needful things sentence starters ↪ taken from stephen king’s 1991 novel. alter as you see fit
“you’ve been here before.”
“that picture should be mine.”
“enter freely, and leave some of the happiness you bring!”
“he might have gone on all afternoon if someone hadn’t yelled.”
“want to come in and watch tv with me?”
“ain’t we supposed to be looking at each other, honey?”
“i recognized you by the way you walk, even before i saw your face good.”
“can you sit a spell with me?”
“say, ain’t that a piece of work!”
“— or maybe it’s just more talk in the diner over those cups of coffee and slabs of apple pie.”
“keep an eye on him, i tell you. keep an eye on everything.”
“there’s a storm on the way.”
“he hates me already. i know he does.”
“my jealous muscle is starting to twitch.”
“i know what you did, you crazy bitch!”
“is this getting through that cracked skull of yours?”
“is that an invitation?”
“do you still have the key i gave you?”
“i guess i don’t exactly look like demi moore.”
“no, this isn’t the one i want.”
“you’ll want to pay attention to me, [name].”
“perhaps they are dreams themselves.“
“do you hulk out?”
“i don’t know why, but i did.”
“i doubt if you believe me, but it happens to be the truth.”
“he had always been a sunshiney sort of boy.”
“not me. not this kid. uh-uh, no way.”
“you don’t want to fuck with me.”
“now, where did i put that cheese …?”
“you don’t still have the letter and that picture, do you?”
“i thought you were the guy who wasn’t surprised.”
“i’d just about decided you weren’t going to come by.”
“what’s happened? you look dreadful!”
“it’s like magic.”
“we’re not going to fight, no matter what.”
“i trust you with all my heart.”
“that white stuff is not johnson’s baby powder.”
“i bet that’s where it is! i know that’s where it is!”
“shit fire and save matches!”
“i only found one item of interest, but it was a corker. looked like a map.”
“something nasty is going on in [town] tonight.”
“the world has turned to boogers.”
“i paid for them, and they’re mine.”
“i’ll keep that promise all my life.”
“just a couple more questions and i’ll leave you alone.”
“it’s hard to find out the face you thought you loved is only a mask.”
“i think the boogeyman is in my home town tonight.”
“i just got here. i haven’t seen anyone.”
“don’t waste my time telling me things i already know. “
“maybe they were that way all along and you just didn’t see it.”
“you’re disgusting, [name].”
“i’m sorry for what i did. that doesn’t fix it, but for whatever it’s worth, i’m sorry.”
“the power’s out!”
“no one’s been here for a long, long time.”
“you should be in the hospital.”
“i’m going to give you some painkiller.”
“payback’s a bitch.”
“i’m sorry you’re mad at me that you think i did something.”
“i think the pain might even make the rest better, the way a good setting can make a diamond look better.”
“this offer is good for a limited time only, you cocksucker.”
“YOU FUCKED UP, [name]!”
“better that they die here and now, than that they go with you and live.”
“go hence, demon! you are cast out from this place!”
“my heart is broken.”
“what really happened in this goddamn town?”
“go ahead, you can laugh; it was meant as a joke.”
