[andolinii]

𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐂𝐊 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒

❛   The mind of the subject will desperately struggle to create memories where none exist   ❜ ❛   One goes into an experiment knowing one could fail. But one does not undertake an experiment knowing one has failed.   ❜ ❛   At least that's something we can agree on.   ❜ ❛   It does seem like a dreadful place to be stranded.   ❜ ❛   Heaven, friend. Or as close as we'll see till Judgment Day.   ❜ ❛   I’m afraid of you.   ❜ ❛   We had a deal! Open this door, right now!   ❜ ❛   So you expect me to shoulder the burden?   ❜ ❛   Just 'cause the city flies don't mean it ain't got its share of fools.   ❜ ❛   Heads? Or tails?   ❜ ❛   I told you...I'm not gonna do it! Now go away.   ❜ ❛   I never find that as satisfying as I'd imagined.   ❜ ❛   I guess you're expecting me... Is anyone here? Hello?   ❜ ❛   Why are you following me?   ❜ ❛   Violence is not the answer! Blood must not be shed.   ❜ ❛   Violence is not a foregone conclusion.   ❜ ❛   I see every sin that blackens your soul.   ❜ ❛   Not all debts can be repaid.   ❜ ❛   Chin up. There's always next time.   ❜ ❛   Prophecy is my business, as blood as yours   ❜ ❛   thy crook is bent and thy path is twisted.   ❜ ❛   It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you. Just sit down, and everything will be fine.   ❜ ❛   Is this some kind of sales pitch? Because I am not interested.   ❜ ❛   I'm a friend. I've come to get you out of here.   ❜ ❛   I don't dance. C'mon, let's go.   ❜ ❛   This will end in blood. But then again, it always does with you, doesn't it? It always ends in blood.   ❜ ❛   Oh, can you smell that? I've never smelled anything like that before, have you?   ❜ ❛   Give a man a little power, he falls in all kinds of love with himself.   ❜ ❛   Coming here was your idea.   ❜ ❛   that fall into the water did you no favors. I'll keep an eye out for something that might ease your pain.   ❜ ❛   Knock it off! Will you stop it? Will you stop it! I'm not here to hurt you.   ❜ ❛   If you're going to be a sore loser, then I shan't do this again.   ❜ ❛   You're a roguish type, what does it look like?   ❜ ❛   Bring us the girl and wipe away the debt.   ❜ ❛   Where did you learn to pick locks?   ❜ ❛   Whatever that was, it's got nothing to do with the job at hand. This job's getting worse all the time.   ❜ ❛   What interest does a prophet have in a bunch of carnies and carousels?   ❜ ❛   I never even heard of this place before I got here.   ❜ ❛   They frown on gardens in my part of town.   ❜ ❛   I don't really understand what I just saw back there, but it sure as hell looks like a shortcut to getting us killed.   ❜ ❛   You've always been different, haven't you? You crave no glory.   ❜ ❛   You see? You're a killer, like it or not.   ❜ ❛   Now that you're out of yours, you might realize cages have their advantages.   ❜ ❛   I can handle whatever comes along. Trust me.   ❜ ❛   A choice is better than none. No matter what the outcome.   ❜ ❛   What happened back there, that...that's not the last of it, is it?   ❜ ❛   Maybe you're the man I remember, maybe not.   ❜ ❛   There's survival...and then there's finding pleasure in the act.   ❜ ❛   Look, you seem like a decent enough sort. That said, the less you know about me, the better.   ❜ ❛   I'm leaving and there's naught you can do to stop me.   ❜ ❛   Me busting you out, what do you think that was? Charity?   ❜ ❛   I got no quarrel with you.   ❜ ❛   Are you afraid of God?   ❜ ❛   I never claimed to be no hero.   ❜ ❛   There's already a fight. Only question is, which side are you on?❜ ❛   Just hold up for a minute! I'm not angry with you.   ❜ ❛   You killed those people. I can't believe you did that...they're all dead... You killed those people.   ❜ ❛   I have no need for one such as you.   ❜ ❛   Don't get too comfortable with my company. You are a means to an end, no more.   ❜ ❛   You’re either a great hero or the worst of scoundrels, depending on who's doing the telling.   ❜ ❛   I am a believer, but I am not a fool.   ❜ ❛   What is the most admirable creature on God's green earth?   ❜ ❛   Does this strike you as good news? It doesn't strike me as good news.   ❜ ❛   I don't much care for you… but I must admit, you know your way around a brawl.   ❜ ❛   Now, now, All I ask is that you finish what you started.   ❜ ❛   Son, I do say I like the cut of your chin.   ❜ ❛   You know, when your name was first passed to me, I wasn't quite sure you were the man for the job.   ❜ ❛   What could people have done to deserve to be locked up in a place like this?   ❜ ❛   You're a lion. But you can't blame me for looking after my own interests, can you?   ❜ ❛   Lions walk with lions, not hyenas.   ❜ ❛   I killed them. They were dead.   ❜ ❛   You must think me some sort of...freak. I must seem ridiculous. ❜ ❛   Like all bastards, we serve it best by smothering it in its crib.   ❜ ❛   Let me tell you about sin.   ❜ ❛   Are you going to just sit there?   ❜ ❛   the biggest sin of all, the mother of all sins, is that we sit back and take it.   ❜ ❛   In this world, you were a martyr.   ❜ ❛   These folk need a better class of hero.   ❜ ❛   This isn't our responsibility - none of it.   ❜ ❛   Why, that sort of ambition will serve you well.   ❜ ❛   I had a role in this catastrophe, if you want to pretend we're innocents in this, then that's your prerogative.   ❜ ❛   I saw you die. Saw it with my own eyes.   ❜ ❛   I know how this feels. Listen, I think you should talk to me.   ❜ ❛   How do you wash away the things that you've done?   ❜ ❛   Once people get their blood up, it ain't easy to settle it down again.   ❜ ❛   This prophecy business... You don't think anyone can really see the future, do you?   ❜ ❛   These are dire times and I could ever so use your aid.   ❜ ❛   That is an oath you cannot keep.   ❜ ❛   If you were to take me back...that's death. Or something so like it, I cannot tell the difference. ❜ ❛   A mother who abandons their child doesn't draw a lot of sympathy in my book.   ❜ ❛   You just got dealt a bad hand. ❜ ❛   The only difference between past and present is semantics.   ❜ ❛   If we could perceive time as it truly was… what reason would grammar professors have to get out of bed?   ❜ ❛   You couldn't have known this would happen.   ❜ ❛   One doesn't expect a picture of one's corpse to come across so lifelessly.   ❜ ❛   Listen to me. what you've been through… ain't nobody in the world deserves that.   ❜ ❛   We are gettin' outta here, you got it? And you're never gonna have to look back.   ❜ ❛   Child! Child! You are the lie that spewed from my womb. You are the lie, the lie, the lie.   ❜ ❛   Some men dream of money, some men dream of love. My father dreamt of a flood of fire.   ❜ ❛   I can see all that would be, might be and must not be.   ❜ ❛   Child, would you like to pray with me?   ❜ ❛   All I ever wanted is to see you live up to your potential.   ❜ ❛   Humanity wrote a bad check, and the flood was the only way to settle the accounts.   ❜ ❛   You'll need to eat sooner or later. If you hold out, you'll just starve to death.   ❜ ❛   God put his faith in men once, too. It seems that we have something in common: disappointment.   ❜ ❛   Why do you ask ‘what’ when the delicious question is ‘when?’   ❜ ❛   All I can do is watch as what I set in motion slides into its terminal stage.   ❜ ❛   Time rots everything, even hope.   ❜ ❛   We're going to cure you.   ❜ ❛   When the body cries out, the spirit listens.   ❜ ❛   Do you hear that screaming? That is the sound of your interference.   ❜ ❛   Is this where you start moralizing? You forget, I know you.   ❜ ❛   What are you going to do to stop me?❜ ❛   You struggle against prophecy, like a stone loosed from a sling.   ❜ ❛   I don't understand. I heard you screaming, I was… I was coming to get you.   ❜ ❛   Do you think...it's possible to redeem the kind of things that we've done?   ❜ ❛   We're doing this together, or I'm doing it alone. Either way, I need to know the thing's been done.   ❜ ❛   Rejoice! Rejoice! Death has no sting.   ❜ ❛   I may be the one who strikes you down, but you've always had a knack for self-destruction. Who's to say you won't beat me to the punch?   ❜ ❛   Some sins can't be forgiven.❜ ❛   I'm not going to let you kill him.   ❜ ❛   I won't abandon you.   ❜ ❛   You come to wipe your slate clean, but time will walk backwards before you find redemption.  ❜ ❛   Everything I've done...I've done to keep you safe.   ❜ ❛   You killed him. What did he mean? Huh? You tell me, what did he mean?   ❜ ❛   Just drop me off if you want to. This isn't your problem.   ❜ ❛   I'm a fool. I've sent mighty armies to stop you; I've rained fire on you from above.   ❜ ❛   Will you do this for me, just...just this one last thing? Please…   ❜ ❛   You thought the streets were paved with gold, but they were paved with blood, sweat and tears.   ❜ ❛   Look at that. Thousands of doors...opening all at once. My god, they're beautiful.   ❜ ❛   Baptism is the rebirth of the spirit...but sometimes the mind gets in the way.   ❜ ❛   There are a million million worlds. All different and all similar. Constants and variables.   ❜ ❛   We swim in different oceans but land on the same shore.   ❜ ❛   Are you ready to have your past erased? Are you ready to have your sins cleansed? Are you ready to be born again?   ❜ ❛   I can see all the doors, and what's behind all the doors.   ❜ ❛   Hey, the deal is off, you hear me? The deal is off!   ❜ ❛   You think a dunk in the river's gonna change the things that I've done?   ❜ ❛   If I don't get caught, it's going to be a very long time before we see each other.   ❜ ❛   Do you hate your wickedness?   ❜ ❛   Are we worth saving if we will not save ourselves?   ❜

