Mark Blackthorn

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[perhiasane]

after some thought and learning several things, i’ve decided that after being on magnus 5+ years and on tumblr about 8+, i’m stepping away from this site. i’m at that age where i don’t need drama/backstabbing/lying that seems all too eager to circulate on this site. maybe one day in the distant future i will be back, maybe i won’t, but for now you can find my discord below if you’d like to talk/roleplay on discord, but that is the only place i will be. i am sure this will excite some people and that’s okay, good for them. i am happily washing my hands of this site for now. to those that have been my friends, thank you and please come talk to me on discord. love ya!

[truechoice]

      “ No matter what happens, “ Mark said, ” I will stay here. I will always, always stay here.“ He put his arms around Julian and held him tightly. Julian exhaled, as if he were letting go of something heavy that he had carried for a long time, and leaning on Mark’s shoulder, he let his older brother bear just a little of his weight.

☇ highly selective and private portrayal of the character MARK BLACKTHORN from Cassandra Clare’s THE DARK ARTIFICES series. Only BOOK BASED. —- strongly adored by ber

[splattermemes-deactivated202007]

training turned tension starters

Or more specifically, “two characters who have been sparring or in combat training together and almost kiss at the end of their practice fight”. As requested ! Feel free to make any changes.

“Is that the best you can do?”

“I won’t go easy on you.” / “I’ll go easy on you.” / “Quit going easy on me.”

“Hit me with your best shot.”

“You need to do better if you want to meet your goal.”

“I’ve been wanting to kick your ass all week.”

“Is this necessary?”

“Try again.”

“You’re pissing me off.” / “If you’re mad, why don’t you use your anger? Beat me at least once.”

“Here, let me show you how.”

“Woah! [falls on top of __]” 

“Nice moves.”

“[pins __ to floor]” / “[pins __ to wall]”

“You’re…really close right now.”

“G–get off of me.”

“You’re heavy.” / “You’re crushing me.”

“Sorry–are you okay?”

“You’re really red right now.”

“…Do we always end up on top of each other?”

“Are you still panting?”

“I told you, it was an accident.”

“…Why don’t you just kiss me?”

“I’ll consider kissing you if you can beat me.”

[truechoice]

      “ No matter what happens, “ Mark said, ” I will stay here. I will always, always stay here.“ He put his arms around Julian and held him tightly. Julian exhaled, as if he were letting go of something heavy that he had carried for a long time, and leaning on Mark’s shoulder, he let his older brother bear just a little of his weight.

☇ highly selective and private portrayal of the character MARK BLACKTHORN from Cassandra Clare’s THE DARK ARTIFICES series. Only BOOK BASED. —- strongly adored by ber

[truechoice]

consider this a STARTER CALL for threads based in qoaad.

[perhiasane]

from today ( friday ) until sunday evening i won’t be around too much until the evenings and that all depends on how tired i feel. i’ll try to get some asks done, but that might be it. if you have my discord that’s where you can mostly find me. have a great weekend everyone!

[obscure-sentence-starters]

The Phantom Of The Opera — Broadway {Sentence Starters}

❛❛ Your number, sir? ❜❜

❛❛ Will you still play when all the rest of us are dead? ❜❜

❛❛ Some of you may recall the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opera: a mystery never fully explained. ❜❜

❛❛ Perhaps we may frighten away the ghost of so many years ago with a little illumination… ❜❜

❛❛ With feasting and dancing and song, tonight in celebration we greet the victorious throng.   ❜❜

❛❛  We are rehearsing. If you wouldn’t mind waiting a moment?  ❜❜

❛❛ Tonight, rejoice - your army has come home. ❜❜

❛❛ Always has his/her head in the clouds, I’m afraid. ❜❜

❛❛ Think of me fondly, when we’ve said goodbye. Remember me once in a while - please promise me you’ll try. ❜❜

