starters  /  prompts taken from various characters starring in the game   fire emblem : three houses .  feel free to change pronouns  /  tenses as necessary .

• “  feel free to say hi whenever you like  ”
• “  don’t hold back for my sake  ”
• “  you think I'm so clumsy that I need someone to watch over me ?  ”
• “  you act like you're full of regret  ,  but I know you don't really mean it  ”
• “  you actually look more handsome to me with honesty on your face  ”
• “  don’t be ashamed of crying  ”
• “  could you keep quiet for a bit ?  ”
• “  you’re actually kind of amazing  ”
• “  do you mean to imply you have no intention of acting a bit more respectably ?  ”
• “  stop acting so nonchalant about getting hurt or killed  ”
• “  naive and uptight is no way to live your life  ”
• “  you’d better watch that temper  ”
• “  i am absolutely disinterested in spending any time with you  ”
• “  your lack of self-awareness is deeply troubling  ”
• “  I'll just be straightforward about taking advantage of you  ”
• “  when will you tire of challenging me in pointless competitions ?  ”
• “  you expect me to believe that ?  ”
• “  i’ve had enough of your foolish antics  ”
• “  i wish you would not sneak up on me like that  ”
• “  before you reprimand me  ,  take a moment to consider your own failings  ”
• “  it is like hearing a snake sing an aria  ”
• “  am I hearing a deathbed confession ?  ”
• “  i never have any idea what you’re talking about  ”
• “  don’t walk away when i’m talking to you  ”
• “  you’ll be the death of me for sure  ”
• “  i do not intend to die  ”
• “  i can’t believe you put yourself at risk for my benefit  ”
• “  i don’t think i’ve ever seen you smile  ”
• “  i do not desire your gratitude  ”
• “  you’re surprisingly strong for how slender you appear  ”
• “  perhaps i was flustered needlessly  ”
• “  i had forgotten how charmingly ethereal you can be  ”
• “  you’re going a little overboard  ”
• “  you have shaken me to my very core  ”
• “  so this is what death is like  ”
• “  if you get sick of me  ,  i’m sorry ahead of time  ”
• “  i’m embarrassed just thinking about it  ”
• “  you’re like a little brother to me  ”
• “  spending the rest of my life with you doesn't sound so bad  ”
• “  if our roles were reversed  ,  I don't think I'd be able to forgive you  ”
• “  you actually hate me  ,  right ?  ”
• “  you haven’t stabbed me yet  ”
• “  i want to be more like you  ”
• “  i actually envy the size of your heart  ”
• “  i don't think you can solve all your problems by throwing a few punches  ”
• “  there aren't a lot of people like you in the world  ”
• “  sorry I've been so oblivious to your needs  ”
• “  sometimes you just can't afford to wait around for someone else to notice ”
• “  yesterday’s enemy is today’s ally  ”
• “  you have to abandon old feuds  ”
• “  learn to protect yourself before trying to protect me  ”
• “  i always trust that you've got my back  ”
• “  if only people could be more like flowers  ”
• “  if you promise not to resort to violence  ,  I'll do whatever you want  ”
• “  i can't stand the sight of me either  ”
• “  i would be even more impressed if you hadn't been screaming the whole time  ”
• “  i did what was necessary to get you to comply  ”
• “  you have so much power in you  ,  just waiting to be unleashed  ”
• “  i’m hopelessly terrified of you  ”

starters  /  prompts taken from various game grumps’   ten minute power hour   videos .  feel free to change pronouns  /  tenses as necessary . 