[latristereina]

[miss-kt]

[andolinii]

THE GODFATHER SENTENCE STARTERS.  1/- sentences taken from the 1972 movie directed by Francis Coppola.  adjust as needed.

❝   i didn’t protest.   ❞ ❝   i wept. why did i weep?   ❞ ❝   i stood like a fool.   ❞ ❝   why did you go to the police ?   ❞ ❝   tell me anything, but do what i beg you to do.   ❞ ❝   these two boys were brought to trial.   ❞ ❝   what is that ?   ❞ ❝   the judge sentenced them to three years in prison.   ❞ ❝   i want them dead.   ❞ ❝   they went free that same day.   ❞ ❝   that i cannot do.   ❞ ❝   those two bastards, they smiled at me.   ❞ ❝   i’ll give you anything you ask.   ❞ ❝   we’ve known each other many years, but this is the first time you’ve come to me for counsel or for help.   ❞ ❝   i can’t remember the last time you invited me to your house for a cup of coffee.   ❞ ❝    let’s be frank here. you never wanted my friendship.   ❞ ❝   you were afraid to be in my debt.   ❞ ❝   i didn’t want to get into trouble.   ❞ ❝   you didn’t need a friend like me.   ❞ ❝   you don’t ask with respect.   ❞ ❝   why didn’t you come to me first ?   ❞ ❝   you ask me to do murder.  for money.   ❞ ❝   i ask you for justice.   ❞ ❝   that is not justice.   ❞ ❝   your daughter is still alive.   ❞ ❝   let them suffer then.   ❞ ❝   how much should i pay you ?   ❞ ❝   what have i ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully ?   ❞ ❝   if you’d come to me in friendship, that scum would be suffering this very day.   ❞ ❝   if by chance an honest man like yourself should make enemies, then they would become my enemies.   ❞ ❝   then they would fear you.   ❞ ❝   be my friend ?   ❞ ❝   some day, and that day may never come, i’ll call upon you to do a service.   ❞ ❝   accept this justice as a gift.   ❞ ❝   what, are you a dance judge or something ?   ❞ ❝   go take a walk around the neighborhood.   ❞ ❝   do your job.   ❞ ❝   well you watch yourself, alright ?   ❞ ❝   what’s the matter ?   ❞ ❝   i am honored and grateful you have invited me to your home.   ❞ ❝   what can i do for you ?   ❞ ❝   is this necessary ?   ❞ ❝   you understand everything.   ❞ ❝   who should i give this job to ?   ❞ ❝   who else is on the list ?   ❞ ❝   that man over there is talking to himself.   ❞ ❝   see that scary guy over there ?   ❞ ❝   he’s a very scary guy.   ❞ ❝   you look terrific !   ❞ ❝   very nice to meet you.   ❞ ❝   father’s been asking for you.   ❞ ❝   he’s a good lawyer.   ❞ ❝   you like your lasagna ?   ❞ ❝   i pledge my ever-ending loyalty.   ❞ ❝   i’m going to leave you now, because i know you are busy.   ❞ ❝   what’s that outside?   ❞ ❝   they’ve all sent gifts.   ❞ ❝   i told you he was going to come.   ❞ ❝   he’s probably in trouble again.   ❞ ❝   sing a song !   ❞ ❝   you want to meet him ?   ❞ ❝   let’s listen to this song.   ❞ ❝   i wanted to get out of it.   ❞ ❝   how did you do that ?   ❞ ❝   what was that ?   ❞ ❝   made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.   ❞ ❝   he held a gun to his head and assured him either his brains or his signature would be on the contract.   ❞ ❝   that’s my family, it’s not me.   ❞ ❝   that’s a true story.   ❞ ❝   i’ll take care of it.   ❞ ❝   tell him to go to the office.   ❞ ❝   how are you doing ?   ❞ ❝   are you having a good time ?   ❞ ❝   i don’t know what to do.   ❞ ❝   are you in there ?   ❞ ❝   i wouldn’t even have to act.   ❞ ❝   you can act like a man !   ❞ ❝   what’s the matter with you ?   ❞ ❝   is this how you turned out ?   ❞ ❝   what is that nonsense ?   ❞ ❝   you spend time with your family ?   ❞ ❝   a man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man.   ❞ ❝   you look terrible.   ❞ ❝   i want you to eat.   ❞ ❝   i’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.   ❞ ❝   just go outside,  enjoy yourself and forget all this nonsense.   ❞ ❝   i want you to leave it all to me.   ❞ ❝   do we give him something important ?   ❞ ❝   give him a living but never discuss the family business with him.   ❞ ❝   i want you to go tonight.   ❞ ❝   if there’s nothing else, i’d like to go.   ❞ ❝   who the hell are you ?   ❞ ❝   i have a special practice,  i handle one client.   ❞ ❝   you have my number,  i’ll wait for your call.   ❞ ❝   why didn’t you tell me you work for [name] ?   ❞ ❝   come over here with me.   ❞ ❝   let’s get something to eat.   ❞ ❝   this is one favor i can’t give to you.   ❞ ❝   he never asks a second favor when he’s been refused the first.   ❞ ❝   you don’t understand.   ❞ ❝   let me be even more frank.   ❞ ❝   i’m not a hardhearted man.   ❞ ❝   it’s not all dollar and cents.   ❞ ❝   a man in my position can’t afford to be made look ridiculous.   ❞ ❝   you get the hell out of here !   ❞ ❝   thank you for dinner and a pleasant evening.   ❞ ❝   you’re not too tired are you ?   ❞ ❝   i couldn’t find out how much.   ❞ ❝   if we don’t get into it, somebody else will.   ❞ ❝   with the money they earn, they can buy more police and political power. then they come after us.   ❞ ❝   i need a man who has powerful friends.   ❞ ❝   i need a million dollars in cash.   ❞ ❝   i need those politicians that you carry in your pocket, like nickels and dimes.   ❞ ❝   why do you come to me?  Why do i deserve such generosity ?   ❞ ❝   i said that i would see you, because i heard you were a serious man.   ❞ ❝   i heard you were a serious man, to be treated with respect.   ❞ ❝   i have a lot of friends in politics.   ❞ ❝   they wouldn’t be friendly long if they knew my business is drugs instead of gambling.   ❞ ❝   drugs is a dirty business.   ❞ ❝   it doesn’t make any difference to me what a man does for a living.   ❞ ❝   your business is a little dangerous.   ❞ ❝   i have a sentimental weakness for my children, and i spoil them as you can see.   ❞ ❝   my no is final.   ❞ ❝   i think your brain is going soft.   ❞ ❝   never tell anybody outside the family what you’re thinking again.   ❞