❛❛ Don’t think about the things which might have been. ❜❜

❛❛ Think of the things we’ll never do. ❜❜

❛❛ You did well. He will be pleased. ❜❜

❛❛ Where in the world have you been hiding? ❜❜

❛❛ Father once spoke of an angel… I used to dream he’d appear…  ❜❜

❛❛ Somehow I know they’re always with me. ❜❜

❛❛ you must have been dreaming… stories like this can’t come true. ❜❜

❛❛ This is one visit I would prefer to make unaccompanied. ❜❜

❛❛ I was just fourteen and soaked to the skin. ❜❜

❛❛ Ignorant fool! ❜❜

❛❛ Stay by my side, guide me! ❜❜

❛❛ My power over you grows stronger yet… ❜❜

❛❛ Those who have seen your face draw back in fear… ❜❜

❛❛ You have come here, for one purpose, and one alone. ❜❜

❛❛ Let your mind start a journey through a strange new world! ❜❜

❛❛ Who was that shape in the shadows? ❜❜

❛❛ Damn you! You little prying Pandora! You little demon. ❜❜

❛❛ Now you cannot ever be free. ❜❜

❛❛ Can you even dare to look or bear to think of me? ❜❜

❛❛ Fear can turn to love - you’ll learn to see, to find the man behind the monster.   ❜❜

❛❛ No one likes a debtor, so it’s better if my orders are obeyed. ❜❜

❛❛ Who the hell is he/she? ❜❜

❛❛ He/she is clearly quite insane! ❜❜

❛❛ I have your letter - a letter which I rather resent! ❜❜

❛❛ It’s useless trying to appease me! ❜❜

❛❛ Think of how they all adore you! ❜❜

❛❛ Is this ghost an angel or a madman? ❜❜

❛❛ You’d never get away with all this in a play. ❜❜

❛❛ This is a game you cannot hope to win!  ❜❜

❛❛ A nation waits, and how it hates to be cheated. ❜❜

❛❛ So, it is to be war between us. ❜❜

❛❛ You cannot speak, but kiss me in my husband’s absence. ❜❜

❛❛ To the roof. We’ll be safe there. ❜❜

❛❛ It was an accident. Simply an accident. ❜❜

❛❛ Don’t take me back there! ❜❜

❛❛ Say you love me every waking moment, turn my head with talk of summertime. ❜❜

❛❛ Say you need me with you, now and always… promise me that all you say is true - that’s all I ask of you… ❜❜

❛❛ Let me be your shelter, let me be your light. ❜❜

❛❛ All I want is freedom. ❜❜

❛❛ Say you love me. ❜❜

❛❛ All our fears are in the past. ❜❜

❛❛ Why is it secret? What have we to hide? ❜❜

❛❛ Please, let’s not fight. ❜❜

❛❛ What are you afraid of? ❜❜

❛❛ I can only hope you’ll understand in time. ❜❜

❛❛ Did you think that I had left you for good? ❜❜

❛❛ You’ve seen something, haven’t you? ❜❜

❛❛ He/she escaped. ❜❜

❛❛ They never found him. It was said he had died. ❜❜

❛❛ The world forgot them, but I never can. ❜❜

❛❛ You think I’m blind? ❜❜

❛❛ The answer is staring us in the face. ❜❜ 

❛❛ If you succeed, you free us all. ❜❜

❛❛ Fear my fury. ❜❜

❛❛ You resist, yet your soul obeys. ❜❜

❛❛ We had such hopes and now those hopes are shattered. ❜❜

[ddaenghoney]

cold weather sentence starters

the air is chilly, but the fluff is warm

“It’s hand holding season.”

“I got the biggest blanket for us to share.”

“Get outside– you can see your breath in the air!” 

“Your cheeks are so red; it’s so cute!” 

“I’m not letting you forget an umbrella ever again.”

“My mom made soup and sent some for me to give to you.”

“I got us matching fuzzy socks.”

“This scarf isn’t big enough for two people.”

