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THE CASSANDRA: STARTERS

a collection of assorted dialogue prompts for and about muses with clairvoyance, psychic abilities, and prophetic powers. change & alter as needed. content warning for mentions of mental illness & ableist language.

THE CASSANDRA:

"Nobody told me. I just... sensed it, I guess."

"You have to believe me. Something terrible is going to happen. I can feel it."

"Look, I know it sounds crazy. It is crazy. But these visions always come true, and I have to accept what that means."

"If I have a vision, and I just ignore it, people could die because I didn't speak up. I can't take that kind of risk."

"Do you think I want this? Do you think I want to know exactly how all of my friends are going to die, and where, and when? Do you think I want to know how the world is going to end?"

"I hate being like this! I feel like such a freak!"

"My powers aren't a blessing. They're a curse. If I could get rid of them, I would."

"No! It's not cool! It's not fun! It's not funny! Do you have any idea how terrifying this is?!"

"Horrible things are happening all the time! Every second of the day! And it's my job to prevent them! I'm the only one who can!"

"Of course I haven't told anyone about my powers. They'd think I'm a total freak."

"How am I supposed to face the future when I already know how terrible it is?"

"How am I supposed to face the future when I already know how it ends?"

"Look, I don't usually do stuff like this, but... that thing you're so worried about? Don't be. It works out just fine."

"No, I don't use crystal balls. Or tarot cards. The visions just kind of... come to me. I can't explain it."

"I could read your palm, if you'd like."

"I had that dream again. And I'm not so sure that's all it is."

"I've seen the future, and it fucking sucks."

"Believe me, it only gets better from here."

"Believe me, it only gets worse from here."

"It's not that I'm seeing something that hasn't happened yet. It's just that it hasn't happened to you yet."

"Don't try and keep secrets from me. I already know everything you're hiding."

"You don't believe me?"

"Why aren't you listening to me?! I've been right so far, haven't I?!"

THE BELIEVER:

"So, you're telling me you can see the answers to our World History test tomorrow, and we basically never have to study again?"

"Am I going to get that promotion?"

"I believe you."

"I mean, it's not that hard to believe. Weirder things happen every day."

"I mean, it makes sense. Whenever weird shit goes down, you're usually in the thick of it."

"You can't tell me it's not kind of cool, being able to see the future like that."

"You're not a freak. You're my friend. And there's nothing wrong with you."

"It does sound crazy, yeah, but I believe you. I know you wouldn't lie to me."

"On the bright side, maybe you can make some extra cash as a fortune-teller."

"What's up with you? You've been hovering around me all day. ...Oh, my god, am I going to die, or something?"

"Don't let those jerks get to you. You don't have to 'perform' your powers for anybody. You're not a circus attraction."

"So, does this mean you can deliver prophecies? Like in Percy Jackson?"

"So, you're, like... an Oracle, or something?"

"Of course I believe you. ...Now, will you give me a tarot reading?"

"Whoa, that was so crazy accurate. They should hire you to write the horoscopes."

"Okay, so, you don't have to tell me anything if you don't want to, but... you just kind of predicted everything that was going to happen ten minutes before it did. Maybe we should talk about that?"

"Why didn't you tell me sooner? I could have helped you. You didn't have to go through this alone."

"Look, I'm on your side here, but I'm not you. I can't See what you do, and I can't read your mind. So, whatever you need from me, you're going to have to tell me."

"If you say it's going to happen, then it's going to happen. You're never wrong about this stuff."

"I didn't want to believe you at first, but... you've been right too many times for me to pretend you don't know what you're talking about."

THE UNBELIEVER:

"So, what, you think you're a prophet, or something? ...Sure, okay, Delphi."

"Look, I think you're a little confused. You've been through a lot recently, and you need to take it easy. Just get some rest. Don't upset yourself with all this psychic stuff. It's not real."

"Oh, save it. You and I both know you're not actually seeing the future. You're just making shit up."

"Of course you're not clairvoyant! Nobody is clairvoyant! That's impossible!"

"Sounds like you've just been having some really crazy dreams. I wouldn't worry about it if I were you."

"I'm not denying you have good instincts. But seeing the future? That's taking it a little far."

"You know, there's this great doctor who could really help you..."

"Did you hit your head, or something? Is that why you're talking nonsense?"

"Stop acting crazy. You're not an Oracle, or whatever. You're just you."

"If you can see the future, how did you not see this coming?"

"What are you going to do? Read my palm?"

"Look, you can say whatever you want. That doesn't make it true."

"Don't be ridiculous. You didn't 'sense' anything."

"You just have good intuition. That's all."

"Of course I'm not going to pretend I believe you. Playing along with somebody's delusion just makes it worse in the long run."

"Have you been taking your medicine lately?"

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NOW YOU SEE IT (2005): STARTERS

a collection of quotes, phrases, and sayings from the 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie, Now You See It. change & alter as needed.

"What I'm about to show you was never, ever meant to be seen."

"Make sure they spell your name right in the credits."

"The secret to any good trick is misdirection."

"Okay, so I'm not the best at making friends."

"I've tried pretending I'm into lip gloss and text messaging and hanging out at the mall. I just can't ever seem to pull it off."

"No, I can do this, all right? I can do this."

"This really matters to you, huh?"

"You're my last chance."

"They've been scamming us from the start."

"You could come up with something like that again, right?"

"Remember, you never know how strong your magic is until you test it."

"Wait a minute! We're not done talking here!"

"Right now, the only heartbreaking obstacle in my life is you."

"Look, there's things about me you're not gonna understand no matter how much we talk."

"A magician's greatest asset is the ability to think in unusual ways."

"So, uh, [name], now that you've done all this intense-but-not-very-interesting-to-watch thinking, anything you'd like to hop up and show us?"

"Have I mentioned you're making it hard for me to concentrate?"

"It might help if you try cluing me in, you know."

"I'm not the enemy, you know."

"Don't be a freak."

"I think you're hiding something."

"If something's going on, maybe I can help."

"I need to sort this out myself."

"I've got a feeling we might actually really like each other if we didn't have to be in combat mode every second."

"Can we try calling a truce for a minute or two?"

"It's past curfew. It's dark. We're gonna get caught."

"Could you please tell me what you're doing?"

"I can't believe you figured this out."

"Uh, guys, I don't think this is such a good idea."

"This place gives me the creeps."

"Have I mentioned that I'm a little claustrophobic?"

"It's not like anything bad is gonna happen, right?"

"Can someone please explain to me what just happened?"

"Things just keep getting stranger by the second."

"A good magician never reveals the secrets of his tricks."

"What if he actually has magical powers?"

"Do you have any idea how crazy you sound?"

"I don't know how I did it. I don't understand anything about any of this. These things just happen to me."

