resident evil village starters
❝ oh, keep growing! one day your head might actually fit your ego. ❞
❝ running will get you nowhere. ❞
❝ you don’t have to trust my words, but do you have any better options? ❞
❝ you shouldn’t be out here. it’s not safe. ❞
❝ i know you don’t like to talk about it, but can we really just forget everything and pretend it didn’t happen? ❞
❝ well, what do you think? it’s hopeless, right? ❞
❝ i wish it could stay like this forever. ❞
❝ oh, such a disappointment. i thought we could join forces. ❞
❝ i don’t have time for this bullshit. out of my way. ❞
❝ i don’t give a damn about your personal issues. ❞
❝ it’s a pleasure to see you safe. ❞
❝ just give up. flesh and blood will never win against me. ❞
❝ quit acting so full of yourself. ❞
❝ the clock is ticking. playtime’s over! ❞
❝ ohhh, don’t give up! ❞
❝ you think you can take me on? ❞
❝ you should have never refused me. ❞
❝ these are the fruits of my power. ❞
❝ leave it alone. you are out of your depth. ❞
❝ i’ve learned all i can from you. your worth as a lab rat has run out. ❞
❝ no, no, this can’t be the end for me! ❞
❝ i can’t escape from here… i can’t do anything! ❞
❝ what are you talking about? you think this is a game? ❞
❝ don’t get cocky. i’d kill you if you weren’t the trouble. ❞
❝ hey, do you know anything about what’s going on around here? ❞
❝ i’m not used to relying on other people. ❞
❝ you’re the real deal. well done. ❞
❝ i gotta…keep going. ❞
❝ i think it’s time you left things in my hands. ❞
❝ my power is leaving me! ❞
❝ do me a favor… try to stay under the radar. ❞
❝ you don’t get it. you don’t stand a chance by yourself. ❞
❝ alright, alright. i guess i owe you an explanation. ❞
❝ you must be pretty tough, huh? ❞
❝ all your power’s done is drive you nuts. ❞
❝ i gotta say, i’m surprised you made it this far. it’d be a shame if something happened to you now. ❞
❝ so you finally came to see me! everyone falls for me in time. ❞
❝ it’s all i can spare. take it, take it! ❞
❝ you’ve got fight, i’ll give you that. ❞
❝ i didn’t want to keep it from you. i didn’t want to lose you again. ❞
❝ i’d kill you if you weren’t worth the trouble. ❞
❝ is there something you’re not telling me? come on, talk to me. ❞
❝ you can hear it, can’t you? someone’s waiting for you. ❞
❝ oh, careful what you wish for. ❞
❝ i don’t want to die. oh, it hurts so much. ❞
❝ don’t look at me that way. ❞
❝ i told you to sit down. ❞
❝ you’re the reason ___ doesn’t love me. ❞
❝ hey, kiss me? ❞
❝ if it’s for you, i would do anything. ❞
❝ come on, it’s not that much further! ❞
❝ you’re the only one to see me in this form. ❞
❝ ugh, my temper got away from me. ❞
❝ play with me some more. ❞
❝ trying to get on my good side? ❞
❝ i don’t know if it’s the scent of the flowers, but i feel light headed. ❞
❝ in all my years, i’ve never been this overjoyed. ❞
❝ look forward to what i have in store for you. ❞
❝ mmm, that smells good. what’s that? ❞
❝ you really should have taken my deal. ❞
❝ truth hurts, don’t it? ❞
❝ i’ve waited so long. but dreams really can come true. ❞
❝ you coward! come out and face me. ❞
❝ quit hiding, asshole. i’m not letting you get out of this. ❞
❝ i won’t let you have it. even if you beg. ❞
❝ this is my territory, and i won’t let you leave. ❞
❝ damn, i’m so cold. my legs won’t work. ❞
❝ local wine, too. but if you’re going to keep sulking all evening, maybe you shouldn’t have any. ❞
❝ it’s not paranoia if they’re really out to get you. ❞
❝ you’re the last asshole in my way, aren’t you? ❞
❝ well, at least we’re together. ❞
❝ hey, now. think positively, all right? we talked about this. ❞
❝ come now, don’t be shy. show me your terror. ❞
❝ i would’ve sliced you to ribbons if they hadn’t stopped me. ❞
❝ it’s only a riddle if you don’t know the answer. ❞
❝ shouldn’t we face what happened there so we can live our lives without it hanging over our heads? ❞
❝ rest while you can, because i will hunt you, and i will break you. ❞
❝ this village is full of monsters. we can’t fight them! there’s too many. ❞
❝ a dead body? wait…there’s more… ❞
❝ you’re a lot like your father, you know. ❞
❝ it barely flinched when i shot it. i feel like it’s toying with me. ❞
❝ it’ll be fine. it’ll be fine. it’ll be fine. ❞
❝ listen. you’re being played. ❞
❝ too bad you’ll pay for it…with your life. ❞
❝ please won’t you stay with me? forever? ❞
❝ you are lucky to die before your child. ❞
❝ quiet now, child! adults are talking. ❞
❝ there’s nothing wrong with my memory. you’re just being paranoid. ❞
❝ this is…this is just too much. ❞
❝ awww, you’re blushing. ❞
