as needed! <3
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amusinguproar · 5 years ago
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     COYOTE STORIES | THE CRANE WIVES      SENTENCE STARTERS | PART 1
001 -- KEEP YOU SAFE
“ my nerves ran wild when i watched my friends rise to the top of the trees. “
“ i never climbed at all. “
“ every day i told myself i’m not ready. “
“ nothing worth doing comes easy. “
“ time is not your friend. “
“ time is not your remedy. “
“ no amount of waiting will make you brave. “
“ no amount of fear will keep you safe. “
“ the older i get, the more fears i collect. “
“ i carry them with me. “
“ what if the steps i take turn out to be mistakes? “
“ how can somebody like me learn to say come what may? “
002 -- THE MOON WILL SING
“ i could have been anyone -- anyone else -- before you made the choice for me. “
“ i never gave a single thought to where it might lead. “
“ i made a bed with apathy. “
“ my heart knew the weight of ten years worth of dust and neglect. “
“ we made our peace with weariness. “
“ the moon will sing a song for me. “
“ i loved you like the sun. “
“ i shine only with the light you gave me. “
“ name your courage now. “
“ you hoarded all that’s left of me. “
“ i want to feel the fire that you kept from me. “
003 -- ALLIES OR ENEMIES
“ the words i speak are wildfires and weeds. “
“ they spread like some awful damn disease. “
“ i swear i didn’t mean it. “
“ you owe me ears for dropping eaves. “
“ you caught me in a moment weak. “
“ sometimes i can’t help myself at all. “
“ are we allies or enemies? “
“ remember when i could tell you not to smile when you were mad? “
“ you would always crack, and we’d both be laughing in the end. “
“ you’re not so quick to forget. “
“ all is fair in love and war, but i can’t fight with you anymore. “
“ what happens now? do we have another go? “
“ i’ll admit, i’ve had my doubts. “
“ i want to be let in, not out. “
004 -- UNRAVELING
“ i once loved a tailor. “
“ now my love is gone. “
“ i am left unraveling. “
“ i once loved a gardener. “
“ i am left here withering. “
“ i once loved a carpenter. “
“ i can’t help the fracturing. “
“ i never knew that i needed you. “
“ i once loved a man who kissed me once before he left. “
“ love is gone. “
005 -- HARD SELL
“ i’m trying to make something of myself. “
“ i feel like i’m working with barbed wires and moth wings. “
“ i’m one deep breath away from a breakdown. “
“ the world is hostile, and i’m fragile. “
“ i need someone to kiss the cuts and tell me to keep trying. “
“ is it me? is it really just me? “
“ does everybody have it together or are we all pretending? “
“ i rip myself apart at the seams. “
“ i find one weak spot and start unraveling, hoping i can find a better me. “
“ can we stop pretending now? “
“ can we all admit that we don’t have it figured out? “
you can change pronouns and/or names as needed! <3
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amusinguproar · 5 years ago
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     THE DOLLS OF NEW ALBION, A STEAMPUNK OPERA SENTENCE STARTERS      PART 1
001 -- NEW ALBION 1
“ they had a fierce debate about God and chance. “
“ the game went on all day. “
“ we hear his song each afternoon as he flies by. “
“ there’s prisons made of lead. “
“ to join you have to craft a glass pearl from a young girl’s dream. “
“ a group of thieves broke in the lodge to steal the pearls. “
“ in the morning, they were found there sitting, staring unperturbed. “
“ the twilight fog, they say, an aphrodisiac contains. “
002 -- ANNABEL RAISES THE DEAD
“ please come back to me. there’s so much we could be! “
“ with voltage, i invoke! “
“ please come back from empty cracks and berths of black. “
“ i’m summoning the Ghost. “
“ be my angel. “
“ rescue me. “
“ they kicked me out of school. “
“ i’ve reached the goal! “
“ we can have a life at last! “
“ i grab at heaven’s throat! “
“ i beckon, beg, and cry and laugh. “
“ please come speak to me. “
“ i remember you from school. “
“ you didn’t know i was alive until that one night. “
“ you kissed me. “
“ i was expelled. “
“ you’ve died, but i can bring you back to life! “
“ soon, you’ll speak to me. “
003 -- ANNABEL HAS A DOLL
“ a recently deceased man found himself wound in the land of living again. “
“ he has no voice. “
“ his steel joints barely can bend. “
“ he streams radio broadcasts. “
“ he plays a country station if you give him a pat. “
“ she has a friend who was just dead and yet she brought back. “
“ all you love does not love you. “
“ i have a dolly! “
“ we like to go on walks. “
“ we like to stroll around the park all while he listens to me talk. “
“ i wouldn’t leave my house. “
“ we share a world, which is wonderful to see. “
“ it’s like a dream, where no one calls me failure. “
“ it’s like flowers in the spring. “
“ no matter how i talk to him, he never says a thing. “
“ ice cream and carriages i always thought were nice. “
“ you must be brilliant and the best. “
“ you must be better and industrious, or you are worthless. “
“ he’s mute and just plays the radio. “
“ why’d you bring me here again? “
“ we go to shows, parades, and cabarets, though people stare at me. “
“ i’ve shown that i am brilliant. “
“ i’ve conquered life and death. “
“ the only thing my father said is that one must be a success. “
“ he’s very stabling, if not a little just too distant. “
“ what you hold may wish to go. “
“ all that brings you peace of mind may not stay for a long time. “
“ can’t you speak to me? won’t you speak to me? “
004 -- ANNABEL’S LAMENT
“ the girl learns to hide. “
“ you could have been my angel and rescued me. “
“ of love, you never knew. you just construed, like well - penned plays. “
“ scenes . . . embraces : things you only knew in dreamt up days. “
“ friends came round to waste her time. “
“ children are not what achievers need. “
“ ghosts of dreams, of who you thought you’d one day be when you grew up. “
“ ghost of days that fade away as failure holds your hand ‘til death. “
“ all are derailed and then you failed them. “
“ liquids and labs, fractions and fact, are all that you had. “
005 -- WE BID THE 1ST GENERATION ADIEU
“ defeated now, she sadly creeps back to her lab. “
“ we’ve three more acts to get through. “
“ the future beckons and won’t wait. “
“ the next generation’s on its way. “
“ dead things and broken love stories for us await. “
you can change pronouns and/or names as needed! <3
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     I BROUGHT YOU MY BULLETS, YOU BROUGHT ME YOUR LOVE SENTENCE STARTERS      PART 1
001 -- HONEY, THIS MIRROR ISN’T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE TWO OF US
“ the amount of pills i’m taking, counteracts the booze i’m drinking. “