"You're really learning how to play this game, aren't you?"

"No one knows better than a professional magician what nonsense real powers are."

"Whatever way it ends up, it's just gonna be a complete disaster for me."

"Wait, you don't... you don't honestly think you have real powers, do you?"

"Look, I need to explain something to you, but you've got to promise me that you will just sit there quietly and let me get through it."

"I'm a freak. I'm a freak."

"It didn't just appear. I made it appear."

"But how is any of that possible?"

"I have been driving myself crazy trying to figure out what's wrong with me."

"I can't control my magic, [name]. I don't know how or when things are going to happen. They just do."

"That must be so scary for you."

"Maybe what you need more than anything is just one person who's really gonna believe in you."

"Isn't that what friends are for?"

"You've got nothing to lose, [name]."

"It's common for the powers to first appear around the time of puberty."

"Are you up to it, [name]? Tell us. Are you up to it, or not?"

"Instead of going for far-fetched answers, why don't we look at a more logical explanation right in front of us?"

"I guess it walked up here all by itself, didn't it?"

"[Name], wait! You can't run away from me!"

"Whatever you have to say, I don't want to hear it."

"You actually had me fooled for a minute there."

"You're exactly like everybody else I've ever known -- setting me up to make me look like a fool."

"Did you ever stop to think that maybe this has nothing to do with you?"

"You know what? Tell it to someone who cares."

"Sorry I was ever lame enough to imagine we were friends."

"Now you see it, now you don't."

"[Name], I know all about you. I know about your struggles, I know about your confusion, and I know about your powers."

"I didn't find you. You found me."

"If I'm so great and magical, then how come my powers are always totally out of my control?"

"[Name], I have felt every single thing that you've been feeling. I was exactly like you, alone and afraid."

"That's where you are, [name]. You're home."

"We'll work on it. We'll work on it together. That's what mentors are for."

"He's the only one that truly understands me."

"For the first time in forever, I'm feeling like a normal kid."

"Show them. Show them what you're really all about."

"Please, you have to believe me. I know what I saw and heard."

"You're probably just overwrought and overworked. We've been asking a lot of you."

"No, you can't do this to me!"

"Save it, okay? You had your chance to speak up, and you didn't."

"I mean, how was I supposed to believe you, huh?"

"You have no idea how happy I've been lately, feeling like a normal kid for the first time in years."

"If you want my opinion, I think what you really came here searching for was to find somebody who could accept you as you are."

"We're in this together now, [name]. I'll be right there with you."

"Isn't that kind of like cheating?"

"We can do great things together, [name]. Don't let me down. I'm counting on you."

"I've been there, and I'm not interested in going back."

"Please listen to me. I really don't want to see you get hurt."

"You don't give up, do you?"

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A NOVEL I'LL NEVER PUBLISH: STARTERS (PART III)

a collection of quotes, phrases, and sayings from a science fiction novel I never completed. change & alter as needed.

"Every mistake comes with consequences."

"Do you deserve it? Have you earned it?"

"I'll do better next time. I'll make you proud."

"Things don't work that way anymore."

"Knowing you has made everything that has ever happened to me feel worth it."

"I didn't earn this. I don't deserve it. I can't even imagine what I would have to do to become the kind of person who does."

"If you weren't ready to feel my teeth at your throat, you shouldn't have taught me how to bite."

"I wish they'd all just shut up about me already."

"Being in the public eye is a living nightmare."

"You have to trust your own judgment. You have to take the leap."

"I've never been so terrified of getting it wrong in my entire life."

"You can lie to yourself all you want, but that's not going to make the truth disappear."

"I know what I am. I've always known what I am. And I've always been okay with that, but... it's different now that I know you."

"Suffice to say, it did not make for a pleasant read."

"Don't take this the wrong way, but that looks exactly like the sort of car I'd expect somebody like you to drive."

"Did you put Red Bull in your coffee again?"

"Am I ever going to get any of this right?"

"You're fidgeting worse than a fieldmouse in a tree full of hungry, hooting owls!"

"You're the bravest person I've ever met."

"Sometimes, it feels like I could go blind just from looking at you for too long."

"I'm honored to fight alongside you. ...In a totally normal, casual, not at all hero worship kind of way."

"Don't remind me of happier times, [name]."

"Just yell at him until he cries. That always works for me."

"Can't you see I'm busy trying to repress my thoughts and feelings?"

"Thinking somebody else is going to step in and help you is a stupid and dangerous way to live. You can't count on anyone but yourself."

"I'll handle it alone. That's how I handle everything."

"Maybe taking in a teenager you've only known for three weeks wasn't the greatest idea in the world."

"Mistakes aren't always a bad thing, you know. Mistakes mean you're moving forward. Mistakes mean you had the guts to try."

"That's your problem. You're so scared of doing something wrong that you never do anything right."

"I wasn't good enough."

"Look, nine times out of ten, you're right. But you couldn't be more wrong about this."

"I don't know what I was thinking. I don't know why I thought I could do this."

"You'd be better off if you'd never even met me."

"That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life."

"I made a mistake. I made a really stupid mistake, and I have to fix it before it's too late."

"Who's that talking to me right now? Who's that coming out of your mouth? 'Cause it's definitely not you. You're too smart to be spouting that kind of baloney."

"You can't take orders from anybody, can you?"

"He must be rubbing off on you."

"You don't run from a fight. That's not who you are. So what's got you thinking that's the answer this time?"

"I'm not running from the fight. Running from the fight is easy. And this is going to be the hardest thing I've ever done."

"If I go through with this... I'll never see you again, will I?"

"Sorry I couldn't make it to Algebra II today. I was kind of busy saving the world."

"You wouldn't ask for help if you had a gun to your head, would you?"

"It's obvious once you know where to look."

"Is that a serious question?"

"I'm not really crazy about how you just dismissed the very real problem of having no heat in the Canadian winter as hullabaloo."

"Can't be too bad if you're still breathing."

"I'm not angry with you. That's just my default expression."

"Don't give me any of that Hallmark bullshit."

"You'd take a lot of pain, wouldn't you, if you thought it'd make you worth something to other people?"

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SKY HIGH (2005): STARTERS

a collection of quotes, phrases, and sayings from the 2005 Disney Channel film, Sky High. change & alter as needed.

"I'm supposed to save the world someday."

"Think of it, [name]: you and me, on the beach... no exploding volcanoes..."

"It's nice to know that, whatever happens to me, you'll still be around to save the world."

"Take it easy on them, huh? No showing off."

"How does it feel to save the world again?"

"I just feel really good about this year."

"Are you crazy?! Do you want every supervillain in the neighborhood to know we're here?!"

"So you... you don't have your powers?"

