DASH & LILY’S BOOK OF DARES SENTENCE STARTERS : quotes taken from the 2010 novel ‘dash & lily’s book of dares’ by rachel cohn and david levithan.
“i’m told there’s no going back. so i’m choosing forward.”
“it’s only a game if there is an absence of meaning.”
“i want to believe there is a somebody out there for me.”
“i want to believe that i exist to be there for that somebody.”
“you think fairy tales are only for girls?”
“you think fairy tales are only for girls? here’s a hint — ask yourself who wrote them.”
“yes, girls want their princes, but boys want their princesses just as much.”
“the important people in our lives leave imprints.”
“luckily, i always travel with a book, just in case i have to wait in line for santa, or some such inconvenience.”
“i am horribly bookish, to the point of coming right out and saying it, which i know is not socially acceptable.”
“you want meaning? well, the meanings are out there. we’re just so damn good at reading them wrong.”
“what if love isn’t a yes-or-no question?”
“well, sure, who doesn’t need a boyfriend?”
“well, sure, who doesn’t need a boyfriend? but realistically, those exotic creatures are hard to come by. at least a quality one.”
“it’s hard to answer a question you haven’t been asked.”
“it’s hard to show you tried unless you end up succeeding.”
“we believe in the wrong things.”
“i love snow for the same reason i love christmas: it brings people together while time stands still.”
“i find i very rarely live up to my words.”
“i’m told there’s no going back.”
“i’m trying hard to see how this is germane.”
“i’m gauging your honesty.”
“what is the last periodical you read methodically?”
“what adjective do you feel the most longing for?”
“let’s say i have a hundred million dollars and offer it to you. the only condition is that if you take it, a man in china will fall off his bicycle and die. what do you do?”
“do you think abraham lincoln was a homosexual?”
“are you a museum goer?”
“when you see a flower painted by georgia o'keefe, what comes to mind?”
“that’s just a transparent ploy to get me to say the word vagina, isn’t it?”
“i want to believe that, despite all evidence to the contrary, it is possible for anyone to find that one special person.”
“the universe doesn’t decide what’s right or not right. you do.”
“somewhere between a friend and acquaintance — a frequaintance, as it were.”
“maybe it’s not the distance that’s the problem, but how you handle it.”
“with all due respect, if you’re [AGE] then i’m a fetus.”
“are you going to be playing for the pure thrill of unreluctant desire?”
“making love without noise is like playing a muted piano — fine for practice, but you cheat yourself out of hearing the glorious results.”
“you bookish little pervert.”
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BETTY COOPER - 5x06; Back to School
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“ You’ve got me, ” he assures her, a small smile pulling the corner of his mouth. Danny leans his head forward, lightly pressing their foreheads together as he s i g h s . There was part of him that wanted to let himself l e a n . To let her be there for him the way she offered. And if it were another argument with his dad, or his brother. If he’d just had a bad day, or he was feeling insecure about his career, he would lean on her. But this was something he’d never leaned on anyone for. Even now, years down the road it felt wrong somehow. Like if he talked about her, it would somehow taint her memory. However, as he stands with Zoe this close, one hand on his face and the other behind his neck, he can’t help but wonder what would happen if he did.
What would happen if he told her about Hailey? How they’d met, how she was the only reason he did r e m o t e l y well in school. How they’d fallen in love. How when he thought of his future, she was always going to be in it. How they fought that night, and how they had been on the precipice of breakup. How he’d gone to his friend’s that night to blow off steam, only for the following morning to be only the second worst day of his life. The worst day being the day they discovered her body. How he’d lost not only the girl he loved, but an entire future. How he’d lost his home in more ways than one. What would she say if she knew how much it w e i g h e d him down? Would she still want to be with him? He doubted it.
