sharp objects novel sentence starters. TW: brief mentions of killing self/suicide.
“ look, if you can’t do this, you can’t do it. but i think it might be good for you. “
“ i don’t want this to get out, ____. i have no intention of letting this get out. “
“ sometimes i think we should just burn these woods. seems like nothing good ever happens in them. “
“ it’s all too loud. “
“ i just can’t have that kind of talk around me. “
“ just being polite, ____. we do that where i’m from too. “
“ be human for a second. “
“ you have kids, ____? i don’t even know if you’re married. “
“ so much has gone wrong. i can’t make sense of it. “
“ was the funeral very hard on you, ____? “
“ i can’t believe you can’t remember these things, ____. i think you’d be embarrassed to have forgotten so much. “
“ i wear this for ____. when i’m home, i’m her little doll. “
“ this isn’t some stranger, and i would guess you know it. “
“ everyone has their own version of a memory. “
“ i’d hate to insult the nice people around here. more than i already have. “
“ sounds like we’ve both seen some ugly things. “
“ you said it would all be perfect. you promised! “
“ it’s ruined. the whole thing is ruined. “
“ it’s impossible to compete with the dead. i wish i’d stop trying. “
“ i wish i’d be murdered. then i’d never have to worry again. when you die, you become perfect. “
“ there’s not a speck of evil in you, ____. “
“ we all know each other’s secrets. and we all use them. “
“ this place does bad things to me. i feel… wrong. “
“ i can’t believe this is really happening. in our town, where we grew up. it makes me feel sick to my stomach. just sick. “
“ it’s just that ____ was a real person, you know? “
“ goddammit, i want ____ back. i mean, what now? is this it? “
“ i’m here. i don’t usually feel that i am. i feel like a warm gust of wind could exhale my way and i’d be disappeared forever. “
“ i always feel sad for the girl that i was because it never occurred to me that my mother might comfort me. “
“ ____ has never told me they loved me, and i never assumed they did. “
“ i think you are a parasite. i think you are disgusting. i hope someday you look back and see how ugly you are. “
“ lord, ____, it’d be the most interesting thing that’s happened to me in a whole. “
“ if i see this in your paper, if i see even a hint of this conversation under your byline, you and i will never speak again. and that’s really bad, because i like talking to you. “
“ i had my share of fun. looks and money get you a long way here. “
“ i just think some women aren’t meant to be mothers. and some women aren’t made to be daughters. “
“ come on, do something. you could kill me right now and ____ still wouldn’t be able to figure it out. “
“ oh, now look what you’ve done. i’m bleeding. “
“ look at what you’ve done to yourself. look at it. “
“ i hope you can stand yourself. “
“ i thought i wanted to do this. like i needed a purpose. “
“ being conflicted means you can live a shallow life without copping to be a shallow person. “
“ it seems like part of your heart can never work if you don’t have kids. like it will always be shut off. “
“ take it or don’t. i was just trying to be nice. “
“ i can be nice, you know? sometimes i can’t. but right now, i can. when everyone’s quiet, it’s easier. “
“ you’re a tough one, ____. you don’t have a lot of ‘give’ to you. “
“ you know you’re beautiful, right? i’d tell you, but it seems like the kind of thing you’d brush off. “
“ i think you’re the most beautiful girl i’ve ever seen. the first time i saw you, i couldn’t think for the rest of the day. “
“ i think i finally realized why i don’t love you. you’re cold and distant and so, so smug. i never said i didn’t love you, that’s just ridiculous. i never felt anything but coldness from you. “
“ you were always so willful, never sweet. “
“ i thought you’d save me. i thought you’d love me. that was a joke. “
“ you’re so hateful. “
“ i learned at your feet. “
“ do what i want; i might like you. “
“ i don’t know that anything would be any good anywhere, so it’s hard to gauge if this is better or worse. “
“ this place is miserable and i want to die, but i can’t think of any place i’d rather be. “
“ you were so sweet with me the other night. now you’re so changed. why? “
“ i wish i could fix it. i do. “
“ i always wanted to be you when i grew up. i think about you, you know? “
“ i’m tired of dying. “
“ i was asking about you. you doing okay down there? you have to tell me, because i can’t see your face. don’t do the stoic thing. “
“ whenever i’m here… i just always feel like i’m a bad person when i’m here. “
“ i’m not decent. “
“ just be a sweetie and fuck off, okay? i’m so tired of all of you. you’re such bores. “
“ sometimes i sit in my room before bed and i write down every single thing i did and said that day. then i grade it, A for perfect move, F for i should kill myself i’m such a loser. “
“ safer to be feared than loved. “
“ i know tons of things i shouldn’t know. “
“ i’ve got to get out of here. i’m bored all the time. that’s why i act out. i know i can be a little… off. “
“ i’m so happy with you. you’re like my soul-mate. “
“ shit. i think you dented my face. “
“ what if you hurt because it feels good? like you have a tingling, like someone left a switch on in your body. and nothing can turn the switch off except hurting? what does that mean? “
“ it’s not safe here. it’s not safe for you. “
“ don’t you dare, ____. i’ll cut you. “
“ ____, a beautiful girl can get away with anything if she plays nice. you must certainly know that. “
“ was my mother… a nice person? “
“ don’t play games with me, ____. that exhausts me. “
“ ____ devours you, and if you don’t let her, it’ll be even worse for you. “
“ i’m scared. i’m vindicated. i want to die. “
“ you look so nice and clean. it’s… it’s so dirty here. “
“ last night. you saved me. that saved me. if you hadn’t stayed with me, i would’ve done something bad. i know it, ____. “
“ one thing i learned about ____, they don’t need a reason to strike out. “
“ are we done? i’m sort of tired of talking about this. “
“ you were never such a good girl when you were little. you were always so willful. maybe your spirit has gotten a bit more broken. in a good way. a necessary way. “
“ don’t turn on me, ____. we hurt each other awfully quickly in this family. “
“ hard night, huh? well, just wait—everything’s going to get worse. “
“ god, i’m so angry. that it ever happened. that it took me this long to figure out. “
“ i’ll never have a home. “
“ isn’t a smile a girl’s best weapon? “
“ i feel sorry for persephone because even when she’s back with the living, people are afraid of her because of where she’s been. “
“ would you be more said if i died or if ____ did? “
“ certain people should die. ____ should die. “
“ when a child knows that young that her mother doesn’t care for her, bad things happen. “
“ you like ____ better than me. “
“ it’s a game. come with me, we’ll play. “
“ i could never have anything to myself. they weren’t my secrets anymore. “
“ a child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort. “