• “  stop throwing stuff  ,  what is wrong with you  ?!  ”
• “  turn on the magic of colored lights  ,  you jerks  ”
• “  there’s a warrant out for my arrest  ”
• “  this is just a blob  ”
• “  i’m yelling in general not at you  ”
• “  what if a child ate these  ,  then they would die of glass poisoning  ”
• “  how did kids do this when they were childs ?  ”
• “  take your cup off the raft you animal  ”
• “  how do you not know your soda trivia  ,  you dope ?  ”
• “  it tastes like cough medicine but good  ”
• “  i think i’m losing feeling in my right arm  ”
• “  i should be in a carnival  ”
• “  i got the sugar shakes  ”
• “  it’s a four  ,  as in the amount of days i have left to live  ”
• “  i feel so weak  ”
• “  i don’t have a sense of smell anymore  ”
• “  drink it you armadillo  ”
• “  ew no no oh no no  ---  oh that’s not bad  ”
• “  it tastes like if i ate a fridge magnet  ”
• “  i love MSG  ---  that stands for mighty good soup  ”
• “  if we could get something sharp and dangerous that would be great  ”
• “  the moral of the story is you have to have a huge hat  ”
• “  i’m your dad  ”
• “  you need to grow up .  it’s time to grow up  ”
• “  i can’t open my eye it’s glued shut  ”
• “  i’m a little bumblebee  ,  bzzzzz  ”
• “  who knew that eating frosting could be such great exercise ?  ”
• “  great news on the friendship front :  you’re my friend  ”
• “  we better call some hospitals  ”
• “  i’m already so sweaty  ”
• “  there’s some kind of dinosaur wearing pants  ”
• “  looking at this makes me feel like i’m having a stroke  ”
• “  what does arizona look like ?  ”
• “  i’m here with all of my friends in a hot  ,  nasty  ,  sweaty corner  ”
• “  you see a spiced up dino  ,  you want that boy to smile  ”
• “  i’m not gonna pretend i’m not jealous  ”
• “  dude you got a scoodily doop dee woop doop doop wah wah wah  ”
• “  we don’t have the necessary amount of woops  ”
• “  i don’t want a pumpkin growing in my belly  ”
• “  what are you  ,  my bully from middle school ?  ”
• “  pumpkins were made by god to scare children away  ”
• “  he’s already dead  ”
• “  i feel good about what we’ve done here today  ”
• “  ooo  ,  sparkles  ”
• “  i’m trying to be beautiful  ”
• “  oh we’re gonna fucking die  ”
• “  are we penalized for screaming ?  ”
• “  we look tasty  ”

starters  /  prompts taken from hieu minh nguyen’s work ,  not here .  feel free to change pronouns  /  tenses as necessary .

•   ❛  it seems important to mention all the things that went wrong  ❜
•   ❛  don’t ask if i’m a ghost  ❜
•   ❛  i fled and did not return  ❜
•   ❛  i cannot love you  ,  if i love you  ,  i will die  ❜
•   ❛  for years i chose death  ❜
•   ❛  i belong to my mother’s fear  ❜
•   ❛  what do you do with tenderness when all you expect is fury ?  ❜
•   ❛  he looks like he will keep you safe  ❜
•   ❛  any love i find will be treason  ❜
•   ❛  why did you bring me here ?  ❜
•   ❛  i count the hornets that escape their mouths  ❜
•   ❛  i only ask for your laughter  ❜
•   ❛  look at me in the old way in this new light  ❜
•   ❛  sometimes i wake up and my body does not follow  ❜
•   ❛  it wasn’t the same without you  ❜
•   ❛  i’m still trying to figure out what it means to stay  ❜
•   ❛  it’s all very predictable  ❜
•   ❛  how can i love something that isn’t ruined ?  ❜
•   ❛  like all agony  ,  there are pleasant moments  ❜
•   ❛  i want to be better at lying  ❜
•   ❛  i’m afraid if i say it out loud i will cast a curse  ❜
•   ❛  some men don’t know they’re hungry until they eat  ❜
•   ❛  some spells take years to cast  ❜
•   ❛  there are rules you have to follow if you want to survive  ❜
•   ❛  i know you’re not supposed to smile back  ❜
•   ❛  madness  ,  too  ,  can be cumulative  ❜
•   ❛  trying to forget is not the same as leaving  ❜
•   ❛  i really should get a sense of humor  ❜
•   ❛  i understand no one  ❜
•   ❛  i cannot stop him from disappearing  ❜
•   ❛  her body was a dress i hung for motivation  ❜
•   ❛  you were once and perhaps continue to be the myth you tell to scare yourself  ❜
•   ❛  there are countless ways to justify company  ❜
•   ❛  you are predictable in your longing  ❜
•   ❛  i don’t want to explain a thing  ❜
•   ❛  i knew if i just asked him to leave he would have  ❜
•   ❛  there are countless ways to open a carcass  ❜
•   ❛  all i’ve ever wanted to be was useful  ❜
•   ❛  there’s still time to be saved  ❜
•   ❛  shut up  ;  i know the story  ,  or at least the lesson  ❜
•   ❛  you wont find it  ;  you won’t find whatever you’re looking for  ❜
•   ❛  i could get away with being clumsy with knives  ❜
•   ❛  i want to study the mechanics of leaving  ❜
•   ❛  any adjective can be true if you cry hard enough  ❜
•   ❛  i see little futures in the distance but none belong  ❜
•   ❛  i am beginning to forget what i expect from the world i always knew  ❜
•   ❛  you can’t think of regret as a town you move too when grief snores too loud  ❜
•   ❛  in death we belong to everyone  ❜
•   ❛  i want to return to my old body  ❜
•   ❛  i think the life i want is the life i have  ,  but how can i be sure ?  ❜