❝ how can a man be ‘almost’ dead? that’s a question for the wise. ❞
❝ what kind of sick medieval shit is this? ❞
❝ i’ve spent a lifetime creating this moment…and you try to take it away from me? ❞
❝ i’m sick of fighting you! ❞
❝ why didn’t you fucking tell me right away? ❞
❝ shut your damn hole and don’t be a sore loser! ❞
❝ but i’m not paranoid, i’m just cautious. ❞
❝ don’t get close to me when i’m cooking, babe. ❞
❝ anyone who is anyone has heard of the likes of you. ❞
❝ i haven’t cut open a man in a while. ❞
❝ we moved here so that you wouldn’t have to deal with any of that, remember? ❞
❝ why? why would you do this? ❞
❝ i knew you would want to be involved. and this job is hard enough without civilians getting in the way. ❞
❝ oh? you have something to say? ❞
❝ tell me what’s out there! ❞
❝ you’re still alive…? impressive. ❞
❝ hey, are you listening? hey! ❞
❝ exactly how much do you plan on annoying me? ❞
❝ oh, no. they’re coming! ❞
❝ do you have a gun? please tell me you have a gun. ❞
❝ it’s not—nevermind. i’m sorry. ❞
❝ drunk or not, you are welcome—and safe—in here. ❞
❝ you know how to push my buttons. ❞
❝ hey, don’t i get a say in this? ❞
❝ you wouldn’t know proper manners if it slapped you in the face. ❞
❝ i won’t forgive you, you bastard! ❞
❝ why…why do you treat me the same as them? am i not your favourite? am i not special? ❞
❝ at night, i hear wailing, as if ghosts roam the halls. ❞
❝ quit your whining; we’re almost there! ❞
❝ i’m afraid you can’t return to your old world any longer. ❞
❝ how dare you bare your teeth at me. ❞
❝ you couldn’t save them. they were already gone. ❞
❝ in life and death, we give glory. ❞
❝ can you even understand that humiliation? ❞
❝ even i can get angry. ❞
❝ what the hell is that thing? ❞
❝ we will meet again soon. ❞
❝ let’s just say parts of the human imagination are better left alone. ❞
❝ some treasures still lurk in this village. ❞
❝ my decision is final. there will be no argument. ❞
❝ everyone leaves me. even you. ❞
❝ there is no safe! every sorry bastard out there has been ripped in half! ❞
❝ come inside. the others are waiting. ❞
❝ come with me. there’s something i have to tell you. ❞
❝ what the hell is wrong with this place? ❞
❝ the strong will destroy the weak. that’s the way of the world. ❞
❝ no, we’re getting out of here — together. ❞
❝ but what i saw was…frightful. ❞
❝ i suppose it’s what they call ‘the beauty of the grotesque’. ❞
❝ you taught me so much and for that i will be forever in your debt. ❞
❝ it is my curiosity that ties me to this place. ❞
❝ please let me know if you’d like to strengthen your weapons. ❞
❝ you’ll pay if i find out this is a lie. ❞
❝ speaking of foolish questions, who — what are you? ❞
❝ if i don’t kill them then my life will never be my own. ❞
❝ you are abominable. your deceit knows no bound. ❞
❝ quit holding out, and get to the damn point! ❞
❝ you’re the one who’s cursed. ❞
❝ i hope you will be able to achieve your goal someday, too. ❞
❝ that is why i had to leave you. i will regret never telling you goodbye. ❞
❝ if i had but a little more time, i know i might be able to turn the tides of this battle. ❞
❝ i can hear it shuffling about outside. ❞
❝ and now you even try to steal my property? how dare you? ❞
❝ ugh, just another simple little manthing. ❞
❝ oh, good. i was just thinking of ways to pass the time. ❞
❝ nowhere to go but up. ❞
❝ where are you? show yourself! ❞
❝ not without me, it’s too dangerous. ❞
❝ shit, that was close. ❞
❝ i heard explosions. what happened? ❞
❝ you’ve dirtied my dress! ❞
❝ you’re my daughter…now act like it! ❞
❝ i don’t think we will make it through winter at this rate. ❞
❝ the wounds are severe. i won’t last much longer. ❞
❝ will you please stop talking in riddles? ❞
❝ goddamn. it really is you. ❞
❝ you sure of this? your body is, well, falling apart. ❞
❝ how long have i been out? ❞
❝ keep your distance. do not move until i give the order. ❞
❝ i’ve got a tough guy here, i need some back-up! ❞
❝ if my mom saw this shit, she’d think she’d died and gone to hell. ❞
❝ shut your fucking hole! …sorry about that. ❞
❝ who are you? who sent you? ❞
❝ please, be well. ❞
❝ there’s more than we thought. watch out. ❞
❝ to hunger…is to be alive. ❞
❝ goddammit! why is everyone dying on me? ❞
❝ hey! hey. don’t talk like that. ❞
❝ my word, you truly are as strong as they say! ❞
❝ don’t you love me? ❞
❝ oh, you didn’t think i’d let you get away, did you? ❞
❝ taken alive? dead? which would you prefer? ❞
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𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑻𝑺.