[bookmania]

“There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife’s right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness. There is no act more wretched than stealing.”

— Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

[starcourts]

“Without complaint, I will find it beautiful to die.”

— Renée Brock, tr. by Linkhorn and Judy Cochran, from “Everything Drifts Away From Us,” (via violentwavesofemotion)

[brucespringsteen]

“Whatever divinity we can lay claim to, is hidden in the core of our humanity. And when we let our compassion go, we let go of what little claim we have to the divine. So it’s spooky out there sometimes.”

— Bruce Springsteen, 2005

[starcourts]

“Rain is falling, shining on zinc roofs, blackening streets, moistening bones.”

— Etel Adnan, Paris, When It’s Naked (via soracities)

[starcourts]

““my soul?” replied virginia. “i sold it a long time ago for a kilo of truffles.””

— leonora carrington, the complete stories of leonora carrington (via bebemoon)

[nemophilies-deactivated20190428]

“The beauty of the world is the mouth of a labyrinth. The unwary individual who on entering takes a few steps is soon unable to find the opening. Worn out, with nothing to eat or drink, in the dark, separated from his dear ones, and from everything he loves and is accustomed to, he walks on without knowing anything or hoping anything, incapable even of discovering whether he is really going forward or merely turning round on the same spot. But this affliction is as nothing compared with the danger threatening him. For if he does not lose courage, if he goes on walking, it is absolutely certain that he will finally arrive at the center of the labyrinth. And there God is waiting to eat him.”

— Simone Weil, Waiting for God

[wishbzne-deactivated20210526]

“It’s so dark, so silent, this process that grips me. Just speak of the silence.”

— Alejandra Pizarnik, from Extracting the Stone of Madness

[johnparri]

Vito Corleone and Carmela Corleone through the years.

Requested by @aparnasworld

[yellow-oldies]

“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse” – The Godfather (1972)

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[marypickfords]

The Wolf (Marek Piestrak, 1983)

[artfoli]

Still Life with Flowers, 1665, by Willem van Aelst (1627-after 1682 )

[memoryslandscape-deactivated202]

“Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.”

— Cormac McCarthy, from All the Pretty Horses (Vintage, 1993)