THE CHAOS OF STARS : SENTENCE STARTERS.
taken from kierstan white’s 2013 standalone young adult novel.
( as always, feel free to tweak things such as pronouns, names, and titles as needed for context. )
tw : toxic / emotionally abusive parents, death, thanatophobia and severe self deprecation.
❝ still, she uses it as an excuse for everything. ❞
❝ my mother’s efforts to domesticate me foiled yet again. ❞
❝ my parents brought me into the world to die. ❞
❝ my entire childhood of warmth and love was a drawing in the sand—impermanent and fragile and gone in a breath of wind. ❞
❝ can you decipher her handwriting ? ❞
❝ i don’t think your mother understands you very well. ❞
❝ yeah, cool. well you know where to find my father. ❞
❝ we are defined by what we do for others. ❞
❝ i’m replaceable. utterly, completely, replaceable. ❞
❝ i think i’m pretty safe. who would care enough to hurt me ? ❞
❝ in the grand scheme of things, i don’t matter. at all. ❞
❝ i don’t want to be any sort of burden on you. i’ll do the stupid job. ❞
❝ but seriously ? i am going to burn this table. ❞
❝ now, if you’ll excuse me, i need to get some air. ❞
❝ trust me, not homesick. sick of home. ❞
❝ so, i’m not strange anymore ? ❞
❝ actually, the more i’m around you, the stranger you get. ❞
❝ it’s okay, we know the owners. ❞
❝ do you know the architects ? because they should be shot. ❞
❝ we must always have order in this house. everything has a time and a purpose. ❞
❝ it’s a tomb ! i’m going to die ! they’ve known it this whole time. ❞
❝ we’re not children. we’re power sources. ❞
❝ this is the most straightforwardly named restaurant i’ve ever seen. ❞
❝ if i make a noise, the darkness will come for me too. ❞
❝ i would rather loose _____ before i ever have him. ❞
❝ butterflies are stupid, fragile things that have beautiful and tragically short lives. ❞
❝ those feelings have no place in my life, and i will not be a fool in love- or let it take over and destroy me. ❞
❝ volunteering, looks great on college applications. ❞
❝ i can’t do that. i can’t set myself myself up for loss. i can’t want something that can never be lasting or real. ❞
❝ but this room is real, and chaos take me, i need him. ❞
❝ go get food for everyone, because we’re all going to be here for a long time tonight. take my card and take your time. ❞
❝ i love it when you get bossy. it’s kind of adorable. ❞
❝ ah ! boring ! no wonder you’re willing to be friends with us. you don’t know any better. ❞
❝ why are you freaking out ? ❞
❝ i’ll be back in an hour with ____. ❞
❝ when i was a little girl, i believed i was still apart of the world’s secret magic. ❞
❝ i don’t know, i thought maybe you were homesick ? ❞