before the devil breaks you ( book 3 of the diviners series ) - libby bray sentence starters
change tenses/pronouns as needed !! some lines have been edited for clarity / length / ease of roleplaying
tw ; death , violence
‘the last thing we need is a panic. panic breeds danger.’
‘i’ve never pretended I wasn’t looking out for myself.’
‘we’ve got bigger fish to fry. bigger than you and me. can we agree on that?’
‘I hate to say it, but you’re making sense.’
‘what do you care? it’s not like you want me, right?’
‘incredible. you actually worked up a little angry spit in the corner of your mouth right there.’
‘i’d rather have you on my side than against me.’
‘I know what it is to lose someone. but when they’re gone, they’re gone. we learn to live without them. to let go. to move forward.’
‘i’m just not accustomed to trusting people.’
‘you know there’s a ghost after you, don’t you?’
‘don’t lose hope. you anchor me. if you lose hope, well, I might, too.’
‘rules exist for a reason. even within disobedience, we need order.’
‘I am my own person. and I wish you could see me, the true me.’
‘I didn’t tell you because I didn’t know what you’d think of me.’
‘not a day goes by that I don’t regret that choice.’
‘do you think I’m selfish?’
‘oh, I see. It only counts if everyone knows about it.’
‘don’t you get enough attention?’
‘if this kills me I’ll never forgive you.’
‘when did you develop a conscience?’
‘I hate having a conscience. very inconvenient.’
‘you can’t bring back what’s gone.’
‘you said you wanted the truth. well truth is complicated.’
‘it’s the truth. ignore it at your peril.’
‘it feels like there’s this hole in the center of me, and I keep trying to fill it but I don’t know how. like there’s a part of me that’s just been erased.’
‘I got no story. i’m making it up as I go along.’
‘i’m glad I’m part of your story.’
‘it was honest. that’s how much I love you.’
‘you wanna be real friends or pretend friends?’
‘from this day forward, you are a ghost to me. I don’t even see you.’
‘are you saying that to give me to heebie - jeebies? because if you are, it’s working.’
‘expect the worst is my motto. saves on disappointment.’
‘that’s how you behave like a human. take notes so you can remember.’
‘do you think some places just hold onto evil? that you can’t paint it or wash it away? it lives on, no matter what you build on top?’
‘I don’t know if I want to kiss you or kill you.’
‘I love you. I want to save us both. come with me.’
‘i’m sorry. I shouldn’t have asked you to stay. I can’t expect you to risk your life for me.’
‘I don’t like basements. nothing good happens in basements.’
‘you’re sad and you’re lying about it.’
‘everybody lies. it’s how we get along in this world.’
‘I don’t talk about sad things.’
‘you’re not wicked. somebody is, but it’s not you.’
‘I thought you didn’t want to be with me.’
‘does that mean you do want to be with me?’
‘where’d you learn to do that? I wanna send that person a thank-you note.’
‘why be a man when you can be a king?’
‘do you imagine you can rid yourself of me? you have created me!’
‘will you always have to steal what you want?’
‘perhaps you enjoy going through life invisible, though I suspect you yearn for much more.’
‘where does power lie? in wealth? in titles?’
‘it’s so hard to know what the truth is. it shifts, depending on who’s telling it and when.’
‘that is a lie you tell yourself so you can sleep at night!’
‘stop telling me what I have a right to feel and start telling me the truth!’
‘there are choices you make, things you do, that you don’t know are wrong when you do them. only time gives you that perspective.’
‘I hate you for what you’ve done. i’ll hate you till my dying day!’
‘i’m so angry. so, so angry. I want to punch at the world and keep punching, but what good would it do?’
‘I think I’ve been clear. you and I are over. it’s been over for some time.’
‘you know what? when I said you could never hurt me, I was wrong.’
‘if it’s coming for one of us, then it’s coming for all of us.’
‘you don’t know what it’s like to take another man’s life. it changes you. you can’t ever get yourself back, not the same way.’
‘I believe in this right here. I got you. you got me. we got us.’
‘sometimes I think maybe I would like to burn it all down. start over. make different rules for the world.’
‘you can’t stop evil. you can only push back as hard as you can.’
‘I adore you. the truth is, i’d be lost without you.’
‘I know what a toll thinking takes on you.’
‘why do you have to ruin everything?’
‘I don’t know if I want to be touched in that way. I don’t know if my love is a physical love.’
‘the question is this: haven’t you been hurt enough?’
‘I was trying to protect you.’
‘I knew you’d come after me. I knew you’d try to make it right.’
‘you’re gonna make a fine mother / father someday.’
‘they say that those who don’t heed the lessons of the past are doomed to repeat them.’
‘you thought telling them the truth would make a difference. now they just hate you for telling them the truth.’
‘people want to be safe, not free.’
‘it feels as if nothing matters. truth, honor, trying to do what’s right. none of it matters.’
‘I just need something that doesn’t feel like a lie.’
‘i’m not perfect. i’m a handful. but you know what? so are you.’
‘what if I love you and you go away?’
‘I want you to hurt. I want to see you suffer. like you made me suffer.’
‘now you’re just trying to annoy me.’
‘it felt like the time for gallant speechifying. I rose to the moment rather well, I think.’
‘I won’t let you do this.’
‘no one listens to reason. they only pay attention to force.’
‘what you’re doing isn’t change. not the kind that matters. it’s anarchy. it’s terror.’
‘I don���t know everything, but I do know this—- bombs and guns and threats—- won’t make for a better world. just a more frightened and angry one.’
‘sometimes it feels like … like the world has given up on me.’
‘I should have stopped her. I should have done something,’
‘soon I will take all you love and watch you burn.’
‘you don’t know the fire you play with.’
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this is your gentle reminder to stop fighting against your adhd and instead structure your life around it
buy a pack of chapsticks and put one in the pocket of all of your coats and jackets because you always forget to bring one and chapped lips is sensory hell
leave important things where you can see them. if they go in a box or a drawer you will forget they exist
put any appointments or deadlines in your phone calendar As Soon As you get them. set a reminder for a week before, a day before, an hour before, as many as you need as often as you need them.
when that little voice in your head says "i dont need to write that down, ill remember it" that is the devil talking!!! write it down anyway!!
plan for down time. have a few hours at the end of every day to just do fun stuff like engage in your hyperfixations. even if you didnt get all of your work done that day, have the rest anyway. you probably spent the whole day beating yourself up for not doing what you Should be doing, so you still need the break.
if you never eat vegetables because its too much effort to chop and cook them, get the frozen or canned shit. it doesnt go off for ages and you just have to microwave it. theres no point buying fresh vegetables if they just keep going off and being left to rot in the bottom of your fridge
if you struggle to decide what to have for dinner every day, take the decision out of it. choose a set of meals and eat those on rotation until you get sick of them, then choose some new ones and do it again.
its not stupid if it works! our brains literally have a chemical deficiency. you are allowed to accommodate yourself. go forth and stop making your life more difficult than it has to be because "this shouldn't be this hard". it is hard, so make it easier.
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