
ind.
taken from the book ‘ the gay science ’ by friedrich nietzsche
❛ their whole nature fails to persuade ❜
❛ they have never remained silence about any of their good deeds ❜
❛ he always carries a biscuit for cerberus ❜
❛ either we have no dreams or our dreams are interesting ❜
❛ let those who have ears, hear ❜
❛ before the effect one believes in different causes than one does afterward ❜
❛ anyone with a very loud voice is almost incapable of thinking subtleties ❜
❛ the purpose of punishment is to improve those who punish ❜
❛ the sacrificial animal does not share the spectators’ ideas about sacrifice ❜
❛ our eyes are also intended for hearing ❜
❛ the mistrustful speak empathetically ❜
❛ how can one constantly admire without constantly feeling contempt? ❜
❛ is that not a blasphemy against your ideal? ❜
❛ in applause there is always a kind of noise ❜
❛ they are running away from people ❜
❛ one hears only those questions for which one is able to find answers ❜
❛ they know how to make things simpler than they are ❜
❛ this is by all means a matter of taste, nothing more ❜
❛ i’d sooner have people steal from me than be surrounded by scarecrows & hungry looks ❜
❛ thoughts are the shadows of our feelings ❜
❛ all voices sound different in solitude ❜
❛ who has had the most convincing eloquence so far? ❜
❛ i spoil the taste of their party for everyone ❜
❛ some people need open enemies ❜
❛ they are in a bad way ❜
❛ we are always only in our own company ❜
❛ in a moment they will be ready with a lie ❜
❛ in the end one finds more than one might have wished ❜
❛ why not be defeated some time too? ❜
❛ all is lost if we fall ❜
❛ you have no idea what you are living through ❜
❛ to have a virtue one must really wish to have it in its most brutal form ❜
❛ happiness is not nearly so contagious a disease ❜
❛ even one’s thoughts cannot reproduce entirely in words ❜
❛ there is no selflessness in my soul ❜
❛ you are beyond all embarrassment ❜
❛ i do not want to have people imitate my example ❜
❛ no victor believes in chance ❜
❛ what we do is never understood ❜
❛ those who have greatness are cruel to their virtues ❜
❛ with a great goal one is superior even to justice ❜
❛ you shall become the person you are ❜
❛ what do you love in others? ❜
❛ i still live, i still think ❜
❛ we were friends and have become estranged ❜
❛ few people have faith in themselves ❜
❛ there is yet another world to be discovered — and more than one ❜
❛ at the very bottom of my soul i feel grateful to all my misery ❜
❛ i have given a name to my pain ❜
❛ one must learn to love ❜
TRUE DETECTIVE (SEASON ONE) STARTERS.
send a sentence or send ✉ for a random starter. some trigger warnings apply. continued under the cut. change as needed.
- kind of a strange guy, huh?
- don’t be assholes. you want to hear this or not?
- you know, i’ve seen all the different types.
- we all fit a certain category.
- i was just a regular-type dude with a big-ass dick.
- a smart guy who’s steady is hard to find.
- i’d offer you a seat, but uh…
- past a certain age, a man without a family can be a bad thing.
- this is gonna happen again. or it’s happened before.
- you get that from one of your books?
- listen, this is a stupid time to mention this, but you got to come to dinner.
- there’s nothing i can do about it. maybe not today. maybe not tomorrow.
- i’m gonna have a drink.
- people out here, it’s like they don’t even know the outside world exists.
- might as well be living on the fucking moon.
- can i ask you something? you’re a christian, yeah?
- i believe that people shouldn’t talk about this kind of shit at work.
- look, i’d consider myself a realist, all right, but in philosophical terms, i’m what’s called a pessimist.
- i’m bad at parties.
- i think human consciousness is a tragic misstep in evolution.
- huh. that sounds god-fucking-awful, ___.
- i wouldn’t go around spouting that shit if i was you.
- people around here don’t think that way. i don’t think that way.
- so what’s the point of getting out of bed in the morning?
- i get a bad taste in my mouth out here.
- i got an idea. let’s make the car a place of silent reflection from now on.
- what should i bring for dinner?
- when you’re at my house, i want you to chill the fuck out.
- i’m not some kind of maniac, all right? i mean, for fuck’s sake.
- fuck that prick.
- we’ll lake two large long Island iced teas, please.
- what kind of tits does she have?
- you get pills pretty easy?
- this place is like somebody’s memory of the town, and the memory’s fading.
- stop saying shit like that. it’s unprofessional.
- you get any sleep last night?
- i don’t sleep. i just dream.
- you believe in ghosts?
- i’m gonna have to call a little timeout, make a beer run.
- why is this so important to you all of a sudden?
- she was high. fucked up.
- what the hell? you can barely stand up.