starters  /  prompts taken from f. d. soul’s work ,  between you and these bones .  feel free to change pronouns  /  tenses as necessary .

• ‘  the problem is you keep trying to use your eyes  ’
• ‘  how i soften when you pull me against you  ’
• ‘  you are teaching me to love  ’
• ‘  i will pretend that i have not already heard the question in your eyes  ’
• ‘  you perhaps will become my swan song  ’
• ‘  it is a very human thing to love  ’
• ‘  you are my good days  ’
• ‘  i have been loved dearly  ’
• ‘  i promise you will not always be this war  ’
• ‘  thank god for the stubbornness of organs  ’
• ‘  it takes me seven days to stop being in love with you  ’
• ‘  there will always be another day  ’
• ‘  there will always be another mercy  ’
• ‘  perhaps i will take up dancing again  ’
• ‘  what a pretty little disaster you will be  ’
• ‘  i am terrified for you  ’
• ‘  i will fold inside of myself  ’
• ‘  today i am thankful  ’
• ‘  i didn’t want to sleep because i didn’t want to wake  ’
• ‘  come and get me  ’
• ‘  i tell myself i do not need you  ’
• ‘  i think i broke again last night  ’
• ‘  i’m just trying to connect with you  ’
• ‘  you are an ocean that will perhaps never stop crashing  ’
• ‘  burn the house down in search of yourself  ’
• ‘  don’t you dare ever stop looking  ’
• ‘  i struggle not to feel guilty  ’
• ‘  you are a wild  ,  unkempt thing  ’
• ‘  sometimes it is a very sad thing to be human and longing  ’
• ‘  find that you are made of russian nesting dolls  ’
• ‘  the trees are always kindest with spring comes  ’
• ‘  teach yourself the hymns again  ’
• ‘  he is every amen i have ever laid down on lips  ’
• ‘  this life is an altar  ’
• ‘  i am sorry i do not have more time  ’
• ‘  there is a mountain in me  ’
• ‘  by the morning i am a triumph  ’
• ‘  there are words playing hooky in the back of your throat  ’
• ‘  today is by far the most beautiful creature i have ever come across  ’
• ‘  there are many things that will fit beneath your skin  ’
• ‘  forgiveness does not take up much room  ’
• ‘  some days you will breathe and it will be enough  ’
• ‘  you do not have to hold it quite so tightly  ’
• ‘  there is a prayer in me  ,  still  ’
• ‘  you scare me a little  ’
• ‘  you can be a good thing and not a whole thing  ’
• ‘  there are flowers in my chest again  ’
• ‘  the rain comes and sounds like you  ’
• ‘  i cannot tell you why i still trust god  ’
• ‘  find peace and build a home out of it  ’
• ‘  there is never an end  ’

lines taken from various characters and events found in  american mcgee’s  game  ,  alice : madness returns  ( 2011 ) .  feel free to change pronouns   ( he , she , they , i , etc )   &  tenses as you feel necessary .