“If your hands get cold, you can put them in my pockets.”

“Maybe if I kiss you, you’ll feel warmer.” 

“I don’t care if it’s freezing, I want to walk through the park!”

“I made hot chocolate.” 

“Hug me; I’m cold and love you.”

“Your coat makes you look like a penguin.”

“Are you really walking in public wrapped in a blanket?”

“My bunny slippers are too cool for you.”

“These roses cost extra because of the season– I hope you’ll give me extra kisses as thanks.” 

“Are you cold? Let’s cuddle, it’ll make you warmer.”

“What time is it? Don’t answer, it’s Christmas.”

“If it snows, wake me up.”

“I thought it would get warm in the day, but I was wrong.”

“You stole another of my hoodies, didn’t you?”

“Christmas songs this early?”

“Please stay warm; I don’t want you to get sick.”

“I refuse to let you go– I’m cold.”

“It’s icy outside– also, can you help me limp to the couch?”

“I don’t need mistletoe to kiss you.”

“I’m glad I get to spend this season with you.”

“You’re my designated cuddle-buddy tonight so stay close.”

“Pajamas and movies sounds really nice.”

“Your favorite winter drink was back on the menu, so I got it for you.”

“Can we take holiday card pictures together?”

“Your cheeks are rosy and cute.”

“Are you shivering?”

“I ran you a bath since it’s freezing outside.”

“Stay in bed with me, it’s warmer here.”

“I don’t understand how you love this kind of weather so much.”

“I know you’re excited about the snow, but please put on better shoes than slippers!”

“The cookies and I are the only things hot this season.”

“I bought you a beanie! Isn’t the pompom cute?”

“Are you blushing or cold?”

“Oh, darn, I seem to have forgotten my mittens– please warm my hands?”

“Is it too early for Santa hats?”

“I don’t think cold weather is an excuse to drink ten times more coffee.”

“Well, you can never have too much hot chocolate.”

“I’m gonna stay up and wait for it to snow.”

“Being with you makes the season even better.”

“Since it’s cold should I start calling you ‘snow angel’?”

“Matching hoodies!”

“Are you going to share this coat with me all night?”

send a sentence and a name!

[sagamemes]

more angst & post angst sentences.    since this is the meme i see the most on my own rp dash, have a part two of sentences indicative of trauma and pain, past or present. feel free to edit the sentences to your own needs as you wish.

“ what happened to her? ”

“ is this it? ”

“ duty before love. ”

“ you were gone. ”

“ i keep seeing you. ”

“ please, don’t tell him. ”

“ i need to get you warm. listen, you’re gonna want to go to sleep, but i can’t let you do that, okay? just stay with me, stay with me—! ”

“ she figured it out. ”

“ you were too late. ”

“ i don’t want you apologies, i want my [relation] back! ”

“ i told you! why didn’t you listen?! ”

“ it’s me—wait! …please don’t hang up. ”

“ they gave me a new life. ”

“ and you believed them? ”

“ don’t… don’t touch me. ”

“ could you, for once, think about everyone you’re gonna leave behind if–/when/ you finally get yourself killed? ”

“ it’s nothing personal. ”

“ you’re going to have to kill me yourself. ”

“ it’s always been just you and me. you and me. no one else. ”

“ the worst punishment for a parent is to bury their child. ”

“ lie to me. ”

“ i already have [name] risking their job for me. i can’t risk anyone else. ”

“ you kill me, you’ll never find [name]. ”

“ he has [name]. ”

“ i don’t care what happens to me. do it to save yourself. ”

“ i—-i can’t breath…! ”

“ if /your/ family was being threatened, you’d do anything to save them. ”

“ i needed to learn how to never be afraid again. ”

“ please—just pull the knife out! ”

“ why do you own a gun? ”

“ i don’t know who to trust anymore. ”

“ you’ll fuck me but you won’t [go out with/date/marry] me. ”

“ we need to stop this. it’s too risky… and i can’t lose you. ”

“ i carried your coffin! ”

“ don’t follow me. ”

“ i’m mad at god. ”

“ none of it was real. i was just doing my job. ”

“ why didn’t you tell me you were hurt?! ”

“ i was the only survivor. ”

“ i never met her. ”

“ you choose your family, but it doesn’t change the fact that i’m still 50% him. ”

“ she’ll kill you if you don’t get out. ”

“ not if i kill him first. ”

[rppanda]

My muse will be accepting 10 personal questions. All answered with 100% honesty.