Danny pulls his head back and opens his eyes to look at her, studying her face as his hand at his hand moves to rest lightly on her hip. “ All of me, ” he adds, the words weighted like a promise as he holds her gaze. Because he means it, she does have all of him. She just doesn’t need to feel the weight of all that entails. At least not right now. With that, he closes limited space between their faces to kiss her softly. It wasn’t so much a distraction as much as something he n e e d e d . The closeness that she declared, he needed to believe it. Minutes ago she’s been set to throw him out, and he couldn’t even say she’d been w r o n g to want to. He’d talk to her about Hailey one night. He’d work himself up to it. When he knows that she isn’t going to be scared off by the feelings that still lingered. When they were both ready. Because he just i s n ’ t yet. And he can only hope the softness of his tells her what he means. that he trusts her. He’ll talk to her. Just not tonight.
there was a time when she had been scared to let him in. a time where a friendship and a fleeting crush was all she could think this was, in case he hurt her -- or even worse, she hurt him. it had been terrifying to think, that despite the few times she had let him in close, she could let him in fully. zoe had almost run away from it. she hadn’t let her walls down for many people in between leaving home and having a full-time career as a successful attorney. not many people could even get that close to her. but she was thankful that it was danny to managed to break them all down, that she could be a version of herself with him that she hadn’t been in a long time. sure, they still fought and they weren’t perfect, but who was?
there’s a small smile that pulled at her lips as she presses her forehead against his, eyes fluttering shut. hailey’s case was something that would still weigh between them. that, and the questions still left unanswered, of who was the true killer and what exactly had she been to danny, in the past. but for now -- she’d leave them unanswered, at least the latter. it was in the past and like what her parents had been to her, it was something that could only be answered with time. what zoe was going to focus on was how she felt about the boy in front of her and what she could do about a case that had been left in the dust.
a breath slips past her mouth as her eyes open, tilting her head to look him in the eye. ❛ and all of me. ❜ she says slowly, a bigger smile pulling at her lips. her gaze dips down towards his mouth and her eyes flutter shut once more as his mouth meets hers. her hand tangles into his hair at the nape of his neck and she kisses him gently, letting her mouth fall open under his. zoe let the regret of her actions earlier tonight convey in the way she touches him, an unspoken apology woven in the way she pulls herself closer to him. it’s not long before she pulls away and she smiles at him again, pressing her lips together. ❛ let me make it up to you for what i said earlier. ❜ she glances over at the couch before raising an eyebrow at him. ❛ how about you pick a movie and i’ll order the best pizza you’ve ever had? and no talk about work or any case, i promise. ❜
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HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER SENTENCE STARTERS : random quotes taken from the television show how to get away with murder (2014-2020).
“you know more about me than most people.”
“you’re messing with the wrong bitch.”
“me not paying attention to you is the best compliment you could ever get.”
“because i’m trying to protect you like always.”
“better to have no father than a bad one.”
“i’m just trying to disconnect. be happy, or something.”
“i stole it from the bar i work at, so don’t actually think i’m that nice.”
“think carefully. everything after this moment will not only determine your career, but life.”
“make me out to be the villain if it helps you sleep at night.”
“that’s how you get away with murder.”
“i’ve been good for so long, now i just want to be bad.”
“i look nice, i know, but that’s just my face.”
“i-i have to go to work, and i-i’m a little worried that you might be a sex addict.”
“i kind of had a weird night. could use a drink. or ten.”
“you’re a better person than me and if i don’t deserve to die, then you definitely don’t.”
“when in doubt, shut your mouth.”
“you’ll only have yourself to blame if it ends badly.”
“our entire relationship is an apology.”
“i’m just saying, why don’t we do something normal for once, that is not sex? like have breakfast or… or do the crosswords or whatever it is that actual couples do.”
“smile or go to jail.”
“you call it crazy. i call it winning.”
“get me some chocolate chip cookies. i hate all this healthy food.”
“we’re all bad people. that’s the only thing we have in common.”
“you ready to fail like your dad’s condom?”
“you’re not as good a liar as you think.”
“i’m so freakin’ mad i wasn’t born gay.”
“why is your penis on a dead girl’s phone?”
“judge me if you want. just do it while we’re carrying the damn body!”
“what’s the opposite of midas touch? because that’s my gift of turning everything around me into ass.”
“listen, we’ve had some nice dates. we danced, but i’m being accused of murder. any sane person would run for the hills.”
“i want to feel bad for you, but i don’t.”
“i deserve love, like everyone else.”
“you finished, or you gonna kill me?”
“you want my help, first you need to help me.”
it’s over boo-boo. pack your knives and go home.“
"the knife was a nail file. there’s no crime in staying flossy.”
