dialogue prompts from deadly animals by marie tierney.
talking to you always makes me feel better.
it helps that i really like looking at you.
people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
don't flood us crying. i'm shit at swimming.
i hate when ____ looks at you like that.
who can we tell, if we can't tell ____?
does it make me a bad person to be glad ____ is gone?
i understand loyalty, but i understand self-preservation more.
you aren't a fan of children?
the exception to the rule is not the rule.
i'm just happy to look at you.
sometimes the apple falls miles from the tree.
_____ won't notice i'm gone.
i don't want to make you uncomfortable.
the male gaze carries weight. it can be felt everywhere it bounces and lingers.
i'm alright. have to be, don't i?
why are you being nice? people aren't nice, usually.
'nice' is not a word i would use to describe ____.
you don't seem surprised.
cruel shit happens everywhere.
good pups become bad dogs, if you're cruel to them.
don't send me back to bed without a cuddle.
doing good is very different from doing right.
it would be so easy to like you, but i don't want to.
you can't unsee what you see.
how do you know so much about ____?
you're older than you look on tv.
you're not alone. remember that.
i think i'll always miss it, in my way.
it's always shit that hits the fan, never chocolate.
how did you get those scars, if you don't mind me asking?
good manners are my weakness.
how'd you get that bruise?
secrets are bad for children. they know how to keep them.
when we understand too much, we start making excuses.
human evil has nothing to do with satan and sinning.
i know you love me, in your way.
i have to be careful. i'm prone to jumping to conclusions.
it's hard to see the worst in someone who always shows you their best.
comfortably numb. like my favorite song.
i did so many things wrong, thinking i was doing right.
you want to blame me. you can, if you want.
you take whatever lessons you can learn from horror, and you move forward. there is no choice.
past trauma is like a predator: it waits until you're your most vulnerable, or your most happy, and then it pounces.
the reason why bad men do bad things is because they want to.