[truechoice]

“ i cannot bear to see you grieving. “

           why was he grieving ?  that’s right. just moments ago they had come back from the seelie court, now with the mission of finding a book. more precisely the black volume of the dead && with that he might just be reunited with his sister. he didn’t fully trust the queen, even if she couldn’t spin a web of lies, but it had given him hope that helen would return. not only that, but having meet family in faerie that he had searched for, but never found. add onto the fact that kieran didn’t remember his betrayal && thought they were still --- something. leaning against a tree, most wouldn’t be able to tell he was internally shaking && that everything that happened was weighing on him mentally. even after rescuing kieran, he still hadn’t allowed himself to get too close to him when it wasn’t needed. 

           a slow, deep inhale he looked up to the sky, the stars for the moment less enchanting than those in faerie, but still breathtaking enough. vision became blurry as the thoughts of everything that took place rushed through his head. kieran, cristina, helen && the aunt he never knew he had. it was kieran’s voice that pulled him from thoughts, blinking to will any tears back. “  i am not grieving,   ”   he breathed out, straightening his back.  “  besides, worrying about me isn’t why you came with us.   ”

MEME ;; @lostprxnce --- accepting

[truechoice]

myricds‌. 

         there was something so casual about the way mark reached out to touch her. a gesture so simple as tucking a lock of hair behind her ear, and yet there was an intimacy in it that came so easily to him, she was almost envious. but then, that wasn’t entirely fair. it would be too easy to lean against him, to take comfort in his presence, his nearness. the fact of the matter was that being around him was easy, and there was something so telling in that, something she didn’t want to dwell on for the moment. casting the thought aside, along with the urge to lean into his touch, she blew out a slow breath as he spoke, and she could read the spark behind his eyes even though there was nothing harsh in his tone.   ❛  i thought ——   ❜   i thought he’d come after me, she thought, letting the words catch in her throat because somewhere deep down she knew they were a lie, had known it from the moment zara showed up, the moment she’d seen the look in diego’s eyes, and the moment the realization dawned that not a single centurion had mentioned the other girl since their arrival. this was a secret they’d all been in on ——everyone but cristina.   ❛  ——never mind. it doesn’t matter what i thought. it’s over.  ❜  saying the words out loud seemed to solidify a truth that had been floating around, waiting for someone to catch hold of it and pin it down. 

          had there ever been anything real about their relationship at all, she wondered, but simply shook her head.   ❛  you must think i’m extremely foolish — for trusting him again in the first place.  ❜   he had never said as much, but cristina had gotten the feeling once, in another conversation about diego, that mark did not understand why she would return to him after his betrayal. and now that very act had come back to bite her. the very worst part about it was that she couldn’t even claim to have been following her heart. her heart had been unsure from the moment diego had arrived in los angeles, she’d fallen back into old habits for that very reason ——habit, and the hope that perhaps they could mend what had been broken. sitting beside mark, now, she knew she’d been kidding herself all along. a sigh, and she turned to him with an apologetic look, shoulders rising and falling in a defeated shrug.  ❛  i’m sorry, i doubt i’m going to be very good company right now.  ❜   if she hadn’t been feeling so sorry for herself, she might have told him to go back inside with his family, and leave her to her moping. but the selfish part of her wanted mark to stay, and so she said nothing more.

