the house with a clock in its walls sentence starters
magic? magic's not real.
the other night, we did something awful.
we don't know the truth.
we fought about it, and we fought some more, until finally i just… took off.
you. it was you in my dreams.
what were you two doing?
not everyone can appreciate the intricacies of a free-form jazz odyssey.
they did everything together. they were best friends.
now you're just showing off.
having a child means being scared for them 24/7 and doing it anyway. it's the whole damn job description.
something is wrong. something is very wrong.
i foolishly walked into a trap.
you can't do this alone. you need help, and i can help you.
look, i get it… you're scared. i am, too.
are we playing poker, or am i playing solitaire?
i'd been left for dead.
is that why you didn't go to ____'s funeral?
you know this is about the complete opposite of real magic.
come out, come out, wherever you are! you can't hide forever.
i'm sorry about everything.
it's not what you say. it's how you say it.
you drive like an old grandma.
i taught you everything you know. i didn't teach you everything i know.
i don't have a choice here.
we'll hide in the basement, like sensible people.
finally, a smile! i was starting to think you were incapable.
you should have seen me before the war.
i'll take what i can get.
you can tell me.
you went through something awful during the war. we all did.
don't just stand there!
she missed you. she talked about you all the time.
you know how i said there were no rules? actually, there's one rule.
she thinks she's smarter than me because she's got more college degrees.
you're gonna have to be brave.
can you feel that?
i'd give you a nasty look, but you've already got one.
whoever said i died?
this is no place for a kid.
what are you doing here? where are all your friends?
for a small price, of course.
is this place haunted?
well, i'm gonna drown my sorrows in some hot cocoa. you want some?
you've seen this code before?
you're lonely, huh?
you know, i didn't think this is how i was gonna die.
why won't you talk to me?
look, ____ drives me nuts. and he doesn't always smell so terrific. but he's gotten me out of more tough scrapes than i care to mention.
i thought you'd want this.
it's not safe for you here. i was wrong to ever think that it was.
okay, this is no time for jokes.
why can't you help us?
well, for a boy who loves words, you're sure at a loss for them.
raising the dead? now, that would be a trick.
you could stick it out. but no no, when the going gets tough, you get going right for the exit!
i'm gonna need your help on this one.
what are you doing here? i told you it's not safe.
well, what are we waiting for?
please don't make me butcher him.
go ahead, yell at me. call me some names.
just leave me alone, okay?
i like being your mom.
depends on what you mean by "bad." i'm nice, but i'm not that good.
i don't know the word yet, but thank you.
so… how are you making out?
maybe another time.
wow. that was really really terrible. i mean, just awful.
i just think it might be easier for you if you acted a little more… you know .... normal.
are you wearing a robe?
i can't do this alone.
you always were a lousy liar.
oh, come on. don't kill yourself before i've had a chance to meet you.
it's creepy that you know that.
i played it perfect. he suspects nothing.
you can eat cookies till you throw up, for all i care.
you're responsible for keeping a human child alive?
why are you always wandering around at night?
i see weird stuff out of the corner of my eye, and… i feel like… i almost feel like…
you're a coward.
seriously, are you almost done?
please. there must be some part of you that doesn't want this.
i was dead long before i died.
this is my fault.
we're all very proud of you.
you look like an insect. i mean that as the highest compliment.
i got hurt one time. pretty badly. and even though my outsides got better, my insides never did.
sometimes i get over-enthused. i'll admit that.
life is like a bicycle. to stay balanced, you've got to keep moving forward.
you can look that one up.
children make mistakes, they get in trouble. that's why they're children.
have you seen anything creepy?
no, we gotta do the responsible thing: lie to the kid.
oh, i slept peachy. like a baby. like a big, peachy baby.
you gonna saw a lady in half?
now you're just showing off.
your mom was my sister, so that makes you family.
you are indomitable.
calling that a poker face is an insult to faces.
look, i don't know how to take care of a kid.
i know something's wrong.
you've got to get up! you've got to get up right now!
i'd give anything to be with you again. you know that, right?
death's been good to him.
i just wish that i met you a long time ago.
if you tell anyone i was there, i'll break both your arms.
am i gonna be okay?
are you gonna axe murder me?
i've found that all one really needs in this world is one good friend.
i'll— i’ll make it up to you. please.
i think i'm smarter than you because i'm smarter than you.
i'm going to bed. you're welcome to stay up as long as you like.
i'm sorry you had to see that.
she looked up to you. she needed you. and now she's gone.
we just have to hold it together.
how come you left home?
this is me. i'm not brave.
here, let me help you with that.
there's very few problems in the world that can't at least be helped by a good chocolate chip cookie.
this is over.
i'm sorry you lost your family.
what the hell were you thinking?!
and no, to answer that look you're giving me, ____ and i aren't anything kissy-faced.
i learned from the best.
there must be something we're not thinking of…
i'm not gonna axe murder you.
what's wrong with weird?