dialogue prompts from poor deer: a novel by claire oshetsky.
enough of your pretty lies. it's time to tell the truth.
here, the boundary between the practical and the supernatural is razor-thin.
stop stalling. it's time to confess what you did.
time for you to go home, then.
i'll be very sad if you go to a better place without me.
what an old stick in the mud you are.
you're the same liar you've always been.
what are you staring at? go.
didn't you ever come to bed?
you are full of surprises.
time moves sideways, through the most important moments of our lives.
it's been so long since i met any new people.
i don't know how to behave, or where to put my eyes.
you haven't been out of this room all day, have you?
run away. run straight home.
you ought not to be alone. please stay.
that was a wicked thing to say.
you are never to repeat that awful lie again.
i just want to shut my eyes and sleep forever.
i hadn't expected to meet you.
why are you so kind to me?
whenever i'm happy, something bad is sure to follow.
i don't understand you one bit.
my little changeling child.
you don't have a shred of compassion.
did your mother tell you that?
[name] isn't an angel. [name] is in the ground.
i will never think what those other people think about you.
please, dear. please look at me. i love you.
you know as well as i do what true memories feel like.
buck up. the worst is over.
do you understand what you did? do you even know what you've done?
you can't lie to me. you can't hide from the truth.
everything is always better in the morning. i promise.
everything is the same as it ever was.
what you need is a good hug.
you're home now. you're safe.
the days kept happening. the world kept turning.
would you like to tell your story to me? i'd love to hear it.
you can be a remarkable little liar sometimes.
you're old enough to know heaven is just a pretty story, aren't you?
go home to your mother. your mother will know what to do.
some things are forever, and other things are never again.
you can't help me. i know that now.
this is my secret hideout. i made it.
do you think you're being charming?
it looks like it's going to be just you and me, for the time being.
i think we should go on a little vacation somewhere special. just us two. what do you think?
i'm not asking your permission. i'll be back when i'm back.
any old fool can drive a car.
given enough faith, you can do the impossible. and don't you forget it.
you will change the world for the better, i know it.
can you tell me, please, how to get to [place]?
you once said i'd be the death of you, and you were right.
i've always imagined purgatory was the kind of place you could stumble into by accident.
will you ever let me try to make it up to you?
i've traveled this route before, in my dreams.
it couldn't have been ___ you saw. you must have seen somebody else.
i'm running out of time to find my happy ending.
you are the strangest girl i have ever met.
there is very little goodness or love in this story.
you never need to worry about ____, ever again.
your story isn't over yet.
are you my angel, or my devil?
you're still young. when you're my age, you'll understand.
you never can tell what a child will grow up to be.
i admire you for accepting life as it comes.
you're never coming back, are you?
i'm here. i'm not going anywhere. here is my hand.
is that you, out so early?
we're approaching the end of our necessary small talk.
i've come to ask for your forgiveness.
you're welcome to stay as long as you like.
one day, i might forgive myself.