           it doesn’t matter what i thought. it’s over. it was those words that seemed to resonate through him && as thrilled as his heart was that cristina was no longer held down by the heart of diego, it still pained him to know that this could be hurting her, that diego had hurt her. it only fueled those feelings, those emotions further that he wanted to say something or do something to the centurion in turn for causing the brunette any kind of pain. if his thoughts were made into words, he wondered if she would be pleased or disgusted by him --- he wouldn’t blame her. sometimes the way of the fae, of the wild hunt was in his veins, weaving through his mind && he wanted to challenge him, to bring him down && shame him the way he deserved. even more so if it was done in front of his centurion friends, that would be a fitting punishment, but surprisingly he didn’t voice that.

           another deep breath he looked out at the horizon, watching as the sun was just touching it. it almost reminded him of them, just close enough, but barely touching. it seemed to be a constant with them lately && he was growing tired of holding back, but he also understood respect. that hadn’t been washed away from him with his years with the hunt. there was a shake of his head again, blond strands brushing against his cheek, he was already due for another trim, his hair growing faster than most would’ve liked, but he was used to it && he wasn’t going to ask for a haircut --- after all, he hadn’t asked cristina for the first one.  “   i could never think you’re foolish, ever. the heart is a complicated thing, it isn’t so easy to dictate how we will react && before ?  i am sorry about what i had said, i spoke without thinking, but also i was speaking from the heart. i knew you deserved better than him,   ”   he said honestly, eyes lowering from the horizon to where her hand was && almost lazily he reached out to graze fingertips along the back of her hand, memorizing the way her skin felt.  “  also, you are the perfect company now && always,   ”   he said, offering her a tender smile.  “  tell me you want me to be your champion. say the word && i will go down && challenge him without hesitation.   ”

[truechoice]

myricds‌. 

          that saying — fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me — had never been so obvious to cristina as it was now, in the aftermath of zara’s appearance. it had been stupid of her to forgive diego and fall back into things as though they could go back to normal. she should have known better. so wrapped up in her own internal self-flagellation, now, cristina didn’t hear footsteps approaching her perch on the roof until he was close enough that if she wanted to, she could reach out and touch him. and while she’d been waiting for diego to follow her, give her a million excuses, beg her to listen, relief washed over her when she turned to see mark instead ——relief, followed by embarrassment. a quiet, mirthless laugh escaped her lips and she gave him a pleading glance, as if she could implore him with her eyes alone to not think less of her for storming off —–for hiding up here on the roof.   ❛  i’m guessing you saw that ?  ❜   //   @truechoice​  ———  s.c.

             having seen && heard it all mark didn't waste much time in going after cristina. he did linger back for a moment, watching to see if diego would do the honorable thing ( as much honor that could actually lie with someone that easily betrayed ) briefly that had him thinking of kieran, how the prince had betrayed him && yet his heart on occasion still ached for him. it also ached for cristina which was a confusion that almost gave him a headache. kieran was pushed aside mentally and he did what he swore diego should be doing. he followed the brunette, tracking her to the roof && for a few fleeting seconds, he watched her. she didn't seem broken, he was sure cristina never could seem that way, not truly. there was fierceness in her that often reminded him of those he knew in the wild hunt. where nothing could bring them down, to where their chin would always be in the air && no sadness would show through, but there was also a humanness to her that pulled at his heartstrings, had his entire being beckoned to her && he couldn't hold back. she was strong --- headstrong && that was where he looked at emma && her && realized why they were so close, such could friends, but also that cristina had a realistic point that curbed emma in a way perhaps julian couldn't. 

