dialogue prompts from my murder: a novel by katie williams.
i want to do every last inch of every last thing.
how could i have ever thought of leaving?
i just have one of those faces.
you want to know what it was like? fine. i'll tell you.
it's a funny thing to have a body.
you cry at everything. you cry at furniture left by the side of the road.
you're saying you don't remember anything at all?
i try to be good and nice, nice and good. but sometimes, something just comes over me.
you've read the articles. seen the news reports.
i'm sorry i left you. i thought you were okay.
children are trained to associate sugar with affection.
everyone feels like they're being followed, some of the time.
it's like you expect me to be grateful.
you talk about yourself in the third person?
you shouldn't think of yourself any differently.
i, apparently, am not 'people'.
no, i still want it. i'm just telling you that i hate it.
thanks for taking me home.
you must be a really good mom.
how well can you really know someone?
what did you think you were doing?
but it was bad, right? what i did?
i understand how things can linger.
can you be serious for a minute?
i know it happened. i know it happened to me.
give them enough time, and people will always ask.
it's easier to share an apartment with a stranger.
i'm glad you have people who understand you.
people are inscrutable, and life is chaos. if i know anything, i know that.
i'm made of curiosity. i am a hundred dead cats.
something happened to me, and sometimes it comes up.
you know better than anyone what a bitch i can be.
you're good. people will tell you you're not, but you are.
why are you weird? no, sorry. i mean, what's wrong with you?
are you going to tell me, or am i going to have to start guessing?
i need you to not be angry right now. it doesn't help me. okay?
i haven't gotten any threats lately.
people always blame the mother.
we're already in trouble. we've been in trouble this whole time.
why do you always ask me these things when the lights are out?
i love you monstrously. with fangs and claws.