AMERICAN GODS SENTENCE STARTERS
episode five - lemon scented you.
❝ they did not travel alone. their god came with them. ❞
❝ the barriers were thinner, then, between people and their gods. ❞
❝ the gods are great, but people are greater. ❞
❝ gods live, and gods die. ❞
❝ hey, baby. what are you doing here ? ❞
❝ i was just … seeing if you were real. ❞
❝ don’t think that anything that you gotta say or do, including dying, is going to distract from the subject at hand. ❞
❝ to what degree do you want to know, i mean, do you want to know everything, or do you want to know the broad strokes, so to speak ? ❞
❝ how long did you wait ? ❞
❝ you know what they say about grief. next to every cemetery’s a motel. ❞
❝ once we did it, we’d already done it, and there was no undoing it. ❞
❝ were you going to leave me for him ? ❞
❝ i decided to give him a goodbye blow job. you know ? one last time with feeling. ❞
❝ i thought it might be nice if i were warm to the touch, in the event that you were thinking of touching me. or kissing me. ❞
❝ when i called you, the last time … i had a feeling i was never gonna see you again. ❞
❝ i had this feeling in my stomach that something was wrong. there is a big storm rolling across the country right now and nothing feels okay. ❞
❝ this feels okay. you and me. ❞
❝ i tasted that. i felt that. i felt something. i felt ––– like, alive. do i feel alive ? ❞
❝ you know, you’ve gotten yourself mixed up in some really weird shit, [ … ]. ❞
❝ i’m watching out for you. ❞
❝ c’mon, one drink. well, that’s a lie. five, six drinks. ❞
❝ you must have questions, and if you don’t, you should. ❞
❝ what’s this about, ma’am ? ❞
❝ why, you pretty thing, you. ❞
❝ you’ve got your transmission and your live wire, but your circuit’s dead. ❞
❝ there is a terror in knowing what [ … ] is about. ❞
❝ [ … ] was suffocating. the spark was smoldering. and then you came along, putting out fire with gasoline. ❞
❝ martyrdom is a popular recruitment tool. ❞
❝ you’re delusional if you think he’s letting go of whatever it is he’s holding onto with a little apology from me. that is one mass fucking delusion. ❞
❝ mass delusions are as old as i am. ❞
❝ they believed it was true, and so it was. ❞
❝ not everyone believed. ❞
❝ not everyone had to believe. just enough. ❞
❝ i think he pissed off some big time bombers, and whether you realize it or not, you’re about to get hit by the shrapnel. ❞
❝ you wouldn’t believe me if i told you. ❞
❝ you have my attention. ❞
❝ now, [ … ] , he’s been against all this from the get go, but he’s at a disadvantage, being as he is a fucking idiot. ❞
❝ you have very extravagant enemies. ❞
❝ oh, you got me curious. i’d like to know what you know. ❞
❝ i’m a big girl. i can make my own mistakes. ❞
❝ the dead can’t own things. ❞
❝ damn his dark eyes. gave it a-fucking-way! it wasn’t his to give! ❞
❝ i’m gonna ask you some questions, and i’d like for you to answer me honestly. however, if i feel like you’re not being honest, i’m gonna kick you in the nuts. and i want you to know that the last time i kicked a guy in the nuts, my foot didn’t stop until it reached his throat. ‘kay ? ❞
❝ who said ? use your words. ❞
❝ you can’t take it, can you ? i have to give it to you freely, right ? ❞
❝ oh, you’re a fucking asshole. ❞
❝ you’re afraid. i thought you weren’t afraid of anything. ❞
❝ i’m as colorful as the story i’m telling. ❞
❝ we have no business with you. ❞
❝ it’s just as easy to fall in love with a rich man as a poor man. ❞
❝ i have to start with an apology. i’ve been remiss ––– i should have reached out to you ages ago. but to be honest, i didn’t see you. not clearly. not like this, here, now, in person. you. are. huge. it’s a pleasure to meet you. ❞
❝ i already know you. you’re a person. i know people. everything, about all of them. ❞
❝ you have a name. [ … ]. you have a blood type, and a recurring nightmare. ❞
❝ everything that happens is recorded and restored and recalled. the book of life. ❞
❝ is he still sulking ? ❞
❝ would you like to hit him a bit ? knock out his front teeth ? ❞
❝ technology is evolving. we’re all evolving. i would be honored to evolve with you. ❞
❝ you’re offering a truce ? ❞
❝ a truce implies we were ever at war. you might have been, but i wasn’t. ❞
❝ wouldn’t you like an upgrade ? a brand new, lemon scented you. ❞
❝ you say merger. i hear exile. ❞
❝ it’s not our fault they found other ways to occupy their time. ❞
❝ that’s all you do. occupy their time. we gave back. we gave them meaning. ❞
❝ this man is older than you will ever be. he has wisdom, he has knowledge, which is different, and you would know if you had either. this man deserves our respect. ❞
❝ was this real ? did that just happen ? ❞
❝ it’s still happening. ❞
❝ what story are they gonna tell here ? ❞