- i don’t drink ‘cause I’ve had trouble with it before.
- have some more coffee and just try to make 10 minutes of conversation.
- people change, relationships change.
- i believe that shit leads to cancer.
- then start asking the right fucking questions.
Angry
- “What the fuck do you think you’re doing?”
- “Fuck this.”
- “Get the fuck out of here.”
- “Who the fuck are you?”
- “Fuck that!”
- “I fucking hate him/her/them/you.”
- “Fuck. FUCK. FUUUUCK!”
- “Shut the fuck up.“
- “Get your fucking act together.”
- “Keep your shitty nose out of my fucking business.”
- “Leave me alone, or I’ll fuck you up.”
- “Get your fucking hands off of me!”
- “Stay the fuck away from me.”
- “Who stole my fucking shit?!”
- “Who the fuck do you think you’re talking to?”
- “You wanna fucking go, punk?”
- “Get the fuck over it.”
- “Where the fuck have you been?”
- “What the fuck do you want from me?”
Sad
- “Fuck life.”
- “No, I’m not fucking over it.”
- “Why the fuck did he/she/they have to go and die?”
- “What the fuck am I supposed to do now?”
- “Why did things have to go so fucking wrong?”
- “I’m gonna eat fifty fucking cartons of ice cream and then pass out and die like a warrior.”
- “Try to fucking stop me from leaving my room. It’s not gonna happen.”
- “The love of my life just decided that I was worth fucking nothing.”
- “I fucking miss him/her/them.”
- “Who the fuck cares?”
- “All of this fucking shit was for nothing.”
- “I fucked up my own life.”
- “I can’t believe I did this fucking shit all over again.”
Insults
- “Fuck you!”
- “I fucked your mom last night.”
- “You’re a fucking asshole.”
- “You just think you’re fucking hilarious, don’t you?”
- “Who the fuck died and made you king/queen/ruler?”
- “Go to fucking hell, you piece of shit!”
- “Go fuck yourself.”
- “Motherfucker!”
- “Wow, that’s fucking small.”
- “Get the fuck over yourself.”
Sexy
- “Fuck me.”
- “I don’t ‘make love’, I fuck.”
- “I’d fuck you all night long.”
- “You look like a fucking dog in heat.”
- “You look so fucking hot right now.”
- “Fuck–faster~”
- “FUCK, I’m gonna come!”
- “I’ll fuck you right here, right now.”
- “Babe, fuck–not here.”
- “You’re one cocky motherfucker. Let’s go back to my place.”
- “I want to bend you over and fuck you until you can’t walk.”
- “I want you to fuck me until I can’t walk.”
- “F-fuck–please–~”
- “I’d let you fuck me any day.”
- “You better use a fucking condom.”
- “Tell me what you want me to fucking do to you.”
- “Do you want me to fuck you while everyone’s watching?”
- “Fuck, it’s big.”
- “Let’s make a fucking baby.”
Situations
- “Give me a break. I’m in the fucking hospital.”
- “How are YOU mad at ME when I’m the one who’s in FUCKING JAIL?”
- “Help me set this fucking thing on fire.”
- “I’m gonna need a fucking lawyer.”
- “This is all YOUR fault, you dumb fuck.”
- “It’s not MY fault we’re in fucking handcuffs.”
- “Fuck, I’m so wasted.”
- “What the fuck did we do last night?”
- “Where the fuck am I?”
- “Fuck. SHIT. There goes my car.”
- “Wait–fuck. Isn’t that my house?”
- “Fuck it. Might as well have fun, if we’re going to get caught.”
- “Why the fuck do you have gasoline?”
- “Where the fuck did that baby come from?!”
- “It’s not a party until someone almost fucking dies.”
- “FUCK, you scared the shit out of me!”
RICHARD SIKEN SENTENCE STARTERS [EXTENDED]
– So I really liked the original meme here, so much that I ended up buying the poet’s book Crush to read.
Inspiration hit and here are 79 lines, categorized by poem. Feel free to change pronouns and any names!