"Let's get one thing straight: My word is law. My judgment is final."

"If life were to suddenly get fair, I doubt it would happen in high school."

"So he's good. But I'm better."

"Well, it's easier to see in a dark room."

"I believe in only using my powers when the situation demands it."

"Am I crazy, or is that guy really looking at me?"

"I don't think she really liked my skirt."

"Quit messing around. I haven't got all day."

"You haven't called him yet, have you?"

"Now, what was it you wanted to tell me about?"

"How'd your dad take it?"

"Everybody expects greatness from me."

"Okay, so you're a sidekick. It's not the end of the world."

"I'm not into labels."

"But why would you choose to be a sidekick?"

"I think the whole thing is stupid."

"I'll get the nurse. ...Unless she's injured."

"I'm holding the crossbow. Why can't I shoot him myself?"

"By the way, [name], you can't kill a zombie. You can only re-kill him."

"If you kids are all in here, who's out there saving the world?"

"They're a good bunch of kids, [name]."

"You know, there's nothing wrong with being a sidekick, [name]."

"Oh, it's a power trip, [name]. That's all it is."

"I don't have any powers."

"You're just... You're just a late bloomer! That's what it is!"

"The fact of the matter is, I'm proud to be a sidekick."

"That's a lot to put on a fourteen-year-old's shoulders."

"Honey, I know you're disappointed. So am I."

"This is not the end of the world."

"And he can always go into real estate!"

"Let's not do this."

"Where are your sidekicks, sidekick?"

"You think I can't take a hit?"

"I didn't do anything, though! He started it!"

"We do everything we can to teach you how to use your powers. But what you do with them... now, that's up to you."

"Try to keep that in mind the next time you're about to do something stupid."

"If you ever cross me again, I'll roast you alive."

"You know, time would move a lot faster if we had an Xbox."

"We're not heroes and sidekicks. We're just people."

"I'd give you an F, but that would only mean having to see you in summer school."

"Wow. All I can do is punch stuff."

"Once they start handing out grades for destruction of school property, I'll be in good shape."

"You just think you're so big and bad, huh, [name]?"

"Watch it, [name]. That big mouth is gonna get you in trouble."

"And you barely know how to use your powers!"

"You're not supposed to use your powers outside of school."

"You have to stop caring about that."

"He likes somebody else, and she's perfect."

"To let true love remain unspoken is the quickest route to a heavy heart."

"You didn't have to walk me home."

"I'm just waiting for the right guy."

"You're not gonna believe what happened last night!"

"I'm sorry. I know you must want to kill me."

"Did I do or say anything last night to make you think this is okay?"

"I don't remember that being the plan."

"I promise I'll make this as painless as possible."

"So you're not doing this just 'cause you like me, or anything?"

"I'm not renting a tux."

"Never call me cutie."

"I wish there was somewhere we could go to be alone."

"Look, [name] knows you have a crush on him."

"You're just embarrassing yourself."

"[Name], I swear, I didn't plan this."

"Dude, you're so stupid. She's totally into you."

"No matter what I do, I can't get them to stop talking to me."

"You look like you could use a drink."

"[Name], do you ever feel like you messed something up so bad that you'll never be able to fix it?"

"People make mistakes, [name]. That's what high school is about. Heck, that's what life is about. The key is to learn from them."

"Who said anything about killing you?"

"Just because you have powers, that doesn't make you a hero. Sometimes, it just makes you a jerk."

"I don't believe in using my powers for violence."

"Oh, my god... I made out with an old lady!"

"I just want to say sorry, because this whole thing was my fault."

"Honey, you can't blame yourself."

"How were you supposed to know your girlfriend was a psychopath?"

"You gave me one rule, and I broke it."

"I'm not Wonder Woman, you know."

"This is so sweet, I could hurl."

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AND WEAPONS DON'T WEEP: STARTERS

a collection of dialogue prompts for or about characters who have been treated or trained as weapons by others, valued only for their capacity for violence, destruction, and harm. trigger warnings for mentions of murder and violence. change & alter as needed.

THE WEAPON:

"I'm not proud of the person they've turned me into. But it's all I know. And it's too late for me to change now."

"If there was ever any good in me, there's none left anymore."

"I don't know where the blood ends. Where my hands begin."

"I do what it takes to survive. And I don't care if that makes me a villain."

"I'm good at hurting people. I'm not going to apologize for doing what I'm good at."

"I'll never know who I could have been if they hadn't made me into this."

"This is your fault! You did this to me! You're the reason I'm like this!"

"Don't try and get close to me. You'll just get yourself hurt."

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm... I'm not very good at being good."

"I don't really know how to be gentle."

"I'm not nice, and I'm not going to pretend to be. Deal with it."

"They made me a monster."

"They're all afraid of me. And they're right to be. You should be, too."

"I know I'm a villain. I don't need you to tell me that."

"Look at what they did to me! Look at what they made me into! It's their fault! They ruined me!"

"I wish they'd just killed me. I wish they'd just killed me instead of turning me into this. Being dead is better than being a monster."

"I know you're scared of me. It's okay. Everyone is."

"What does it matter whether I feel guilty about it or not? I still did it. Being sorry doesn't change that."

"Who am I if I'm not a monster?"

"No one could ever love me after everything I've done."

"Why aren't you afraid of me? How can you not be afraid of me?"

"I don't even know who I am without them pulling my strings."

"You want me to be the villain so bad? I can damn well provide."

"I don't want to be like this anymore. I don't want to hurt people. I want to be gentle. I want to be good."

"Who am I if I'm not what they've made me?"

"I don't need a weapon. I am one."

"Do you think I have it in me, to be good?"

THE WIELDER:

"You look so beautiful covered in somebody else's blood."

"And where did this little crisis of conscience come from all of a sudden?"

"You don't get to say no to me. Not after everything I've done for you. You owe me."

"You belong to me. You're mine."

"Where would you be without me? Who would you be without me? ...That's right. So let's try and be a little more grateful, hm?"

"I gave you everything, and this is how you choose to repay me?"

"I made you! You're nothing without me!"

"You don't make the rules, darling. That's my job."

"You are a dog, and I hold your leash. Never forget that."

"I didn't make you a monster. I just brought out what was already there."

"Look at you, coming when I call, eating out of my hand, doing everything I tell you... such a good dog, aren't you?"

"You think you can just walk away from me? Where are you going to go? Nobody else could possibly love a sick thing like you!"

"Monster is such an ugly word. I prefer to think of it as... helping you reach your fullest potential."

"I've got you trained so well, don't I?"

"I thought you knew better than to disobey me."

"Do you really think you can be a hero? After everything you've done?"

"Well, then, if I really ruined your life like you say, why don't you just kill me? We both know you're good at that."

