| SENTENCE STARTERS | THE BEAR & THE NIGHTINGALE |
PART I. | PART II. adjust as necessary.
Why after a hard winter and a hard summer must we waste food and drink on these?
Better to eat. There will not be food like this all winter.
Why do you stay here? No one would fault you for going.
A self-appointed task in service of your own pride.
It is a cruel task, to frighten people in God's name. However, [name], I am not afraid.
Wanting despite yourself, and hating where you love. Oh, you are beautiful.
After all your silence, do you speak to me at last?
Have no fear. I stand with you, and you will never again be alone. The world will fall to your feet because you have been loyal.
Be faithful, and I will never leave you.
I'd rather my sons living, and my daughters safe, than a chance at glory for unborn descendants.
And so? Blessed are those who linger only a little in this mire of wickedness before they going into the presence of God.
The things you speak of are false; illusions to tempt the unwary. Hold to truth and all will be well.
I would carry your word to the ends of the earth, if only you asked it.
Only tell me what I must do. I will be faithful.
Call me with every breath and call me by name.
Only never leave me again.
There is evil among us. It creeps into our souls in the night, in the silence. It is waiting for the unwary.
I see you. You are all I see sometimes.
I see you. But, [name], there is little to see.
This winter will pass, as others have passed.
You want my people to love you, so you made them afraid.
Yes, I am all right. Forgive me. I must have cried out in my sleep.
You are out of luck, I am afraid, [name], and have been for some time.
If you do not take pity, we are all going to die.
It is my place, and they are my people.
Watch with me tonight. When you are here, I am stronger.
Get you gone. You have done enough evil here.
You would do better to come in and eat it by the fire.
Fallen so far, my poor creature?
I desire greatly that she/he/they retire from the world. It must be sooner, not later.
Do you be quiet and pray.
Defy me? It is done, and you will be bound with rope if you do not care to walk.
I have wronged no one. I have hurt no one. I have tried to save you!
I do not threaten. it is the truth.
Truth? Truth, you little liar, there is no truth in you!
A noble sacrifice? How will that help anyone?
I have helped all I can, and earned these people's hatred.
If this is the last decision I make, at least it is my decision.
Do you think I want to lose you to this folly?
Well, I was given a choice, and I am taking it.
You would not have saved me if you meant to kill me.
What madness brought you into the forest tonight?
This is my hour and mine alone.
I was so frightened I couldn't think.
I decided I would rather freeze in a snowbank. Well, that was before I began to freeze in a snowbank. It hurts.
I shall tell her as little as possible. And hope that is enough.
You are wounded. You are weary.
Perhaps you should be honoured; I do not often have guests.
There is magic in your bones. You must reckon with it.
You can walk where you will, into peace, oblivion, or pits of fire, but you will always choose.
Yes, there is death in it, but not before joy, or glory.
Will you stay here instead, and sing away eternity?
Some things I can heal. But I cannot heal gently.
I am little more than a shadow now, in the houses of men. Once I was a guest.
I am displeased, my servant. I am most displeased.
You will walk a hard road. If you have not the courage to meet it, better—far better—to die quiet. Perhaps I meant you a kindness.
Nothing changes, [name]. Things are, or they are not. Magic is forgetting that something ever was other than as you willed it.
All my life I have been told to 'go' and 'come'. I am told how I will live and I am told how I will die. I would walk into the jaws of hell itself, if it were a path of my own choosing. I would rather die tomorrow than live the life appointed to me.
What do I know of ancient magic, or ancient rivalries, or anything else?
No—please. Do not leave me, I beg. I beg!
And I was left with my sin—that I wanted you.
You must hold on, then. As long as you may. Be brave.
They are always afraid at the end. But the fear of the brave—that is best.
He had—such a look about him. As if he knew what to do, and how, and why.
Well, that is something, to be remembered.
It was his choice, [name]. It was his privilege. He would not have had it otherwise.
And I suppose you frighten people all the time on your own account.
I will be free, and I will not count the cost.
Anywhere, [name]. The world is wide, and the road will take us anywhere.
Come in, [name]. It is cold.