                 it was something even cristina did with him, since he had gotten back && she had been the one to come into his room when he was screaming at all the others. she had been different, his savior of sorts && he wondered if at this moment he could be the same for her ---- if he always could be. moving over to her he nodded, placing himself beside her to where arms almost touched. there was a loose strand of hair that the wind had caught, mismatched hues watching it && like always he reached out to brush it behind her ear without any thought.  "  i did. are you okay ?  "  why did people ask that ? mark told himself it was because people needed their own reassurance that someone was okay, that it was what they needed to hear && it had him shaking his head.  "  do not answer that. he should be here, groveling at your feet && begging forgiveness. some fae would do it in certain circumstances if the person their heart belonged to had been broken by themselves. if he had any honor, true honor, he would do anything in his power to gain your forgiveness,  "  his words soft, with such a conviction it was as if he was trying to do it for diego, but no --- for himself. allowing time to mend, to get over someone hadn't been a coherent thought, not for mark. love was love, matters of the heart were just that, but sometimes they weren't so black && white.

[truechoice]

❛ i am greatly changed. i wonder you know me. ❜ love Emma (and she'd probably mocking the way he talks a little while she's telling the truth.

            was this a joke ? it felt like something that would be considered a joke. something that julian would laugh at or even perhaps dru, but mark stood there staring at the blonde for a moment before it finally clicked && there wasn’t an ounce of amusement in his features.  “  ---- i have been wondering the same thing, if i know you, emma. i have come to realize even those we thought were friends, that were dear to us will still lie to our faces while looking in our eyes.  ”

@fortuitoushost

[truechoice]

“ there is no one like you. “ ~cristina

          words like those should easily make anyone else’s heart flutter, cause those butterflies in their stomachs that he had heard about. sometimes he felt like ty in the sense that he took most things literally then just the saying they were meant to convey. he knew the words were meant to be as a compliment because no one person was like another, not even shadowhunters that were meant to be soldiers that followed a line that none were supposed to dare to cross. silly rules && laws that bound them to blindly follow along with question, but wasn’t that most ?

           his jaw tightened, mismatched gaze focusing elsewhere for a moment as his mind mulled over her words && he took them to heart as he did most things, even secretly. even still confusion weaved into the spaces between each syllable until his gaze settled on her. a slow inhale a head outstretched so delicate fingers could offer an equally delicate touch to his cheek, grazing over the cheekbone. her features he admired, but even more than that it was her heart, her strength, the way that spanish slipped in when she was frustrated or angry. he noticed everything that was cristina because his heart kept pulling him toward her even when it also wanted to go an entirely different direction.  “  && as there is no one like you, there never will be. --- not for me.   ”

MEME ;; @myricds --- accepting

[broodingbird-deactivated2019041]

the song of achilles meme

       i recently finished this book and it was just…so…beautiful, so i wanted to make a lil meme thing cause their were a lot of really great quotes & actions tbh. i thought it’d be nice to share ‘em and write ‘em out. change the pronouns to your liking ~

p.s. i kinda went over board so i put my favs above the read more and the rest ( more generic types of sent. memes ) under the read more. enjoy !

“ i will never leave ____. it will be this , always, for as long as _____ will let me. “

“ i would like to know how you are going to stop the losers from declaring war on you ? “

“ will you help me put the rest of my armor on ? “

“ we are finished here. “

“ do not leave. “

“ did you ever think of having children ? “

“ ___ is half my soul, as the poets say. “

“ I could recognize ____ by touch alone, by smell; I would know ____ blind, by the way ____ breaths came and ___ feet struck the earth. I would know ____ in death “

“ coward. “

“ ____ is a weapon. a killer. do not forget it. “

“ you can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change it’s nature. “

“ i do not plan to live after ____ is gone. “

“ philtatos. “ ( means ‘most beloved’ ) 

“ i could kill you still. “

“ i am sorry for your loss. “

“ name one hero who was happy. “

“ they never let you be famous and happy. “

“ let me bring you food and drink. “

“ i cannot bear to see you grieving. “

“ there are no bargains between lions and men. i will kill you and eat you raw. “