"This is all you're good for. Don't go getting delusions of grandeur on me now."

"You couldn't survive without me. Don't ever delude yourself into thinking otherwise."

"I give the orders. You take them. Not the other way around."

"Destruction is really the only thing you're good at, darling. Take that away, and what's left?"

THE OBSERVER:

"You don't have to be what they tell you to be, you know? You're not stuck. You can change."

"You're not a monster. You're my friend."

"Being gentle doesn't come easy to you, does it?"

"You're a good person. I'm sorry they made you think you aren't."

"You kind of have a little... blood... on your face. ...Don't worry, I'll get it for you."

"I'm not scared of you."

"So, have you ever... you know... killed somebody?"

"You're sick, you know that? You're really sick. I can't believe you seriously do this kind of shit."

"Look, I know who you are. I know what you've done. And I'm not running away from you. You can't scare me off."

"You really are a monster."

"Why do you listen to them? Why do you take orders from them? You don't have to obey everything they tell you."

"So, let me get this straight: you know how to kill a man fifteen different ways, just with your bare hands, and you wouldn't even break a sweat... but you don't know what to do at a party?"

"You're not as mean as you want everyone to think you are."

"You say you're not a dog. So why do you blindly follow orders like one?"

"You don't have to do this. You don't have to be like this. You can choose your own path."

"You really are as bad as they say."

"Don't touch me. You have blood on your hands."

"I know you won't hurt me. I trust you."

"No! Stay away from me! Don't come any closer!"

"The world isn't just heroes and villains. You don't have to be one or the other. And just because you've been one doesn't mean you can't be the other."

"You don't have to listen to them. You don't have to obey."

"They don't get to decide who you are. No one but you gets to decide who you are."

[astrronomemes]

STAR WARS: THE RETURN OF THE JEDI STARTERS

a collection of quotes, phrases, and sayings from the 1983 film, The Return of the Jedi. change & alter as needed.

"You're a feisty little one, but you'll soon learn some respect."

"You're throwing away a fortune! Don't be a fool!"

"I'm out of it for a little while, and everybody gets delusions of grandeur."

"I warn you not to underestimate my powers."

"I shall enjoy watching you die."

"On second thought, let's pass on that."

"That's the last mistake you'll ever make."

"I used to live here, you know."

"You're going to die here, you know."

"Thanks for coming after me. Now I owe you one."

"I have a promise to keep. To an old friend."

"Twilight is upon me, and soon, night must fall. That is the way of things."

"What I told you was true, from a certain point of view."

"[Name], you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view."

"You cannot escape your destiny."

"You were our only hope."

"You're the respectable one, remember?"

"Exciting is hardly the word I would choose."

"I just got a funny feeling... like I'm not gonna see her again."

"Keep your distance, [name]. But don't look like you're trying to keep your distance."

"I'm endangering the mission. I shouldn't have come."

"Let's keep a little optimism here."

"I told you it was dangerous here!"

"Well, it looks like I'm stuck here. Trouble is, I don't know where 'here' is."

"You're a jittery little thing, aren't you?"

"I do believe they think I am some sort of god."

"Why don't you use your divine influence, and get us out of this?"

"I beg your pardon, [name], but that just wouldn't be proper."

"Somehow, I've got the feeling that didn't help us very much."

"They didn't believe me, just as I said they wouldn't."

"It won't be easy for you to hear it, but you must."

"You have a power I don't understand, and could never have."

"You have that power, too. In time, you'll learn to use it as I have."

"I know there is good in you."

"Search your feelings, [name]. You can't do this."

"It is too late for me, [name]."

"Your overconfidence is your weakness."

"It is pointless to resist, [name]."

"It is unavoidable. It is your destiny."

"You won't get another chance at this, [name]."

"Why did you have to be so brave?!"

"I am defenseless. Take your weapon, and strike me down."

"I will not fight you, [name]."

"You couldn't bring yourself to kill me before, so I don't believe you'll destroy me now."

"We're sure in the middle of it now."

"Come on, [name], old buddy, don't let me down."

"You cannot hide forever, [name]."

"It is the only way you can save your friends."

"I'll never turn to the dark side!"

"I'll not leave you here. I've got to save you."

"You were right. You were right about me."

[astrronomemes]

STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK STARTERS

a collection of quotes, phrases, and sayings from the 1980 film, The Empire Strikes Back. change & alter as needed.

"[Name], I've got to leave. I can't stay anymore."

"You're a good fighter, [name]. I hate to lose you."

"Well, don't get all mushy on me. So long, [name]."

"Why are you following me? Afraid I was going to leave without giving you a goodbye kiss?"

"You could use a good kiss!"

"Then I'll see you in hell!"

"How are you feeling, kid? You don't look so bad to me."

"Well, [name], looks like you managed to keep me around for a little while longer."

"I think you just can't bear to let a gorgeous guy like me out of your sight."

"Well, I guess you don't know everything about women yet."

"We can't hold out much longer. We have no choice."

"Take good care of [name] now, do you understand? ...And do take good care of yourself."

"Why are you still here?"

"Someday, you're going to be wrong, and I hope I'm there to see it."

"I don't know how we're going to get out of this one."

"They'd be crazy to follow us, wouldn't they?"

"You don't have to do this to impress me."

"Never tell me the odds!"

"You said you wanted to be around when I made a mistake? Well, this could be it, sweetheart."

"I hope you know what you're doing."

"No, I'm not going to change my mind about this."

"If you're saying coming here was a bad idea, I'm beginning to agree with you."

"Would you please stop calling me that?"

"Come on. Admit it. Sometimes, you think I'm all right."

"You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life."

"If he could be turned, he would become a powerful ally."

"I'm not really interested in your opinion, [name]."

"But how am I to know the good side from the bad?"

"There's something not right here."

"Your weapons... you will not need them."

"You must unlearn what you have learned."

"Do, or do not. There is no try."

"You want the impossible."

"What did you have in mind for your next move?"

"It's pretty far, but I think we can make it."

"You do have your moments. Not many, but you have them."

"Look, don't worry. Everything's going to be fine. Trust me."

"You've got a lot of guts coming here, after what you pulled."

"Yeah, I'm responsible these days. It's the price you pay for being successful."

"They're my friends! I've got to help them!"

"[Name], I promise to return and finish what I've begun. You have my word."

"[Name], don't give in to hate. That leads to the dark side."

"Well, I don't trust him, either. But he is my friend."

"You're as good as gone, aren't you?"

"This deal is getting worse all the time."

"I've done all I can. I'm sorry I couldn't do better, but I have my own problems."

"Do you think that after what you did to [name], we're going to trust you?"

"You have learned much, young one."

"You'll find I'm full of surprises."

"Don't make me destroy you."