“they’re coming for us. it’s not if, it’s when.”
“i’ve never killed anyone in my life, but try me.”
“i’m just sorry you’re so dumb that you think i’d believe you.”
“no more murder.”
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𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐓 𝐌𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐘 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐒𝐀𝐘; 𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒. | 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝟐 / ?
“ she’s pretty when she looks scared for her life. ”
“ i am going on the choo choo. “
“ we’re all drunk, but she’s Drunk … my sister is not drunk. she’s 10. “
“ I would ask if she’s good, but she is Not Good. “
“ my mom is very concerned about the balloons. “
“ — more acceptable than your banana nonsense. “
“ I shall never drink your nonsense. “
“ You’re one to talk Ms Alcoholic Milk. “
“ i am awake - but at what cost ? “
“ he was so sneezy and sniffly, and he got lots of eye boogies. “
“ was it because he was…. red, perhaps ? “
“ you ever just… blow on your cats ? “
“ she has no business bein this nakey. “
“ i’m loving this lasagna discourse. “
“ loaf cat with mustache. “
“ OH HEY I DDIN’T SEE YOU THERE I WAS TOO BUSY MMMMMBLOCKING OUT THE HATERS !!! “
“ learn how tasty coffee is ! “
“ nomnom tasty coffee. “
“ go do the learning ! “
“ i’m just a baby bitch boy. “
“ it would be so much cooler if her hair was brain. “
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antispirals:
They’re standing outside on the steps of the police department, and beyond the asphalt margins of the parking lot, everything else seemed to disappear into a fog of foreignness. Diffusing into a daubed pastiche of a scenery he can’t recognize - like a generic postcard from nowhere - framed in the curled, acrid wisps of smoke twining around his vision. The fog seemed to be nearing. In the corner of his eye, even the slant blade of sunlight fracturing the windshield of a squad car had begun to have a strange shine to it.
It seeps to where they stand. Two strangers laminated on a nowhere postcard. In her voice, echoing where she wasn’t from, an unmistakably ingrained New Yorker cadence of speaking to be heard, echoing in the acoustics of her bearing- sharp lined and tin suited in a distinction lawyers he’d come across here weren’t. Rustin’s deliberating silence amplifies her voice, she will be heard. Sarcastic, she’d deliberated. Erasing a verbal boundary with her own.
There’s some kind of absurdity he can’t name, and it seeps in the swell of enervation whistling through the sighing flare of his nostrils. “Your business.” he repeats, the insistence of the way she had announced it rolled and clamped around the cigarette hanging in the corner of his mouth, contemplating as if he might just throw it on the ground and snuff it beneath the turn of his heel. “Alright.”
“Doesn’t sound like you’re makin’ it yours.” he blinks and turns, the bulwark of her folded arms matched against his face, flint-eyed. “Plead your case.”
she got a bit more involved then should be allowed for her career. lawyers, or well in her case, attorney’s could question police and other witnesses, as well as review evidence concerning the case. but zoe took it a bit further then that. nothing that would seem ... illegal or an act against her job, but if the judge found out -- she may get in trouble. she was very passionate about the cases she took on, about the people she was helping in either aiding or fighting against the suspect. there was nothing more she hated then doing the bare minimum for a case and losing anyways.
so ... here she was. standing outside a police department in a town she doesn’t know well, biting back the scathing remarks to a detective that was practically blowing smoke in her face. to be fair, she’s gone against worse men then him. and this one she actually wanted on her side. ❛ i didn’t think i stuttered. ❜ she deadpans, blue eyes narrowing in his direction. he tells her ‘ alright ‘ but she has a feeling he’s just saying that so she doesn’t get riled up.
her gaze narrows further at his words and zoe purses her lips, fingers tapping lightly against her bicep. plead your case. there was nothing she did better. ❛ i’ve got word from my contacts that mr. barnes’ lawyer has plans to get rid of key witnesses to the case -- by request of his client, of course. i want your help, and your resources, to figure out what they plan on doing and when. if they succeed in eliminating the witnesses, this case will fall apart. and no evidence, no matter how damning, will be able to pin the crime on him. ❜
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RED HAIR: the crown you NEVER take off. [ . . . ] independent & selective, canon divergent ADDISON MONTGOMERY . written by jenna . established 2 / 25 / 21 .