“ is it worth your life ? “

“ i hope that ____ kills you. “

“ get out. get out ! “

“ _____ is dead. “

“ i am buried here. “

“ we die so easily. “

“ you will not speak another word or you will be sorry. “

“ i wish he had left you to all die. “

“ if you have to go, i will go with you. “

“ i am made of memories. “

“ listen to me. “

“ i will not live much longer. “

“ you are a better man than i. “

“ i do not need to prove myself to you. “

“ are you calling me a liar ? “

“ i do not care. i will be dead soon. “

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[memesconscripti]

great expectations by charles dickens : sentence starters

this is a list of 100 quotes from the 1860-1861 novel great expectations by charles dickens to be used as roleplay starters. feel free to change pronouns and the like!

❛ ask no questions, and you’ll be told no lies. ❜

❛ i think the romans must have aggravated one another very much with their noses. perhaps, they became the restless people they were, in consequence. ❜

❛ he tried to murder me. i should have been a dead man if you had not come up. ❜

❛ i sometimes have sick fancies. ❜

❛ i am yellow skin and bone. ❜

❛ come here! you may kiss me, if you like. ❜

❛ what could i become with these surroundings? ❜

❛ it is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home. ❜

❛ i was your first teacher, though; wasn’t i? ❜

❛ you know best, _____; but don’t you think you are happier as you are? ❜

❛ i am not at all happy as i am. i am disgusted with my calling and my life. ❜

❛ i have unusual business to transact with you. ❜

❛ i want to know no more than i know. ❜

❛ of course you’ll go wrong somehow, but that’s no fault of mine. ❜

❛ i was new here once. ❜

❛ you may get cheated, robbed, and murdered, in london. but there are plenty of people anywhere, who’ll do that for you. ❜

❛ well! it’s all over now, i hope, and it will be magnanimous in you if you’ll forgive me for having knocked you about so. ❜

❛ i want to see the man who’ll rob me. ❜

❛ the office is one thing, and private life is another. ❜

❛ you know what i am, don’t you? ❜

❛ i’m wrong in these clothes. ❜

❛ i knew to my sorrow, often and often, if not always, that i loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. ❜

❛ so you kiss my hand as if i were a queen, eh? ❜

❛ what was fit company for you once, would be quite unfit company for you now. ❜

❛ you must know that i have no heart. ❜

❛ i have a heart to be stabbed in or shot in, i have no doubt, and, of course, if it ceased to beat i should cease to be. but you know what i mean. i have no softness there, no—sympathy—sentiment—nonsense. ❜

❛ i’ll tell you what real love is. it is blind devotion, unquestioning self-humiliation, utter submission, trust and belief against yourself and against the whole world, giving up your whole heart and soul to the smiter—as i did! ❜

❛ this may lead to miserable things. ❜

❛ how did you think he looked? — i dressed him. ❜

❛ i believe it was settled you should meet me? ❜

❛ i should hardly have thought this was your beat. ❜

❛ did your client commit the robbery? ❜

❛ we have no choice, you and i, but to obey our instructions. we are not free to follow our own devices, you and i. ❜

❛ you speak of yourself as if you are someone else. ❜

❛ you silly boy, how can you talk such nonsense? ❜

❛ my dear _____, we are getting on badly. ❜

❛ i always thought this was business, this was the way to confront the thing, this was the way to take the foe by the throat. ❜

❛ what a fellow of resource you are! really your business powers are very remarkable. ❜

❛ i think you might have written to me about these sad matters. ❜

❛ i am not angry, but i am hurt. ❜

❛ i don’t ask you what you owe, because you don’t know; and if you did know, you wouldn’t tell me; you would say less. ❜

❛ choose your bridge, _____, and take a walk upon your bridge, and pitch your money into the thames over the centre arch of the bridge, and you know the end of it. serve a friend with it, and you may know the end of it too but it’s a less pleasant and profitable end. ❜