• “ another day  ,  a different dream perhaps ”
• “ i know what’s real ”
• “ i know i’m guilty of something ”
• “ punishment hardly ever suits the victims of a crime ”
• “ you've used me and abused me  ,  but you will not destroy me ! ”
• “ i want to forget ”
• “ it’s not a dream  ,  it’s a memory ”
• “ how is one to find her way ? ”
• “ i didn’t kill my family ”
• “ i’ve not come back here looking for a fight ”
• “ i’m not afraid to die ”
• “ when you’re not on edge  ,  you’re taking up too much space ”
• “ threats  ,  promises  ,  and good intentions don't amount to action ”
• “ every picture tells a story .  sometimes we don't like the ending .  sometimes we don't understand it ”
• “ delusions  ,  too  ,  die hard with memory ”
• “ only the savage regard the endurance of pain as the measure of worth ”
• “ forgetting pain is convenient  ,  remembering it  :  agonizing ”
• “ a secret is only a secret when it is unspoken to another ”
• “ different denotes neither bad nor good  ,  but it certainly means not the same ”
• “ how fine you look when dressed in rage ”
• “ is our situation not dismal ? ”
• “ every adventure requires a first step ”
• “ only a few find the way  ,  some don't recognize it when they do --- some don't ever want to ”
• “ everything's a nail  ,  is it  ,  miss hammerhead ? ”
• “ forgetting's just forgetting  ,  except when it's not ”
• “ a good guest does not overstay  ,  a perfect guest stays home ”
• “ who benefits from your madness ? ”
• “ what you claim not to know is merely what you've denied ”
• “ authority must be obeyed  ,  or it must be overthrowned ”
• “ you shouldn’t ask questions you know the answer to ”
• “ make your survival mean something ”
• “ memory is more often a curse than a blessing ”
• “ the past must be paid for ”
• “ you're as randomly lethal and entirely confused as you ever were ”
• “ return to whatever hovel's home to you ”
• “ your presence here is unwelcome ”
• “ everyone here has an excuse for doing nothing ”
• “ this world is not so either  /  or ”
• “ what’s true of the living is often true of the dead ”
• “ this life is full of random death ”
• “ death is the ultimate equalizer ”
• “ all have the right to be eaten ”
• “ you’re not that good a liar  ,  and i’m not that stupid ”
• “ your madness will be punished ”
• “ come to receive your punishment then ? ”
• “ the damage is done ”

lines taken from various characters and events found in  punchline’s  game  ,  rule of rose  ( 2006 ) .  feel free to change pronouns   ( he , she , they , i , etc )   &  tenses as you feel necessary .

• “ it wasn’t me  ,  honest ! ”
• “ i’ll never let myself be tied up again ”
• “ only you greeted me warmly ”
• “ i’ll never break a promise again ”
• “ what has happened can never be undone ”
• “ you don’t deserve to be forgotten ”
• “ i never want to lose you again ”
• “ you’re filthy ! ”
• “ she follows me everywhere  ;  it’s pathetic ”
• “ you deserve to be gobbled up ”
• “ get lost before i smack you ”
• “ it was your fault that i got into trouble ! ”
• “ let’s have a little talk ”
• “ i’ll never get along with her ”
• “ i know what you’re doing ”
• “ she was writing you a love letter ”
• “ have you found what you’re looking for ? ”
• “ please lead us ”
• “ i won’t lose to you ”
• “ i didn’t want to do that  ,  i was just so scared ”
• “ we’re still friends  ,  aren’t we ? ”
• “ we make a great team ”
• “ we have to pray from a distance ”
• “ you don’t suspect me of stealing it  ,  do you ? ”
• “ i’m fine  ,  really  ;  i’m not upset at all ”
• “ it’s too late now ”
• “ we need you  ,  we don’t know what to do ! ”
• “ oh  ,  why can’t they all just go to hell ? ”
• “ you will be duly punished ”
• “ how very delightful life is ”
• “ i don’t want to touch him ”
• “ why does it have to be you ? ”
• “ i’ll do anything for you ”
• “ let’s run away together ”
• “ this is your life  ,  but you’ll play by my rules ”
• “ there are really only two kinds of people in the world  :  those who take orders  ,  and those who give them ”
• “ no one wants to be alone ”
• “ where are you going ? ”
• “ please don’t leave me ”
• “ who wants to be buried alive ? ”
• “ today is the day of your funeral ”

lines taken from various characters and events in  tri - crescendo’s  game  ,  eternal sonata  ( 2007 ) .  feel free to change pronouns   ( he , she , they , i , etc )   &  tenses as you feel necessary .

