Crescent City sentence starters
Sentence starters from Sarah J. Maas’s Crescent city. Because I am a slave to @nogoodnessimproveme‘s whims. Spoilers ahead.
Feel free to reblog/change pronouns as needed.
”Does this make you feel like you’re on the right path? Was this worth it?”
“I have a reason to work for my freedom. I thought you did, too.”
“Seeing you with them... it takes me back to that place. I’m sorry.”
“I’m still scared of that fancy coffee machine you bought us.”
“You might be able to accept the bit in your mouth, but I never will.”
“Don’t be such a cliche.”
“I’m getting real sick of you telling me where to go and forbidding me to do things.”
“It is a symbol - and symbols will always wield a power of their own.”
“Allow me to demonstrate why you can all kiss my ass.”
“You look how I feel. Every day.”
“You want me. I want you. It’s been that way for a while, and playing with those guys/girls hasn’t done a damn thing to make you forget that, has it?”
“Come on, ___, don’t be such a wimp.”
“I have too many things to wish for.”
“I saw them when I was a kid and thought they were the most magical thing I’d ever seen.”
“Promise me you won’t go ballistic.”
““There are better ways to deal with everything.”
“I knew you wouldn’t drink it if it tasted like rubbing alcohol.”
“You’re not the only person to have lost someone you love.”
“I’m trying to do something nice, and you’re not making it easy.”
“They deliberately chose not to help!”
“We were right then, and we’re still right now.”
“You pretend to be irreverent and lazy, but deep down, you don’t give up.”
“That room is yours, if you want it.”
“I was so worried about you.”
“I’m glad you called me tonight. I know things are fucked up between us, and I know a lot of that is my fault, but if you ever need me, I’m here. Anytime at all.”
“At the risk of sounding like a cliche, I like seeing you in my shirt.”
“I’d say most people need liquid courage when dealing with you.”
“I was asking why they’re not here, not whether you’re dating, but good to know.”
“I thought to myself, ‘there’s someone I want guarding my back. There’s a friend I’d like to have.’“
“I’ve known who you were this whole time. I never forgot you.”
“I should have been the one to shut them up.”
“I never wanted you to be hurt. I never wanted you to know -”
“Your heart was already so broken.”
“I realized all of this was the wrong path.”
“You are where I wanted to end up.”
“She’s done with you. All of you.”
“It stops when you’re dead. When everyone we love is dead.”
“Nothing’s changed. Nothing has gotten better.”
“She loved me enough to have said yes.”
“I heard you want to kill me. Are we really back to that old game?”
“Who knew you could act so commonly?”
“I’m just checking to see if the sky is falling, since you’re thanking me for something.”
“I just thought you should know something before I go.”
“I promised not to do anything stupid. I didn’t say I wouldn’t do anything smart.”
“Please don’t take them.”
“Your loyalty was the one good thing about you.”
“Don’t listen to a word she says.”
“I know your secret. I know what a prize you are.”
“You thought you were safe from me?”
“You should have slit their throat when you had the chance. I speak from experience.”
“I will never forgive you! Never!”
“I will not apologize for protecting you.”
“I couldn’t take the risk of him finding out.”
“I said I’ve known you’re important for all of an hour and you’re already a pain in my ass.”
“You? Are dead to me.”
“I don’t think you’re quite as much of an asshole now.”
“Together, we’ll get through this.”
“I’m not considering such changes in my life right now.”
“It’s not about the money. It’s about the care of this planet.”
“What I’m looking for? I’m looking for you.”
“I enjoyed every second of it.”
“I told them I’d forget it, if they did one little favor for me, at just the right moment.”
“He played you like a fucking fiddle.”
“Why not cause a little more chaos?”
“I know. I peeked in your drawer.”
“Tell me that’s not what I think it is.”
“They’ll be too late.”
“I’ve been waiting for this call.”
“She loved him much more than she hated you.”
“I believe it all happened for a reason. I believe it wasn’t for nothing.”
“I know it’s bad right now. I know it feels impossible.”
“We’re going to go home. You and me. Together. We’ll have that afterward.”
“I wouldn’t be so smug.”
“It got too hard. Without you. It is too hard without you.”
“We were supposed to live our lives together.”
“I couldn’t take that risk.”
“They wouldn’t have wanted you to stop fighting.”
“You have to hurry. You have to decide now.”
“I’m waiting for you.”
“You waited to admit it until I was almost dead, you fucking coward.”
“Now come say it to my face!”
“Too bad all that didn’t turn you into a decent person.”
“I guess that bastard finally realized he owed me that much.”
“It was too much to hope that achieving all that gave you a sense of dignity.”
“It was incredibly fortunate that you found a solution.”
“Want to come play scary asshole with me?”
“You are one lucky idiot.”
“You’re my ___. Of course I’d come to save your ass.”
“You really think I care more about that than you?”
“Yeah, yeah, you’re a fucking hotshot.”
“I didn’t trust anyone. Even you.”
“I think his father would have been proud.”
“I don’t plan to. Not when things are about to get so interesting.”