❛ you stock and stone! you cold, cold heart! ❜

❛ what? do you reproach me for being cold? you? ❜

❛ you should know i am what you have made me. ❜

❛ why should i call you mad, i of all people? ❜

❛ who taught me to be proud? who praised me when i learnt my lesson? ❜

❛ who taught me to be hard? who praised me when i learnt my lesson? ❜

❛ i have never shown any weakness that i can charge myself with. ❜

❛ i must be taken as i have been made. the success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me. ❜

❛ moths, and all sorts of ugly creatures, hover about a lighted candle. can the candle help it? ❜

❛ do you want me then, to deceive and entrap you? ❜

❛ i am glad to believe you have repented and recovered yourself. ❜

❛ i was sent for life. it’s death to come back. ❜

❛ what precautions can be taken against your being recognised and seized? ❜

❛ don’t tell me anything. i don’t want to know anything; i am not curious. ❜

❛ take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. there’s no better rule. ❜

❛ i have been bred to no calling, and i am fit for nothing. ❜

❛ to judge from appearances, you’re out of luck. ❜

❛ luck changes. perhaps yours is going to change. ❜

❛ i am as unhappy as you can ever have meant me to be. ❜

❛ who am i, who am i, for god’s sake, that i should be kind! ❜

❛ you made your own snares. i never made them. ❜

❛ _____, you know i love you. you know that i have loved you long and dearly. ❜

❛ it seems that there are sentiments, fancies—i don’t know how to call them—which i am not able to comprehend. when you say you love me, i know what you mean, as a form of words; but nothing more. you address nothing in my breast, you touch nothing there. ❜

❛ it is in my nature. it is in the nature formed within me. ❜

❛ say no more. we shall never understand each other. ❜

❛ you will get me out of your thoughts in a week. ❜

❛ you are part of my existence, part of myself. ❜

❛ under existing circumstances, there is no place like a great city when you are once in it. don’t break cover too soon. lie close. ❜

❛ i know that what is said between you and me goes no further. ❜

❛ i don’t like to leave you here, though i cannot doubt your being safer here than near me. ❜

❛ as we are going in the same direction, _____, we may walk together. ❜

❛ but perhaps you can never believe, now, that there is anything human in my heart? ❜

❛ there have been sore mistakes; and my life has been a blind and thankless one; and i want forgiveness and direction far too much, to be bitter with you. ❜

❛ what have i done! what have i done! ❜

❛ believe this: when she first came to me, i meant to save her from misery like my own. at first i meant no more. ❜

❛ if you knew all my story, you would have some compassion for me and a better understanding of me. ❜

❛ you don’t think your breathing is affected, my dear boy? you seem to breathe quickly. ❜

❛ look at me. ❜

❛ touch me. ❜

❛ mind! i admit nothing. ❜

❛ i know what you did, and how you did it. ❜

❛ for whose sake would you reveal the secret? ❜

❛ how dare you? you’re not in a fit state to come here, if you can’t come here without spluttering like a bad pen. ❜

❛ i’ll let you go. i’ll let you go to the moon, i’ll let you go to the stars. all in good time. ❜

❛ ah! the burnt child dreads the fire! ❜

❛ i think i know the delights of freedom. ❜

❛ if all goes well, you will be perfectly free and safe again, within a few hours. ❜

❛ i will never stir from your side when i am suffered to be near you. please god, i will be as true to you, as you have been to me! ❜

❛ i am very much afraid i must go, _____, when you most need me. ❜

❛ i shall always need you, because i shall always love you. ❜

❛ in short, my dear boy, will you come to me? ❜

❛ look angry at me, _____. strike me, _____. tell me of my ingratitude. don’t be so good to me! ❜

❛ in heaven’s name, what does it matter to you where i am going? ❜

❛ tell me, as an old, old friend. have you quite forgotten her? ❜

❛ i am greatly changed. i wonder you know me. ❜

❛ you have always held your place in my heart. ❜

❛ to me, parting is a painful thing. ❜

❛ i have been bent and broken, but—i hope—into a better shape. ❜