"You do not yet realize your importance. You have only begun to discover your power."

"I'm standing here in pieces, and you're having delusions of grandeur!"

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STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE STARTERS

a collection of quotes, phrases, and sayings from the 1977 film, A New Hope. change & alter as needed.

"We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life."

"And don't let me catch you following me, begging for help, because you won't get it."

"Have you been in many battles?"

"Help me, [name]. You're my only hope."

"Rest easy, son, you've had a busy day. You're fortunate you're still in one piece."

"There's no sense in you risking yourself on my account."

"I'm getting too old for this sort of thing."

"I can't get involved! I've got work to do!"

"You must do what you feel is right, of course."

"I find your lack of faith disturbing."

"There's nothing you could have done, [name], had you been there. You'd have been killed, too."

"Watch your step. This place can be a little rough."

"[Name]'s put a price on your head, so large that every bounty hunter in the galaxy will be looking for you."

"I've been looking forward to killing you for a long time."

"I don't know what all the trouble is about, but I'm sure it must be your fault."

"I fear something terrible has happened."

"I suggest you try it again, [name]."

"Your eyes can deceive you. Don't trust them."

"In my experience, there's no such thing as luck."

"You have taken your first step into a larger world."

"I have a very bad feeling about this."

"You can't win. But there are alternatives to fighting."

"I'd prefer a straight fight to all this sneaking around."

"Your destiny lies along a different path than mine."

"You'd better be right about this."

"That isn't very reassuring."

"This is not going to work."

"Looks like you managed to cut off our only escape route."

"Either I'm going to kill her, or I'm beginning to like her."

"Listen, I don't know who you are or where you came from, but from now on, you do as I tell you."

"It's a wonder you're still alive."

"You're braver than I thought."

"I think we took a wrong turn."

"There wasn't anything you could have done."

"You know, sometimes, I even amaze myself."

"If money is all that you love, then that's what you'll receive."

"Do you think a princess... and a guy like me...?"

"That's impossible, even for a computer."

"This will be a day long remembered."

"Why don't you come with us? You're pretty good in a fight. I could use you."

"Take care of yourself, [name]. I guess that's what you're best at, isn't it?"

"He's got to follow his own path. No one can choose it for him."

"I told you I'd make it someday, [name]."

"You've got to come back. You wouldn't want my life to get boring, would you?"

"I knew you'd come back! I just knew it!"

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CARRY-ON (2024): STARTERS

a collection of quotes, phrases, and sayings from the 2024 Netflix film, Carry-On. change & alter as needed.

"Well, I googled a lot last night. I did not google that."

"This is what we wanted. And we got what we wanted."

"Airports turn people into such dickheads."

"Good morning is a figure of speech, because no part of today is going to be good."

"They will try to bait you into a fight. Do not take the bait."

"Stay alert. Stay vigilant. Let's get through this godforsaken holiday."

"I have four whole dollars on me, [name]. I'm giving you two."

"Let them be happy for you. Hell, I'm happy for you."

"Your career trajectory? It's a flat line."

"So you decided to participate in life. Great. Welcome to the shitshow."

"That's like the janitor at NASA calling himself an astronaut."

"You've never made waves before, [name]. You're not going to start now."

"Now, I've given you two warnings, and the next time, there's gonna be consequences. Do you understand me?"

"A smart guy like you had to have aspirations at some point. What did you have pinned up on that vision board?"

"Well, you're the one who knows everything. Why don't you tell me, huh?"

"Dreams have an expiration date."

"I'm not saying chase your dreams -- that's not a very honest thing to say -- but there is no need to hate every minute of waking life."

"I'm just experienced enough to know life is disappointing, and it's short, and if you're smart, you'll steal what happiness you can when you can."

"Now, this is the way the world works: there's people in control, and there's people that listen. Are you listening?"

"You're a smart kid. You'll figure it out."

"I don't care what problems you have. Don't bring 'em here."

"I'm not the doer, [name]. I'm just the one that makes sure it gets done."

"I can't just sit and act like everything's normal. It won't work."

"And would that make you happy?"

"Well, what if I don't know what I want anymore?"

"People love missing their flights. They come to the airport for the sushi."

"I know what you did. And I know why you did it. I just didn't think you'd be that kind of guy."

"People tell you who they are long before they open their mouths. You know what you told me?"

"You're someone that's so afraid to make a mistake, you're willing to let the whole world pass you by."

"You're not in control, [name], and you never will be."

"I don't know what this is about, but I know you don't want to do this."

"If you don't do this, a lot of people are gonna die."

"They say you've done really well, and that you're almost done. They say there's one more thing that you have to do."

"It's over, pal. It was over the minute I met you."

"You don't know shit about me."

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LIKE A SON TO ME: STARTERS

a collection of quotes, phrases, and sayings for those muses who regard somebody with no biological relation to them as their true parent or child. change & alter as needed.

SURROGATE PARENT:

"Let me take you home. I know you don't need it, but it'll make me feel better to know you're safe, okay?"

"I mean, you're over here all the time, anyway. You might as well have a key to my place."

"Stay where you are. I'll come pick you up."

"You are way too young for that movie, kiddo."

"Whoa, where'd you get that black eye? ...Were you fighting with that other kid again?"

"I'm going to grab some groceries. Want to come along? You can pick out whatever you want for dinner."

"Keep your chin up, kid. You'll get through this."

"Where the hell were you?! It's three in the morning! You can't just leave without letting me know where you'll be!"

"You're my kid. No matter what anybody else thinks."

"I mean, if you're okay with it, then... I want to adopt you."

"You're like a son to me."

"Of course I was worried about you. You're my kid."

"You can stay here for the night. We'll figure something else out in the morning."

"You're grounded!"

"You couldn't disappoint me even if you tried. Because there's nothing I expect you to be, or want you to be, except for who you already are."

"If you ever need a place to stay, my door is always open. You know that, don't you?"

"You can ask me for help. That's what I'm here for."

"I'm saying this because I love you. I love you like you were my own child. I couldn't love you any more if you were."

"You're up kind of late tonight, aren't you? Isn't it a school night?"

"You deserve to be safe in your own home. You deserve a family who loves you. I'm sorry you don't have that."

"Your parents have no idea how lucky they are to have a great kid like you."

"Don't you have homework?"

"Clean your room!"

"I'm so proud of you."

SURROGATE CHILD:

"You don't have to worry about me. I can take care of myself just fine."

"Are you trying to ground me?!"

"Can I stay with you for a little while? It's fine if I can't. I get it. I just... don't really have anywhere else to go right now."

"I'm not a little kid! I don't need you to protect me!"

"You want me to move in with you?"

"You're the only person who's ever really believed in me. I just don't want to let you down."

"You're not my mom!"