• “ the morning light has now come ”
• “ it takes but a moment  ,  don’t worry ”
• “ you do not understand ”
• “ live in ignorance  ,  die in ignorance ”
• “ forget the pain you felt in the dream ”
• “ this is but a brief parting ”
• “ bow down before me ”
• “ cry me a river  ,  you wimp ”
• “ sorry  ,  but i’m in a hurry ”
• “ stay away from me ”
• “ will somebody please take care of that ? ”
• “ just shut your mouth and watch ”
• “ you better beg for mercy from this one ”
• “ you don’t look so good ”
• “ picking on weaklings really isn’t my style ”
• “ i’ll be perfectly polite when i send you flying ”
• “ are you looking down on me ? ”
• “ soon you’ll be dust on the ground ”
• “ would you just open your eyes ? ”
• “ pride goeth before the fall ”
• “ anything that gets in my way is going down ”
• “ transforming weakness into strength  ;  strength will surely become weakness ”
• “ break free from the cage that holds you ”
• “ when plants die  ,  the earth does not tremble ”
• “ if you strike a person their soul is scattered ”
• “ virtue does exist in this world ”
• “ i will be the shield that protects my people ”
• “ you gutless coward ”
• “ to me thou art a bone  ,  to me thou art as limbs ”
• “ the night shall become my clause ”
• “ my resolve will never waver ”
• “ so long you stupid bastard ”
• “ this is the end of your pathetic lives ”
• “ to enjoy the morning roses you must kill the insects ”
• “ you will die trembling ”
• “ oh  ,  i’ll hang you very slowly ”
• “ there is no tomorrow for the weak ”
• “ if something can not be recognized  ,  does it even exist ? ”
• “ war is simply a battle of egos ”
• “ at some point it's no longer about who wins or loses ”
• “ i believe that the future holds infinite hope for all of us ”
• “ when a man's consciousness is fading away he will find without fail that he comes face to face with his own soul and must challenge it ”
• “ i only want a chance to do something to help everyone ”
• “ ignoring the things that seem too hard to do eventually becomes a habit  ,  the natural thing to do ”
• “ the time has come for everything to be settled ”
• “ was this always my life's purpose ? ”
• “ no one wants to touch someone like me ”
• “ do you plan to spend your whole life pretending to be someone you’re not ? ”
• “ people tend to act in ways that suit their own best interests ”
• “ you can’t just sit back and accept a destiny of death ”
• “ you can’t hesitate ”
• “ when one thing comes to an end  ,  something else begins ”
• “ you can give up when it’s really  ,  truly  ,  absolutely the very end ”
• “ are we only destined for destruction ? ”
• “ my life is nothing compared to his ”
• “ everything I've ever done has always just been an act ”
• “ making excuses just makes you look pathetic ”
• “ we learn from our mistakes and grow from them ”
• “ when you eliminate all the other possibilities  ,  you cannot escape the truth that remains ”
• “ there's no use in comparing the dead with the living ”
• “ he needs to remember this pain ”
• “ i’ve no interest in hearing about your failure ”
• “ what I want is to be adored and admired for eternity ”
• “ you have a heart that sees the world with open eyes ”

lines taken from various albums  &  unsorted songs by  xylo .  feel free to change pronouns   ( he , she , they , i , etc )   &  tenses as you feel necessary .