“ this vanity i’m breaking lets me live my life like this. “
“ well, i find it hard to stay. “
“ oh baby, let me in. “
“ well, i’ll choose the life i’ve taken. “
“ you can cry all you want to. “
“ i don’t care how much you’ll invest yourself in me. “
“ we’re not working out. “
“ you can’t touch my brother. “
“ you can’t keep my friends. “
“ i hope i’m not mistaken by the news i heard. “
“ it’s hard to say i’m shaken by the choices that i make. “
“ i get a little shaken because i live my life like this. “
“ you won’t keep my brother. “
“ you won’t fuck my friends. “
“ i’m knocking. let me in. “
002 -- VAMPIRES WILL NEVER HURT YOU
“ you put the spike in my heart. “
“ if the sun comes up, will it tear the skin right off our bones? “
“ as razor sharp white teeth rip out our necks, i saw you there. “
“ someone get me to a doctor! “
“ someone get me to a church! “
“ you must keep your soul like a secret in your throat. “
“ will it fill our hearts with thoughts of endless night time sky? “
“ can you take this spike? “
“ will it wash away this jet black feeling? “
“ now the nightclub sets the stage. “
“ for this, they come in pairs. “
“ we’ll shoot back holy water like cheap whiskey. “
“ they’re always there. “
“ someone call the nurse! “
“ someone burned the church! “
“ we’re hanging out with corpses. “
“ someone save my soul tonight. “
“ please save my soul! “
“ i’ll never let them hurt you, i promise. “
“ can you stake my heart? “
“ and as always, innocent like roller coasters. “
“ fatality is like ghosts in snow. “
“ you have no idea what you’re up against. “
“ i’ve seen what they look like. “
003 -- DROWNING LESSONS
“ without a sound, i took her down. “
“ as rice grains and roses fall at your feet, let’s say goodbye. “
“ tomorrow, we’ll do it again. “
“ i left her where no one could see. “
“ i stared as this moment was held for me. “
“ i never thought it’d be this way. “
“ all i’m asking for is a thousand bodies piled up. “
“ i’ll keep on making more just to prove that i adore every inch of sanity. “
“ these hands stained red from the times that i’ve killed you. “
“ we can wash down this engagement ring with poison and kerosene. “
“ we’ll laugh as we die. “
“ we’ll celebrate the end of things with cheap champagne. “
“ i wish you away. “
004 -- OUR LADY OF SORROWS
“ we could be perfect one last night and die like star - crossed lovers. “
“ we can settle this affair. “
“ if you would shed your yellow, take my hand. “
“ we’ll solve the mystery of laceration gravity. “
“ please understand it has to be this way. “
“ stand up fucking tall. don’t let them see your back. “
“ take my fucking hand. “
“ we’ve only got one chance to put this at an end and cross the patron saint of switchblade fights. “
“ you said we’re not celebrities. we spark and fade ; they die by threes. “
“ i’ll make you understand. “
“ you can trade me for an apparition. “
“ who put the words in your head? “
“ oh, how wrong we were to think that immortality meant never dying. “
you can change pronouns and/or names as needed! <3
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amusinguproar · 5 years ago
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I like to think that maybe he--as Aristotle did--would bring up a man who would conquer the world.
Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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amusinguproar · 5 years ago
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The Jacobeans had a sure grasp of catastrophe. They understood not only evil, it seemed, but the extravagance of tricks with which evil presents itself as good. I felt they cut right to the heart of the matter, to the essential rottenness of the world.
Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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There is nothing wrong with the love of Beauty. But Beauty--unless she is wed to something more meaningful--is always superficial.
Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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It was because I thought too much, lived too much in the mind. It was hard to make decisions. I felt immobilized.
Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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amusinguproar · 5 years ago
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...my life, for the most part, has been very stale and colorless. Dead, I mean. The world has always been an empty place to me. I was incapable of enjoying even the simplest things. I felt dead in everything I did.
Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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amusinguproar · 5 years ago
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It does not do to be frightened of things about which you know nothing...you are like children. Afraid of the dark.
Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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amusinguproar · 5 years ago
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And besides, is death really so terrible a thing?
Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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amusinguproar · 5 years ago
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Someone who didn't know there was such a thing in the world as Death; who couldn't believe it even when he saw it; had never dreamed it would come to him.
Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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amusinguproar · 5 years ago
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Whatever else one may say about guilt, it certainly lends one diabolical powers of invention.
Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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amusinguproar · 5 years ago
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Murder is pollution. The murderer defiles everyone he comes into contact with. And the only way to purify blood is through blood.
Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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I could lose myself forever in that singular little face, in the pessimism of her beautiful mouth.
Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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...cool but friendly; hesitant; reticent with details; bright, but not as bright as he really was.
Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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Anything is grand if it's done on a large enough scale.
Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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