"You're not my dad! So would you quit acting like it?"

"I just wish my parents would remember they have a kid every now and then, you know?"

"I don't know that it'd be such a good idea for you to adopt me. I mean, you don't seriously want to be stuck with me forever, right?"

"You're always taking care of me. Just this once, let me take care of you."

"My parents aren't really around."

"Can you help me with my homework? I just don't get this part here..."

"You're like a mom to me."

"Why don't my parents love me? What did I do wrong?"

"Why do my parents keep hurting me like this? I'm their child. Don't they love me at all?"

"I'm never going to be important to my parents, am I?"

"You're not my dad -- and thank god, because he really sucks."

"I guess I'm just kind of nervous about this. I've never had a home before. I've never been part of a family before. What if I mess it up?"

"I'm fine on my own. Trust me, I've had a lot of practice."

[astrronomemes]

A BOY CALLED CHRISTMAS (2021): STARTERS

a collection of quotes, phrases, and sayings from the 2021 Netflix film, A Boy Called Christmas. change & alter as needed.

"The universe is made of stories, not atoms."

"If you believe you can do something, you're halfway there."

"We manage with what we have."

"Are you okay? Would you like a glass of water? I can ring a little bell, and someone will bring it."

"We all need hope. A spark of magic, to keep us all going."

"It's just a word. It doesn't have to mean anything."

"Oh, stop complaining. I'm hungrier than you are."

"Why can't you have nice things in your house, like marzipan, or cake?"

"Home is not a place. It's a feeling."

"Fall off a bridge, boy. It'll hurt less."

"Do you believe in magic, [name]? Because I don't think I do anymore."

"Well, that went a lot better than expected, given that I thought we were both going to die."

"Is that a yes in reindeer?"

"Let's go with no. How about that?"

"We must always help those in trouble. Even if they're human."

"I hoped for you to be strong, and warm, and always safe."

"An impossibility is only a possibility that you don't understand yet."

"To see something, you must believe in it."

"I'm gonna be honest, kid, I did not see this one working out for us."

"Whatever it is you're looking for, you won't find it here."

"No idea what this Christmas thing is, but I love it."

"That's the saddest thing I've ever heard in my entire life."

"Christmas is the greatest day of all because it is the kindest day of all."

"You don't know the first thing about truth. Nobody does."

"How fun! I've never blown up a mouse before!"

"Let's be honest, I'm not in a position to be turning away new friend material. So, new friend, what should I call you?"

"You can handle anything, because you've already handled everything."

"Lucky for you, I've got more tricks up my sleeve. And by tricks, I mean improvised, homemade explosives."

"Being good is better than being rich, [name]. Better than anything."

"Don't look at me like that, [name]. I'm doing my best."

"You're my son. And I'm on your side, no matter what."

"There is goodness in you after all."

"You have so much good to give. It's better than anything."

"There's no way you can get to a happy ending from here."

"Happiness isn't compulsory, and nothing ever ends."

"Grief is the price we pay for love... and worth it, a million times over."

"The only thing in life that is simple and clear is the truth. But it can be painful."

"You learn to live with it. And you get stronger because of it."

"Don't be a hero. Take the win."

"They look up to you, you know. We all do."

"We must not allow what we have gained to blind us to what we may lose."

"You see enough horses with horns stuck to their heads, you get a little cynical."

"If anyone deserves the infinite joy of loving and being loved, it's you."

"The darkest night will end, the sun will rise, and Christmas mornings will come again."

[astrronomemes]

HOME ALONE (1990): STARTERS

a collection of quotes, phrases, and sayings from the 1990 film, Home Alone. change & alter as needed.

"Did I burn down the joint? I don't think so."

"What am I supposed to do? Shake his hand and say, congratulations, you're an idiot?"

"You're what the French call le incompetent."

"This house is so full of people. It makes me sick."

"I wouldn't let you sleep in my room if you were growing on my ass."

"Maybe he's just trying to be nice."

"There are fifteen people in this house, and you're the only one who has to make trouble."

"Maybe you should ask Santa for a new family."

"I wish they would all just disappear."

"How fast does this thing go? Does it have automatic transmission?"

"You be positive. I'll be realistic."

"I made my family disappear."

"[Name], I'm going to feed you to my tarantula."

"If it makes you feel any better, I forgot my reading glasses."

"What's wrong with you? Why do you do that? I told you not to do that."

"You're sick, you know? You're really sick."

"You're not at all worried about [name]?"

"Look, I've been awake for almost sixty hours straight. I'm tired and I'm dirty. I've been from Chicago to Paris, to Dallas, to... where the hell am I?"

"Now that I'm this close, you're telling me it's hopeless?"

"I think we're getting scammed by a kindergartner."

"You're afraid of the dark, too, [name]. You know you are."

"What's next? Rabies shots for the Easter Bunny?"

"Instead of presents this year, I just want my family back. No toys."

"There's a lot of things going around about me, but none of it is true."

"Well, this is the place to be if you're feeling bad about yourself."

"I really like my family, even though sometimes I say I don't. Sometimes, I even think I don't. Do you get that?"

"Deep down, you'll always love them. But you can forget that you love them. You can hurt them, and they can hurt you."

"You can be a little old for a lot of things. You're never too old to be afraid."

"Bless this highly nutritious, microwavable, macaroni and cheese dinner, and the people who sold it on sale. Amen."

"Why the hell are you dressed like a chicken?!"

"Maybe we shouldn't talk about this."

"It's pretty cool that you didn't burn the place down."

[astrronomemes]

ELF (2003): STARTERS

a collection of quotes, phrases, and sayings from the 2003 film, Elf. change & alter as needed.

"Maybe, by next Christmas, you'll have a home."

"Silly as it sounds, a lot of people down south don't believe in Santa Claus."

"I'll be okay. I just need a glass of water."

"I think there's something I probably should tell you. You probably should have found out a long time ago."

"You're 6'3, and you've had a beard since you were fifteen."

"All I'm saying is, this might be the golden opportunity to find out who you really are."

"So, I hear you're going on a little journey to the big city."

"Listen, some people... they just lose sight of what's important in life. That doesn't mean they can't find their way again."

"You look like you came from the North Pole."

"I'm just trying to get through the holidays."

"Please stop talking to me."

"If you can sing alone, you can sing in front of other people. There's no difference."

"I didn't know you were naked!"

"By the way... I think you have the most beautiful singing voice in the whole wide world."

"You sit on a throne of lies!"

"I thought maybe we could make gingerbread houses, and eat cookie dough, and go ice skating..."

"Why is there a skeleton over there?"

"What do you want for Christmas?"

"It's a little complicated, but it's nothing that we can't handle."

