dialogue prompts from the reformatory by tananarive due.
why'd you do a fool thing like that?
school is holier than church.
everyone knowing your name isn't always a blessing.
what would ____ have done?
not all stories are suited for the ears of children.
you can only trust explosive secrets with three people, maybe four.
we should have run away when we had the chance.
we'll get there faster if we cut through the woods.
sometimes life throws you a curveball, and you end up in places you never expected.
i've never seen a more superstitious place.
there's no such thing as ghosts. that's an absolute fact.
evil is never plain to the eye.
stop fretting. just makes it worse.
sometimes the only justice is a hot meal and a bed to sleep in.
it could've been last week, for how well i remember it.
you think i don't know an evil eye when i see one?
if you're dead, stay dead.
you're scared of your shadow. always jumping.
who is it? who locked the door?
none of you can take a joke.
you seem more tired than usual.
you can talk sense when you want to.
men do evil every day and call it 'doing their job'.
i've heard all i can stand.
this is only a season, and it will pass. no matter what happens.
you don't bother me, i won't bother you.
say you're sorry. put it behind you.
there's more ahead for you than this.
this isn't everything. there's more than this.
if i needed you to, you'd cover for me?
no one stays nice. best to remember it.
go on. ask me what i know.
i wish i could say i had good news.
get a good cry out if you want.
you're not as smart about the world as you think you are.
no good talk starts at a bar.
mama used to say that unaired feelings ate you up inside.
i'm sorry. i've got no right to blame you.
don't tell your business on the phone.
hush that damn foolishness.
don't you be sick in my truck.
sometimes the worst thing happens. usually, in fact.
how do you believe in god, with all the bad things?
this whole world is a lie, the bad things and the good things.
you've got an answer for everything, don't you?
it's like you can see every thought in my head.
what did i ever do to you?
don't talk about my parents.
don't talk like you know anything about me.
everybody won't see. but you might.
telling the truth always breaks the peace.
one thing i've learned: everything seems fine, until it ain't. and then we come to see it wasn't ever fine.
i was never allowed to have nicknames.
____ made me feel like i mattered.
be strong. like _____. can you do that?
it'll be alright, as long as you tell the truth.
all a man has in the world is his name. your name outlives you.
i tried to tell you, didn't i?
you're so dumb. not the dumbest i've ever seen, but pretty damn close.
you don't get to ask about ____.
if you see me run, follow behind. no matter what.
please let me do something to help.
they wear you down one wrong at a time.
we should use a code to talk about it.
never give up a chance to laugh.
you thought i didn't know?
does anyone remember you?
you need me, just like i need you.
constant worry steals everything from you.
i don't like strangers in my house.
you need a place to stay, and i have a spare room.
sometimes we say a thing to try to believe it.
i don't know what game you're playing, but it's a dangerous one.
the secret to war is the sacrifices friends make for each other.
we don't all sit around in a clubhouse. is that what you think?
let it out. but when you're done crying, we need to go over the plan.
wait a minute. just slow down.
we're no better than them.
some mistakes you don't come back from.
everything is a trick with you.
i don't want to kill anybody. not even ____.