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❝ I don’t see the fuckin’ problem with what I did. People do far worse shite all the time, shootin’ people and breakin’ in and all of that, and I’m the one havin’ to deal with all of this? Look at it honestly, I wasn’t hurting anyone. ❞ Except the cop that he’d punched, but, well, it didn’t hurt, he’ll say. Being a celebrity got him all sorts of free things, so he doesn’t understand why that doesn’t extend to being above the law. ❝ You know deep inside that this is all a sham, you just won’t admit it. ❞ His face twitches ever so slightly, betraying his annoyance with this rigmarole.
she presses her lips together, her thumb rapidly tapping against the side of her hand. ❛ of course you don’t see a problem with what you did, because you think you’re above the law. ❜ if being rational won’t help, then she’ll just have to be blunt. ❛ no ones above the law, not even those who pay off those that can get them scot-free. how do you think your fans would feel knowing that you served no punishment for what you did, while those who are caught with a singular gram of weed are thrown behind bars for years. ❜ she raises an eyebrow. ❛ what i know deep down is that the law is the law. and despite all the records you’ve sold, you’re just a kid who fucked up and refuses to admit it. ❜
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He s c r u n c h e s his face slightly at the use of his first name before blatantly grimacing. While he didn’t really have i s s u e s with his name, it wasn’t something anyone in his life sans his grandmother called him. Even his parents had only ever reserved the use of it for when he’d been in trouble as a kid. So, like the mature adult he is, he sticks out his tongue at her as his only reply to her use off his name, before opting to let her finish as he picks up his drink to take a long pull from his straw. He drops his elbows on the table to lean on it more fully as his knee continues to b o u n c e beneath the table. Biting down on the straw, he listens to her as she speaks, his smile only g r o w i n g at her interest in coming along. “ Sounds like a deal to me, ” he replies, still biting down on the straw as he grins at her.
Danny isn’t sure whether the place they’d rented allows pets, but he didn’t really care. The were a band anyways, if you didn’t expect them to break at least a few of your rules, why bother letting them rent the space at all? He releases the straw from his teeth to take another sip before dropping the cup back onto the table and running his fingers through his hair. Dropping his hand back on the table his expression turns thoughtful, the excitement still evident on his features, “ Okay so it’s me, you, Mimi and the guys. This is gonna be C R A Z Y . ” The smile on his face grows as he looks back to her, fingers a i m l e s s l y drumming on the table as he continues. “ It’s a working vacation for us so obviously we have to focus on the music, but we do that best when we’re having fun so we were planning on going a little while. I know Joey is bring his girl and Benj so this is p e r f e c t , it’s gonna turn into a real party. ”
biting down on the straw between her teeth, she shoots him a smug smile as he stuck his tongue out at her. while she had no problem normally calling him danny, there was something satisfying about using his full name when she teases him. honestly ... it was the reaction for her. zoe hums in contentment and she places her almost empty cup back onto the table, wrapping her hands around the base. ❛ good. the boys can finally meet her. ❜ she can’t help but smile back, the corners of her mouth curling upward. she had no problem with leaving her two year old cat at home, but this was an entire week away. besides, mimi would love to see something that didn’t contain the four walls of her apartment.
she moves one hand from her cup and rests her elbow on the table, cupping her cheek into the curve of her palm. blue eyes watch danny with interest, a soft smile spread across her lips as she takes in his movements. as she watches his excitement grow, she can’t help but think about how glad she was that he wasn’t like a lawyer. they didn’t get excited like this, and they definitely didn’t encourage others to actually take a vacation. he was good for her. zoe had too many days where she got stuck in her own head, but danny helped her stay out of it. ❛ how crazy are we talking? ❜ she raises an eyebrow. ❛ even if i spend my whole vacation listening to you guys play, i wouldn’t complain. you know how much i love your music. and seeing how it works behind the scenes actually sounds incredibly fun. ❜
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can we talk about how pretty she is or
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Once it was all out in the open, she let Zoe process. It didn’t take her long and Amelia was a little surprised she believed it all not that it wasn’t all true, but it did sound a little farfetched when she went over it all again. Still, it was good she believed right off the bat, it would make the rest of the situation so much easier. Casually, Amelia moved to take a seat, crossing one thigh over the other to get comfortable. ❝ Not if he wrings your neck first, darling, but that’s where I come in. ❞ She shrugged her shoulders a little bit. She wouldn’t get into her extensive and bloody history; Zoe would put two and two together and have a gist of who Amelia was and what she did for a living.
