dialogue prompts from hot milk by deborah levy.
if my laptop is broken, so am i.
will you still be here in a month?
they used to film spaghetti westerns here.
i don't have an occupation, so much as i have a preoccupation.
i'm starting to think you want to keep me here.
some things are getting bigger, but not the right things.
may i refer to you as _____?
identity is always difficult to guarantee.
memory is not always reliable.
jesus called his mother 'woman'.
i don't know why i'm so frightened.
i failed my test four times.
i didn't mean to frighten you.
it's not your fault. i was frightened, anyway.
when i look in the mirror, i do not recognize myself.
you are always so far away.
you smell like the ocean. like a starfish.
i picked these flowers for you.
i want to mess up the story i've been told about myself.
my whole life has been about endurance.
my first enemy and adversary is endurance.
let's take twenty minutes for a coffee and a pastry.
where have you got to by trying to please everyone all the time?
it seems like i am always freaking you out.
shall i lie with you for a while?
if you want me to go away, why don't you say so?
everyone is a field study to you.
do i look like i am thriving?
i feel completely safe in your hands.
i will have to be your eyes.
have you ever said what you've meant in your life?
i am wounded with desire, and i am ready for the ordeal of love.
one is not born, but rather becomes, a chameleon.
i have no grip on time anymore.
my own sexuality is an enigma even to me.
i'm not sure what it is that you want for me.
my life isn't enviable. even i don't want it.
i suppose i am boring you. i am bored, too.
i am not okay, not at all, and haven't been for some time.
i'm not sure what the rules are anymore.
i am panging for artisan coffee.
all greek myths are about unhappy families.
i am freer than i've ever been.
all you need is a guitar and a band.
you are obsessed with me.
your boundaries are made from sand.
i do know how to keep a secret.
it's unfortunate. you are always here when i am here.
something about you touches me very deeply.
you're my _____. your pains are my pains.
i often fear the future has already happened.
i'm not sure what kind of reality i'm living in right now.
sleep is for happier people.
why are you dead, when you are alive?
we have to mourn our dead, but we cannot let them take over our life.
is it easier to surrender to death than to life?