STEPHEN KING’S ‘THE BODY’ SENTENCE STARTERS. ↪ all taken from the 1983 novella. feel free to edit them as you see fit, & enjoy !
“the most important things are the hardest things to say.”
“it happened a long time ago… although sometimes it doesn’t seem that long to me.”
“you four-eyed pile of shit!”
“drop dead in a shed, fred.”
“you guys want to go see a dead body?”
“my balls crawled up so high i thought they was trying to get back home.”
“there used to be a bridge, but there was a flood. a long time ago. now there’s just the train-tracks.”
“did you ever hear of such a fucked-up family?”
“he’s a real asshole, ain’t he?”
“man, you shoulda seen your face. oh man, that was priceless. that was really fine. my fucking-a.“
“you know that she thinks wearing glasses would spoil her pretty face.”
“besides, it’s spooky sleeping out at night in the woods.”
“a train-dodge, dig it? what’s trucks after a fuckin’ train-dodge?”
“'i’m gonna kill [him/her/them]. at least give [him/her/them] a fat lip.”
“Go anywhere you want, but don’t go here.”
“he won’t live to be twice the age he is now.”
“i dream about that every now and then.”
“don’t call me any of your mother’s pet names.”
“i don’t shut up, i grow up. and when i look at you i throw up.”
“are you some kinda smartass?”
“okay, that’s it. that’s it, that’s the end, i’m gonna kill you.”
“let’s get away from this asshole before i puke.”
“talk is cheap.”
“hey, if i spoiled your good time, i’m sorry.”
“jesus christ. what a fuckin’ bedtime story.”
“most town names are stupid. you just don’t think so because you’re used to ‘em.“
“when you don’t know what happens next, that’s the end.”
“no, man. don’t say that. don’t even think that.“
“what’s asshole about wanting to be with your friends?”
“i know about you and your folks. they don’t give a shit about you.“
“but kids lose everything unless somebody looks out for them.”
"if your folks are too fucked up to do it then maybe i ought to.”
“but kids lose everything unless somebody looks out for them and if your folks are too fucked up to do it then maybe i ought to.”
“'cause you’ll just be another wise-guy with shit for brains.”
“i know what people think of my family in this town. i know what they think of me and what they expect.”
“all they give a fuck about is whether you behaved yourself in grammar school and what the town thinks of your family.“
“but maybe I’ll try to work myself up. i don’t know if i could do it, but i might try.“
“i want to go someplace where nobody knows me and i don’t have any black marks against me before i start.“
“people drag you down.”
“i say i wanna go look for it, then i’m gonna go look for it! i wanna see it! i wanna see the ghost! i wanna see it.”
“it’s hard to make strangers care about the good things in your life.“
“i was thinking of something else, that’s all.”
“what am i doin’ here, anyway?”
“well what the fuck do you know about this?”
“i’ll give you one chance to just blow away. i don’t give a fuck where. Just make like a tree and leave.”
“kid, whatever your name is, get ready to reach down your fuckin’ throat the next time you need to pick your nose.”
“suck my fat one, you cheap dime-store hood.”
“i’m gonna break both [his/her/their] fuckin’ arms.”
“you’ll go to jayyy-ail.”
“where do you want it, [name]? arm or leg? i can’t pick. you pick for me.”
“but i know how you’re going to come out of this, motherfuck.”
“you dig me?”
“oh, why don’t you go home and fuck your mother some more?”
“stick with me, man.”
“i’m not going to forget it, if that’s what you’re thinking. this is big time, baby.”
“be seeing you.”
“maybe he knew this was gonna happen. what a fuckin’ creepshow, i’m sincere.”
“you lousy rubber chicken.”
“if people ask where we were, we’ll say we went campin’ up on [place name] and got lost.”
“well, seeya in school on wednesday. i think i’m gonna sleep until then.”
“i’m gonna toot home and see if mom’s got me on the ten most wanted list.”
“you bet they’ll tell. but not today or tomorrow, if that’s what you’re worried about. it’ll be a long time before they tell, i think. years, maybe.”
“i didn’t think of it just like that. you see through people, [name].”
“i’m never gonna get out of this town.”
“don’t let me see you around, dipshit.”
“do you think they will respect you? they will laugh and call you stupid-fool.”
“i didn’t know them. really.”
“i’m sorry i couldn’t stay with you, [name], but i had pies in the oven.”
“friends come in and out of your life like busboys in a restaurant, did you ever notice that?”
“if you go out alone you’re a hero. take somebody else with you and you’re dogpiss.”
“fuck gerunds.”
“if he had drowned, that part of me would have drowned with him, i think.”
“i drove out of town, parked, and cried for [him/her/them]. cried for damn near half an hour, i guess.”
“a lot of the critics think what i write is shit.”
“my story sounds so much like a fairytale that it’s fucking absurd.”
“i wonder if there is really any point in what i’m doing.”