❝ It’s gonna sound weird but that’s why I want to help you. ❞ She tapped her fingers on the counter before green hues returned to look upon Zoe. ❝ There’s so few good people in the world and I think you’re one of the good ones. ❞ Her tone was more sincere now, less casual. ❝ I don’t take it personally that you wanted me behind bars, you probably still do. I orchestrated the whole thing.so I could get you put on my case so I could see if you were worthy to keep alive… Besides, I never really liked anything easy.❞
❝ My name is Amelia by the way. ❞
it wasn’t that this situation wasn’t ridiculous, because it was. the only thing that made it plausible was that jacob had never been subtle about his hatred for her, not since their boss had hired her on. she didn’t think he’d resort to killing her but, well ... she’s not actually that shocked. her gaze follows kate as she seats herself into a chair and she crosses her arms over her chest, looking unimpressed. ❛ oh go ahead. seat yourself. ❜ she deadpans with a sigh.
her brow furrows as the other woman talks about how she thought zoe was one of the ‘ good ones ‘. while she wouldn’t exactly describe herself as that, but more so that she just wanted to do her part to help. whether that was putting her life on the line to help put a corrupt businessman behind bars, or to help a grieving mother get closure from her son. blue eyes narrow as kate continues and she sighs once again, pressing her index to her temple. ❛ of course the whole case was a set-up. why wouldn’t it be? ❜
she stares at her further, pursing her lips. ❛ so ... your name isn’t kate then. ❜
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His eyes remain on hers, even as she looks away towards their l i n k e d hands. It really was a tale as old as time. Using the past as a reason to close the walls around you. He’d done it himself in a lot of ways, but the bigger difference for him was he did let people in. But through m u s i c . It was another language for him, that allowed him to process how he felt in the only way that ever really made sense to him. Zoe didn’t seem to have that. His hand around hers tightens slightly in a s s u r a n c e as he leans his face a little closer to say, “ I get that. But you have to know … I’m never going to hurt you. ”
He keeps his eyes on her face, the f r o w n on his face unwavering as he studies her expression. He’d always hated moments like these. When people he cared about were in pain and there was nothing he could do to help. At least nothing that actually involved action. His brow furrows slightly in thought and then rise as the idea s t r i k e s . “ If you don’t want to talk about it … I can show you how I talk about the shit that’s just too hard to say, ” he says, watching her expression carefully as he adds, “ Maybe it can help you too. ”
it wasn’t like distancing herself did any good. it wasn’t the solution that she thought it was -- not when the end result ended up being lonely nights with her cat and watching happy couples with green envy settling in the pit of her stomach. she wanted what her parents stole from her. the normal childhood, the happy memories ... not the walls that took a wrecking ball to break down. ❛ but what if i hurt you? ❜ she laughs bitterly as her gaze zeroes in on his warm eyes, her brows furrowing together. ❛ i have issues, danny. things that take more then a night to fix. i can’t promise you that i won’t break your heart. ❜
she doesn’t want to. she wants nothing more then to hold the memories of tonight into a happy bubble and kiss away the frown on his mouth, holding him as close to her heart as humanly possible. but she can’t promise that tonight will be their always. that she won’t end up driving him away in the end with only herself to blame. zoe bites down on the corner of her lower lip and glances down at their hands again, his larger hand intertwining with hers. ❛ ... okay. ❜ she says finally, meeting his gaze. ❛ i trust you. ❜
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not me listening to old taylor swift songs as i reply to @dannyreese
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i still hate y’all bitches who say oc x canon shit is cringe like bitch you have ANY idea how flattered i would be if someone made an oc for my fantasy world? how utterly PSYCHED my ass would be they loved a character so much they fleshed out one themselves just 2 be with one of mine? fuck y’all haters
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