"First, we'll make snow angels for two hours, and then we'll go ice skating, and then we'll eat a whole roll of Tollhouse cookie dough as fast as we can."

"You want to make me happy, don't you?"

"Things worked out pretty good. They gave me a restraining order."

"I really wanted to see you. And I think you're beautiful. And I feel really warm when I'm around you."

"Oh? Fun? So felonies are fun now? See, I thought felonies were felonies."

"How are we gonna get the star on top?"

"It smells like mushrooms, and everyone looks like they want to hurt me."

"It ain't gonna be easy, but I think it's worth a shot."

"Well, don't be too late, [name]! It's Christmas Eve!"

"I'm sorry I ruined your lives. And crammed eleven cookies into the VCR."

"I don't belong here. I don't belong anywhere."

"I know you may be a little, um... chemically imbalanced. But you've been right about a lot of things."

"I don't want you to leave."

"Christmas spirit is about believing, not seeing."

"I'm getting too old for this job."

[astrronomemes]

ORPHAN: STARTERS

a collection of quotes, phrases, and sayings from the 2009 film, Orphan. change & alter as needed.

"Your dreams can be a manifestation of your emotions. It's your body and mind's way of dealing with the stress and grief of what happened."

"You came up with that story?"

"If you're so bored, why aren't you down at the party?"

"There's nothing wrong with being different."

"I think people should always try to take the bad things that happen to them, and turn them into something good, don't you?"

"That is an AA term, and I didn't go to AA. I just stopped drinking."

"I thought you said there wasn't anything wrong with being different."

"Oh, look! Little Bo Peep texted me! She wants her outfit back."

"You know I'm here for you, right? You know that, right?"

"You are such a freak."

"Is there anything special you want me to make tonight? Do you have any favorites?"

"So, then, you were just pretending this whole time?"

"You know how sorry I am. I just feel like I've earned a little trust here."

"Let me get this straight. We can talk about my mistakes, but not yours?"

"I had to kill her, because she was going to tell on me. You're not going to tell on me, are you?"

"I'm not a psychiatrist, but a lot of what she said made sense."

"Why does everyone get the benefit of the doubt from you except for me?"

"But has she ever made you feel, I don't know, uncomfortable? Or done anything she's not supposed to do? Like, has she ever hurt any of you?"

"It must be hard to love an adopted child as much as your own."

"Oh, my god, we need to take you to the hospital."

"We want to help you, but there's nothing we can do until you stop lying to yourself."

"You have to believe me. [Name], you have to trust me on this."

"What are you going to do? Hit me?"

"It's always better to burn the evidence."

"Don't worry. You're going to heaven."

"I know you're exhausted and upset, and so am I. But there has to be some other explanation."

"I'm so done. I'm done connecting these dots for you."

"You know, you can think whatever you want. I will leave tonight. If that's what you want, I'll leave tonight."

"Look at you! What have you done to your face? What is this?"

"I don't love you like that. That's the way [name] and I love each other. Do you understand?"

"Stop talking to me like I'm a child!"

"I'm calling [name] tomorrow. We're gonna have a conversation about your future in this house."

"I'm not your fucking mommy!"

[astrronomemes]

THE SHINING: STARTERS

a collection of quotes, phrases, and sayings from the 1980 film, The Shining. change & alter as needed.

"Well, I'm looking for a change."

"That is quite a story."

"Obviously, some people can be put off by the idea of staying alone in a place where something like that actually happened."

"Look, I'm at [place], and I still have an awful lot to go through. I don't think I can get home before nine or ten."

"It's a beautiful place. You and [name] are gonna love it."

"This whole place is such an enormous maze, I feel like I'll have to leave a trail of breadcrumbs every time I come in."

"By five o'clock tonight, you'll never know anybody was ever here."

"You probably thought you was the only one. But there are other folks, though mostly they don't know it, or don't believe it."

"You ain't got no business going in there, anyway, so stay out! You understand? Stay out!"

"I love it. I really do. I've never been this happy or comfortable anywhere."

"I'm not being grouchy. I just want to finish my work."

"When I'm in here, that means I'm working. That means don't come in. Now, do you think you can handle that?"

"It's just like pictures in a book, [name]. It isn't real."

"I wish we could stay here forever and ever and ever."

"I love you, [name]. I love you more than anything else in the whole world, and I'd never do anything to hurt you. Never."

"I had the most terrible nightmare I've ever had. It's the most horrible dream I've ever had."

"Oh, my god! [Name], what happened to your neck?"

"God, I'd give anything for a drink — my goddamn soul, just for a glass of beer."

"I like you, [name]. I've always liked you. You were always the best of them."

"Things could be better, [name]. Things could be a whole lot better."

"I did hurt him once, okay? It was an accident! Completely unintentional! It could've happened to anybody!"

"Are you out of your fucking mind?"

"No, it's the truth, really! I swear it!"

"It is so fucking typical of you to create a problem like this when I finally have the chance to accomplish something!"

"[Name], I have let you fuck up my life so far, but I'm not going to let you fuck this up!"

"I'm the kind of man likes to know who's buying their drinks, [name]."

"Come on, hon, wake up. You just had a bad dream. Everything is okay."

"I think we should discuss what should be done with him. What should be done with him?"

"You think maybe he should be taken to a doctor?"

"Has it ever occurred to you what would happen to my future if I were to fail to live up to my responsibilities? Has it ever occurred to you? Has it?!"

"You've had your whole fucking life to think things over! What good is a few more minutes going to do you now?"

"I said I'm not going to hurt you... I'm just going to bash your brains in! I'm going to bash them right the fuck in!"

"[Name], listen. Let me out of here, and I'll forget the whole goddamn thing. It'll be just like nothing ever happened."

"No need to rub it in, [name]. I'll deal with that situation as soon as I get out of here."

"Your heart is not in this. You haven't the belly for it."

"I fear that you will have to deal with this matter in the harshest possible way, [name]. I fear that is the only thing to do."

[astrronomemes]

THE SECRET HISTORY: STARTERS

a collection of quotes, phrases, and sayings from the 1992 novel The Secret History by Donna Tartt. change & alter as needed.

"I suppose, at one time in my life, I might have had any number of stories, but now there is no other. This is the only story I will ever be able to tell."

"If there's one thing I'm good at, it's lying on my feet. It's a sort of gift I have."

"I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive."

"He can't be all that elitist if he accepted me."

"Well, if he doesn't know, I'm not going to tell him."

"No person, no matter how beloved, can ever truly understand us."

"Bloody, terrible things are sometimes the most beautiful."

"Let God consume us, devour us, unstring our bones... then spit us out, reborn."

"I mean to say, [name] is a handsome fellow and a sterling character, but I wouldn't want to marry him, would I?"

"You had better watch out. I've heard some weird shit about those people."