• “ the nights never ending ”
• “ go off the deep end ”
• “ i’m bad luck  ,  baby ”
• “ i don’t need your sympathy ”
• “ i need a fuckin’ miracle ”
• “ i just want your love  ,  not your money ”
• “ leave me here  ,  i’ll be fine ”
• “ i’ll wait for the stars to align ”
• “ i’m waiting for the afterlife ”
• “ i just wanna be loved ”
• “ the news fuckin’ scares me ”
• “ we’re still young but we got older ”
• “ real life is make - believe ”
• “ all that glitters isn’t gold for me ”
• “ don’t say anything ”
• “ you look perfect in this light to me ”
• “ i’m sick of listening to everyone ”
• “ i just want you ”
• “ this will all be over soon ”
• “ the nights are longer than i’ve ever known ”
• “ come get me now ”
• “ there’s a black cloud hanging over my head ”
• “ there’s a bad taste in my mouth ”
• “ when did this bed get so uncomfortable ? ”
• “ will you heal me ? ”
• “ if you have the answer let me know ”
• “ it doesn’t feel the same as it did before ”
• “ you slip like sand right through my hands ”
• “ the battle never ends but you won the war ”
• “ i’m sinking like a stone ”
• “ we’re all livin’ in the gutter ”
• “ live fast  ,  leave a pretty body ”
• “ is this love ? ”
• “ i think that i love you ”
• “ you know i tried to warn you ”
• “ are you alive or are you just living ? ”
• “ the pain i feel makes me feel real ”
• “ everybody’s let me down ”
• “ give me a little time to un - fuck my mind ”
• “ i’m ugly when i’m jealous ”
• “ i’m so used to being sad ”
• “ you’re my bad influence ”
• “ i don’t know if i should stay or if i should go ”
• “ i don’t have the answers you need ”
• “ i think i’m dying ”
• “ are you thinking about me ? ”
• “ would you take back all the things you said ? ”
• “ am i enough ? ”
• “ you’re turning me into somebody that i didn’t wanna know ”
• “ i knew you were trouble when i met you ”
• “ tell me you love me ”
• “ tell me i’m pretty ”
• “ i made this life ”
• “ guess i’m the one to blame ”
• “ you know i can’t take this ”
• “ i know you’re not changing ”
• “ at least i know it’s all said and done ”
• “ i don’t wanna go to sleep alone ”

lines taken from various songs in the  ms mr  album  ,  secondhand rapture .  feel free to change pronouns   ( he , she , i , you , etc )   &  tenses as you feel necessary .

• “ didn’t know what this would be ”
• “ i knew i didn’t see what you thought you saw in me ”
• “ i jumped the gun ”
• “ the storm never came  ------  or  ,  it never was ”
• “ it meant i wound up losing you ”
• “ welcome to the inner workings of my mind ”
• “ i become afraid of the darkness in my heart ”
• “ what’s wrong with me ? ”
• “ make ash and leave the dust behind ”
• “ when i fall  ,  i fall on tragedy ”
• “ dig up her bones but leave the soul alone ”
• “ let her find her way to a better place ”
• “ we found a way to escape the day ”
• “ lost in the pages of self made cages ”
• “ life slips away and the ghosts come to play ”
• “ these are hard times for dreamers ”
• “ my highs hit a new low ”
• “ shadows bleed and the locks will break ”
• “ have i only seen what i wanna see ? ”
• “ maybe i’ll find something real ”
• “ how could you be what i wanna see ? ”
• “ my reality could never live up to the fantasy ”
• “ existing and living are not the same ”
• “ how many hours will i let slip away ? ”
• “ this world is gonna burn ”
• “ as long as we’re going down  ,  baby you should stick around ”
• “ it’s all gone to shit ”
• “ it’s out of our hands ”
• “ if we’re gonna die  ,  bury us alive ”
• “ if you’re searching for us  ,  you’ll find us side by side ”
• “ your heart understands mine ”
• “ your kiss tastes better outside the light of day ”
• “ hard to believe you could cause me harm ”
• “ damned if i do and bored if i don’t ”
• “ no winners in this race when you’re caught up in the chase ”
• “ solemnly swear i’m up to no good ”
• “ i’d get out now  ,  if i were you i would ”
• “ the longer we linger the sooner we bore ”
• “ you got high off my devotion ”
• “ i was addicted to your touch ”
• “ i still think of you and all the shit you put me through ”
• “ i know you were wrong ”
• “ you made pain your lover ”
• “ you only give what was lost ”
• “ dark clouds follow you around ”
• “ you only picked me up to bring me down ”
• “ don’t build for me an empty grave ”
• “ don’t need the promise of heaven ”
• “ let me be your singing corpse ”
• “ i have this dream where i cut out my tongue ”
• “ it doesn’t make us weak ”
• “ it didn’t come easy ”
• “ i’m glad it was hard ”
• “ i found you in pieces  ,  you’d been torn apart ”
• “ we kiss the dusk goodnight ”
• “ the things i feel now i thought i’d never find ”
• “ i wonder if our future was written in our past ”
• “ i didn’t know i could do it without you ”
• “ this isn’t control ”

quotes taken from the character  “ wendy ”  of klei entertainment’s  “ don’t starve  / don’t starve together ” .  feel free to change pronouns as necessary .  warnings for some allusions to death  /  generally somber overtones .