SCHEHERAZADE
❝Tell me about the dream where we pull the bodies out of the lake and dress them in warm clothes again.❞
❝Look at the light through the windowpane. That means it’s noon, that means we’re inconsolable.❞
❝Tell me how all this, and love too, will ruin us.❞
❝Tell me we’ll never get used to it.❞DIRTY VALENTINE
❝There’s a part in the movie where you can see right through the acting, where you can tell that I’m about to burst into tears.❞
❝I swallow your heart and it crawls right out of my mouth.❞
❝You swallow my heart and flee, but I want it back now, baby. I want it back.❞
❝I’m sorry. We know how it works. The world is no longer mysterious.❞LITTLE BEAST
❝I like him and I want to be like him, my hands no longer an afterthought.❞
❝Someone once told me than explaining is an admission of failure.❞
❝I’m sure you remember, I was on the phone with you, sweetheart.❞
❝History repeats itself.❞
❝There are many names in history but none of them are ours.❞
❝You could drown in those eyes, I said.❞
❝But damn if there isn’t anything sexier than a slender boy with a handgun, a fast car, a bottle of pills.❞
❝What would you like? I’d like my money’s worth.❞
❝Sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.❞
❝I couldn’t get the boy to kill me, but I wore his jacket for the longest time.❞SEASIDE IMPROVISATION
❝Tell me you love this, tell me you’re not miserable.❞
❝You do the math, you expect the trouble.❞
❝Draw a circle with a piece of chalk. Imagine standing in a constant cone of light. Imagine surrender. Imagine being useless.❞
❝A stone on the path means the tea’s not ready, a stone in the hand means somebody’s angry.❞
❝The stone inside you still hasn’t hit bottom.❞THE TORN-UP ROAD
❝There is no way to make this story interesting.❞
❝I want to tell you this story without having to confess anything, without having to say that I ran out into the street to prove something.❞
❝Tell me we’re dead and I’ll love you even more.❞
❝And he knew it wasn’t going to be okay, and he told me it wasn’t going to be okay.❞
❝But the minutes don’t stop.❞
❝And words, little words, words too small for any hope or promise, not really soothing but soothing nonetheless.❞LITANY IN WHICH CERTAIN THINGS ARE CROSSED OUT
❝You will be alone always and then you will die.❞
❝So maybe I wanted to give you something more than a catalog of non-definitive acts, something other than the desperation.❞
❝I’m sorry I came to your party and seduced you and left you bruised and ruined, you poor sad thing.❞
❝You want a better story. Who wouldn’t?❞
❝I can tell you already think I’m the dragon, that would be so like me, but I’m not. I’m not the dragon. I’m not the princess either.❞
❝Who am I? I’m just a writer. I write things down. I walk through your dreams and invent the future.❞
❝And yes, I swallow glass, but that comes later.❞
❝Shut up. I’m getting to it.❞
❝For a while I thought I was the dragon.❞
❝Okay, so I’m the dragon. Big deal.❞
❝You still get to be the hero.❞
❝What more do you want?❞
❝Are you there, sweetheart? Do you know me?❞
❝Here is the repeated image of the lover destroyed.❞
❝There is something underneath the floorboards.❞
❝I arrived in the city and you met me at the station, smiling in a way that made me frightened.❞
❝This doesn’t look that much different from home.❞
❝Love, for you, is more than the usual romantic love. It’s like a religion. It’s terrifying.❞
❝Okay, if you’re so great, you do it–❞
❝Unfortunately, we don’t have that kind of time.❞
❝I have told you where I’m coming from, so put it together.❞
❝When I say this, it should mean laughter, not poison.❞A PRIMER FOR THE SMALL WEIRD LOVES
❝And you know that a boy who likes boys is a dead boy, unless he keeps his mouth shut, which is what you didn’t do.❞
❝Because you are weak and hollow and it doesn’t matter anymore.❞
❝And the boy who loves you the wrong way is filthy.❞UNFINISHED DUET
❝He wants to be tender and merciful.❞
❝He meaning you.❞
❝Do you love yourself?❞
❝I don’t have to answer that.❞
❝It should matter.❞I HAD A DREAM ABOUT YOU
❝I don’t think I can take this much longer.❞
❝In the dream I don’t tell anyone, you put your head in my lap.❞
❝In these dreams it’s always you: the boy in the sweatshirt, the boy on the bridge, the boy who always keeps me from jumping off the bridge.❞
❝Oh, the things we invent when we are scared and want to be rescued.❞
❝I borrowed your shoes and didn’t put them away.❞
❝You didn’t show up. I kept waiting.❞STRAW HOUSE, STRAW DOG
❝You have a cold cold smile.❞
❝Watch me, just watch me.❞
❝I swallowed crushed ice pretending it was glass.❞
❝I don’t really blame you for being dead but you can’t have your sweater back.❞
❝You can sleep now, you said. You said that. I had a dream where you said that. Thanks for saying that. You weren’t supposed to.❞PLANET OF LOVE
❝And you play along, because you want to die for love, you always have.❞
WISHBONE
❝You saved my life. I owe you, I owe you everything.❞
❝Let’s not talk about it, let’s just not talk.❞
❝Don’t bother. You never mean it anyway, not really, and it only makes me that much more ashamed.❞
❝Please, for just one night, will you lie down next to me, we can leave our clothes on, we can stay all buttoned up…❞
❝Do you see what I mean? Do you see what I’m getting at?❞
❝If you love me, _____ , you don’t love me in a way I understand.❞
❝Do you want to go home now?❞