"You're always saying that, [name], but I just don't think it's true."

"[Name], put me down. I'm bleeding all over you."

"You shouldn't push your friends away like that. The best friends you'll ever have are the ones you're making right now."

"I told you, I don't have any friends here."

"I think it's good to change the place where one sleeps from time to time. It gives one more interesting dreams."

"I mean, he's not what you think. Or what [name] thinks, or anybody else. For a while there, he had me fooled but good."

"The appeal to stop being yourself, even for a little while, is very great."

"You're being so nice about this. I feel awfully embarrassed by the whole thing."

"Well, you may or may not know this, but [name] is a little jealous of you."

"Jesus, [name], you know everything. You make me sick."

"They say the same about arsenic, but I wouldn't like to try it."

"Anything I do will be dangerous, you know."

"What do you and [name] need a secret code for?"

"A person can do an awful lot of talking in twelve hours."

"If we keep it as casual as possible, no one will give us a second glance. People don't pay attention to ninety percent of what they see."

"Really, there's nothing to worry about. It seems risky, but if you look at it logically, it couldn't be safer."

"Who do you think [name] would be more apt to believe?"

"Forgive me for being blunt, but if you think you have any influence over [name], you're sadly mistaken. He's not particularly fond of you, and if I may speak plainly, he never has been."

"There were some things you had to know, I suppose, but I feel I've done you a disservice by involving you this far."

"What is unthinkable is undoable."

"Anyway, you want to come to this party?"

"You idiot. Did you know your shirt is on inside out?"

"I had a dream tonight. You were in it."

"I need more than coffee."

"I'm embarrassed that people will think we went to see such bad movies."

"He knows we're lying. He just doesn't know what we're lying about."

"I prefer to think of it as a redistribution of matter."

"These guys will chop you up and put you in a garbage bag for twenty bucks."

"You know, we've done a terrible thing."

"You know, I'm really not attracted to you."

"Anything is grand if it's done on a large enough scale."

"You look as if you were in a barroom brawl."

"People get upset, all of a sudden they want to listen to old hippie garbage they would never listen to if they were in their right mind. When my cat died, I had to go out and borrow all these Simon & Garfunkel records."

"By the way, I've been meaning to ask, what did you do to your eye?"

"Murder is pollution. The murderer defiles everyone he comes into contact with. And the only way to purify blood is through blood."

"You amaze me. You think nothing exists if you can't see it."

"He loved you, too. He would have wanted you to know that. You know that, don't you, dear?"

"Do you think I should go to the hospital?"

"I didn't take anything. You know very well I didn't."

"I would've told them anything if I thought they'd send me home."

"I mean, I've been drinking a bit more than I should. I'm the first to admit that."

"I never brought your name up, man. I hardly fucking know you. But they got it from somewhere. And it wasn't from me."

"Look at [name]. Don't you just love him? If he called me up and asked me to marry him, I would do it in, like, one second."

"Is death really so terrible a thing? It seems terrible to you, because you are young, but who is to say he is not better off now than you are? Or — if death is a journey to another place — that you will not see him again?"

"I'm not taking sides. I just think whatever you're doing, you picked a bad time to do it."

"[Name], it's none of my business, but I hope for God's sake you know what you're doing."

"What the hell is wrong with you? Why do you have to make things so hard for everybody?!"

"You don't feel a great deal of emotion for other people, do you?"

"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 know I said earlier that he was perfect, but he wasn't perfect. Far from it — he could be silly and vain and remote and often cruel, and still, we loved him, in spite of, because."

"Flesh and blood are frail and weak, and there comes a time when we have to transcend our teachers."

"I loved him more than my own father. I loved him more than anyone in the world."

"I don't care what happens to him. I don't care if he dies. I wish he was dead."

"[Name] can't hurt you. You're perfectly safe out here."

"Kidnap is not the word that I would use."

"So, you've come to kill me?"

"If you want to shoot me, [name], go ahead and do it. It'll be the stupidest thing you ever did in your life."

"The stupidest thing I ever did in my life was listening to you."

"I managed to get out of taking my French exams next week, due to the very excellent excuse of having a gunshot wound to the stomach."

"Forgive me, for all the things I did, but mostly for the ones I did not."

"You know, everybody is saying that you're dead."

"Are you happy here?"

[astrronomemes]

THAT '70S SHOW: STARTERS

a collection of my personal favorite quotes, phrases, and sayings from the 1998-2006 television sitcom, That '70s Show. change & alter as needed.

"Well, damn, [name], I can't control the weather!"

"If I could run across a beach into my own arms, I would."

"Yelling is the only part of being a father that I enjoy."

"What did you eat for breakfast? Carnation Instant Bitch?"

"Why do you think the Martians won't land here? Because they're green, and they know people are going to make fun of them."

"It's every little girl's dream to get married out of spite!"

"We keep our Christmas decorations down there! Baby Jesus was watching!"

"If this van's a-rockin'... we're in there, doing it."

"Well, I'd like to help, but not as much as I'd like not to."

"Anyone else feel like a rainbow?"

"My heart aches with pain. When I see you, I vomit. Die away from me."

"The beautiful cannot be held responsible for the havoc our looks create."

"My foot is shaking, it wants to kick his ass so bad!"

"Just once, I want the right thing and the topless thing to be the same thing!"

"If you don't get caught, everything is legal."

"I am not drunk! I am upset! ...And drunk."

"Where Zen ends, ass-kicking begins."

"Life is too short to spend it with people who annoy you."

"I'm a hot-looking, smooth-talking, frisky-ass son of a bitch."

"[Name], get in the car. We're going on a freaking date."

"When I go to the hospital, I like to not die."

"Crack a book, you lazy son of a bitch."

"If you really do love her, there's only one thing to do, man. You got to dump her, and live free."

"I'm going to go out, meet some boys, and crush their hearts one by one."

"I'm like ketchup. I go good on everything."

"I was never happy. I was just less pissed off."

"So that's what an adulteress is! I always thought it was a tiny adult."

"For your information, I'm already sorry I was ever born."

"What are you gonna put on your résumé? Dumbass?"

"I'd get up, but my back is still sore from that knife you stuck in it."

"I don't want to go outside! There are people out there!"

"I cannot be held responsible for the things that come out of my mouth!"

"Oh, no. Now I have to act normal."

"You can hit him in the groin with a banjo."

"Well, I've got to go to sleep, because I have a big day of misery ahead of me tomorrow."

"I don't need another friend. I've already got two."

"Seeing you work hard and take pride in what you do... I lost respect for you, man."

"I wanted to get you a card, but they don't have one for our specific situation. So, here — happy first communion."

"I could kill you without making a sound."

"I can't go outside. I'm allergic to pollen. And social situations."