• “ i’m only taking back what’s mine ”
• “ nothing good may last ”
• “ they are more useful in death ”
• “ i’ll only end up hurt again ”
• “ life brings pain  ,  pain brings life ”
• “ the clouds weep ”
• “ i am directionless ”
• “ the sun upsets me  ;  i couldn’t possibly sleep ”
• “ i was always destined to bear a heavy load ”
• “ it makes me feel less alone   ---   plus  ,  i can throw it ”
• “ whatever is in there isn’t dead yet ”
• “ life needs time to blossom ”
• “ emptiness  :  the natural state of all things ”
• “ nothing escapes the pull of decay ”
• “ i don’t know why you bother  ,  we’re all going to burn ”
• “ the relief it brings is only temporary ”
• “ it is a dark path we tread ”
• “ shall we set the world on fire ? ”
• “ some of us can see our cages ”
• “ it only provides the illusion of control ”
• “ it seems a tad dramatic ”
• “ its beauty will undoubtedly succumb to the tide ”
• “ the emptiness is consuming him ”
• “ antagonizing crows is always bad luck ”
• “ the moon  ;  she whispers promises of protection to me ”
• “ it’ll never get better than this ”
• “ i have learned unspeakable things ”
• “ it may warm my body  ,  but what of my spirit ? ”
• “ no living soul commands the sea ”
• “ your beauty will fade too  ,  you know ”
• “ life is a swirling abyss of suffering and disappointment ”
• “ that I cannot hear it does not mean it is silent ”
• “ a shame you have to perish ”
• “ death will be a blessing ”
• “ i have destroyed something beautiful ”
• “ your sacrifice will not be in vain ”
• “ how does it feel to be ripped from your home ? ”
• “ no matter what it consumes  ,  it is never satisfied ”
• “ oh well  ---  i hope it’s a quick death ”
• “ the world has wronged you ”
• “ you can’t hide from your problems forever  ;  i’ve tried ”
• “ do you dig your own tomb  ,  sir ? ”
• “ a life sooner begun is a life sooner ended ”
• “ vegetables are good for you  ,  but what do i care ? ”
• “ i can no longer be amused by childish things ”
• “ i’m surprised we didn’t die trying to get this ”
• “ did it go as you planned ? ”
• “ you should be thankful i’m sparing you ”
• “ i can’t do anything right ”
• “ i must carry my own burden ”
• “ your pleas will fall on deaf ears ”

from the work of  amanda lovelace  ,  the mermaid’s voice returns in this one   (  consider supporting the author  ) .  pronouns  (  he , she , they , i , etc  )  &  tenses can be adjusted as needed

sentences from the youtube series  ,  buzzfeed unsolved .  primarily taken from season 5′s supernatural investigations .

