Hadestown Sentence Starters
“ No use talking of the past, it’s passed. ”
“ Oh, a liar! And a player too? I’ve met too many men like you. ”
“ Only the gods can change the world. Me and you can’t change anything. ”
“ Lover tell me, if you’re able, who’s gonna lay the wedding table? ”
“ When the sun is high, brother so am I. ”
“ Let the world we dream about be the one we live in now. ”
“ All I’ve ever known is how to hold my own, but now I wanna hold you too. ”
“ Down there’s it’s a bunch of stiffs, brother I’ll be bored to death. ”
“ And you better forget about your wishing well. ”
“ Keep your head keep your head low, if you wanna keep your head! ”
“ In the coldest time of year, why is it so hot down here? ”
“ Every year they have this fight! ”
“ If you don’t want my love, I’ll give it to someone who does. ”
“ The choice is yours, if you’re willing to choose, seeing as you’ve got nothing to lose. ”
“ Help yourself, to hell with the rest, even the one who loves you best. ”
“ Aim for the heart, shoot to kill, if you don’t do it then the other one will. ”
“ Oh, my heart, it aches to stay, but the flesh will have its way. ”
“ Go ahead and lay the blame- talk of virtue, talk of sin- wouldn’t you have done the same? ”
“ You’ll find another muse somewhere. ”
“ Just how far would you go for her? ”
“ Wait for me, I’m coming too, wait I’m coming with you. ”
“ We have work, and they have none, and our work is never done. ”
“ I got the wind right here in a jar, got the rain on tap at the bar. ”
“ When’s the last time you saw the sky? ”
“ What the boss don’t know, the boss won’t mind. ”
“ There ain’t no rest for your weary soul. ”
“ Dreams are sweet until they’re not- men are kind until they aren’t. ”
“ I’m not going back alone. ”
“ But have you seen the world? It isn’t beautiful. ”
“ Can’t you see she made a deal? ”
“ Don’t know who the hell you are, but I can tell you don’t belong. ”
“ She couldn’t go anywhere even if she wanted to. ”
“ The ones who tell the lies are the solemnest to swear. ”
“ You and your pity don’t fit in my bed. ”
“ Everybody knows that the walls have ears. ”
“ All the wealth within these walls will never buy the thing called love. ”
“ One day she’s hot, the next she’s cold- women are so seasonal. ”
“ The more he has, the more he holds, the greater the weight of the world on his shoulders. ”
“ Give them the rope and they’ll hang themselves. ”
“ Let them think that they have won. ”
“ I don’t know where this road will end, but I’ll walk with you into the wind. ”
“ We’ll try again next fall. ”
“ It’s as though you aren’t there. ”
“ He could make you see the way the world it could be, in spite of the way that it was. ”