• “ it doesn’t matter because you’re dead ”
• “ it’s not impressive  ,  no one’s impressed ”
• “ the spot of your death is now a lovely gift shop ”
• “ as god as my witness  ,  he snapped him in half ”
• “ i seriously want you to throw something right at my face ”
• “ you can live in the cave ”
• “ i’m a big fan of your name ”
• “ the fact that you steal  ,  that’s really funny to me ”
• “ that’s the greatest thing to steal  :  a man’s joy ”
• “ because i’m a masochist ”
• “ i’m going to regret this ”
• “ i’ve lost the ability to feel ”
• “ they’re gonna fucking murder you ”
• “ the way you shushed me was quite rude ”
• “ cowards  ,  all of you ”
• “ i’m strange and off putting ”
• “ i should not feel confident in the face of any man ”
• “ here you are  ,  smiling in the face of the devil ”
• “ i hate bats ”
• “ bats sometimes carry rabies and that’s a thing i’m afraid of ”
• “ not today devil birds  ,  not today ”
• “ i think i’m blacking out right now ”
• “ i don’t think i’m going to remember this moment ”
• “ i think i’m gonna cry ”
• “ i keep forgetting there’s ghosts in here ”
• “ if you know me and my debilitating fear of bears  ,  this is my worst nightmare ”
• “ i’m standing on an altar alone ”
• “ maybe you’ll wake up in the middle of the night and eat your cat ”
• “ i’m so glad that’s over let’s go eat taco bell ”
• “ were you making horse noises ? ”
• “ in case any of you needed a reminder this place is a twisting nightmare ”
• “ there’s a good chance i’m gonna fart in here ”
• “ well this is horrifying ”
• “ let’s do each other a favor and not show ourselves to each other ”
• “ if you could do me a big solid and not do anything that would be sublime ”
• “ this is just as horrifying as i thought it would be ”
• “ you talk to hide from the silence ”
• “ do i look like the kind of man who could give advice ? ”
• “ several bad choices have lead me to this moment ”
• “ let’s play look at the ceiling tiles !  1 , 2 , 3 , 4 … ”
• “ i just wanna know if you think they have belly buttons ”
• “ i did meet some of the most insufferable people but they also met me ”
• “ if it sounds like a duck and walks like a duck ”

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potential warnings for  :  mild allusions to homophobia 

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*  potential warnings for  :  mild allusions to abuse  /  trauma

feel free to change things  ( such as pronouns )  as needed !  music link

“ i’m better off on my own ” “ i wish i never let you sleep in my bed ” “ i’ll never get over you ” “ i'm pretty sure that all of this was my fault ” “ you know how to make me feel all alone ” “ just fucking find another way to heal ” “ i’m sick of feeling so betrayed ” “ i thought i’d mean something to you ”

“ your story isn’t adding up ” “ your religion is a lie ” “ why don’t you throw me to the wolves ? ” “ you’re not so innocent ” “ you’re standing here like an angry god ” “ you’re no saint  ,  you’re no savior ” “ you only follow rules if others follow with you ” “ that doesn’t sound so holy  ,  only playing victim ” “ keep your judgement for someone else ” “ i’ve had enough ”

“ welcome to the room i hide in ” “ i’d invite you in but i’m trying to get out of here ” “ the windows know my pain  ,  they feel it ” “ get out of here ” “ you’re still ringing gin my empty head ” “ i can’t let go of you ” “ i don’t know why i can never leave ” “ all that i’m left with are memories ” “ i guess i want your ghost as my company ”

“ i’m afraid that i’ve gone vacant ” “ i don’t have time for your equations ” “ i swear i’ll try to save this ” “ i start to despise myself ” “ you say i put you through hell ” “ you never knew if you could feel the way that i do ” “ we aren’t gonna make it ” “ we’ve both been changing ” “ maybe we should find ourselves ”

“ i've been waiting for you to get your mind right ” “ you've been running from yourself for a while ” “ you think that if you burn down you'll be fine ” “ maybe i’d forget all the times you lied ” “ i hope that you choke on your vacant teeth ” “ i know that you’re empty ” “ you don't even look the same with your brand new eyes ” “ you drained the light out of yourself and now you can't see ”

“ you talk a lot of shit for somebody who's sorry now ” “ i’m a habit that you miss ” “ this is everything i wanna say  ,  but can’t say yet ” “ you’re looking for someone to blame ” “ i gave you all my blood ” “ i’m still waiting for your love ” “ thanks for calling me on my birthday to say i was wrong ” “ i hope you swallow me ”

“ every time i see you i light up inside ” “ truth is casting shadows all over me ” “ you walk through your house like a ghost ” “ i hope you lie in your bed thinking of me ” “ there’s a hole inside my chest you can’t see ” “ my heads a burial ground of your memory ” “ you can take whats left with you ” “ i can’t keep holding on ”

collection of prompts  /  starter sentences taken from the  cursedsuggestion  blog 

collection of prompts  /  starter sentences  /  what have you taken from private  /  unpublished works of poetry written by the blog moderator .  feel free to change things  (  such as pronouns  )  as needed !