↬ THE LANGUAGE OF THORNS, midnight tales and dangerous magic. ( 2017 ) by leigh bardugo.
sentences taken from or inspired by the collection’s dialogue & narration.
+ feel free to change pronouns !
i. AYAMA AND THE THORN WOOD.
‘ love speaks in flowers. truth requires thorns. ’
‘ we all know the story of how the queen becomes a queen. ’
‘ we should leave this place. ’
‘ no doubt it will come and devour us all. ’
‘ the beast will laugh you right out of the wild lands. ’
‘ you know how the stories go. interesting things happen only to pretty girls. ’
‘ is the wood much worse than a garden overgrown with pricklers ? ’
‘ stupid girl ! do you wish to become a monster ? ’
‘ strike me. cleave me in two. ’
‘ you’re as thorny as the wood. ’
‘ there is but one rule in my wood. speak truth. ’
‘ perhaps you might show mercy freely. ’
‘ just eat a bit of the sun to fill the sky, and you will feel empty no longer. ’
‘ what nonsense ! of course that’s not how the story ends. ’
‘ some people are born with a piece of night inside, and that hollow place can never be filled. ’
‘ what do i care for winter ? no season touches this wood. ’
‘ you know the only bargain i will make. ’
‘ sometimes the unseen is not to be feared and those that are meant to love us most are not always the ones that do. ’
‘ bad fates do not always follow those that deserve them. ’
‘ no prince is worth your life. ’
‘ are you so eager to be eaten ? ’
‘ they have told me to return with your heart. ’
‘ you think to love a monster ? ’
‘ a man like you is owed no words. ’
ii. THE TOO CLEVER FOX.
‘ you are doomed to a miserable life. ’
‘ better to be hungry now than to be sorry later. ’
‘ what will everyone say when they see such a face ? ’
‘ we have not gone so soft as that. ’
‘ you think that we will let you live on foolish promises ? ’
‘ you have bested me. that much is clear. ’
‘ will you not free me ? ’
‘ you will have a fine time of it, i can tell you. ’
‘ i can bear ugliness. i find the one thing i cannot live with is death. ’
‘ if you will only cease your talking, i will gladly go. ’
‘ where he went, he bled the woods dry. ’
‘ what’s a bit more blood ? ’
‘ you should leave this place. you are not safe here. ’
‘ with such big eyes, i think you see too much. ’
‘ will you not tell me what troubles you ? ’
‘ why do you stay with him ? you’re pretty enough to catch a husband. ’
‘ just because you escape one trap, doesn’t mean you will escape the next. ’
‘ first i must find my courage. ’
‘ few can resist the sight of a pretty girl crying. ’
‘ the trap is loneliness, and no one escapes it. not even me. ’
‘ in the wood, even songbirds must be survivors. ’
iii. THE WITCH OF DUVA.
‘ there was a time when the wood ate girls. ’
‘ be back before dark. the trees are hungry tonight. ’
‘ who can say what shapes an appetite ? ’
‘ this is my home, you can’t just send me away. ’
‘ don’t be foolish. there’s plenty of light. ’
‘ well then, come help me stir the pot. ’
‘ i will warn you just this once. go. ’
‘ you cannot come and go from this place like you’re fetching water from a well. ’
‘ hope made me stubborn. ’
‘ stay there and keep quiet. i don’t need rumors that i’ve been taking girls. ’
‘ i will not have you bring a monster to my door. ’
‘ you know that you are welcome to remain here with me. ’
‘ i will follow her. i will peck out her eyes. ’
‘ believe me. say you believe me. ’
‘ dark things have a way of slipping through narrow spaces. ’
iv. LITTLE KNIFE.
‘ it is dangerous to travel the northern road with a troubled heart. ’
‘ if you are lost in your own thoughts, you may find yourself stepping off the path and into the dark woods. ’
‘ she was beautiful from the moment of her birth. ’
‘ why must i be the one to hide ? ’
‘ do you think i am so foolish or so cruel ? ’
‘ water only wants direction. it wants to be told what to do. ’
‘ always you have done my bidding, but what good are you to me now ? ’
‘ soon i will be very rich, but will i have a good man ? ’
‘ that is a question for the river. ’
‘ your tongue is not fit for my true name. ’
‘ will you come with me, and be bride to nothing but the shore ? ’
‘ she was terrifying in her beauty, bright like a devouring star. ’
‘ remember that to use a thing is not to own it. ’
‘ should you ever take a bride, listen closely to her questions. ’
v. THE SOLDIER PRINCE.
‘ this is the problem with even lesser demons. they come to your door in velvet coats and polished shoes. ’
‘ you will find great love and more gold than you could wish for. ’
‘ he’s a charming fellow, but most unusual, and peculiarities seem to follow him. ’
’ it seemed harmless at the time. ’
‘ he needed a girl, still malleable, one that he could make admire him. ’
‘ this is pleasant. this is enough. ’
‘ are you my soldier ? are you my prince ? ’
‘ i have not come to fight, only to talk. ’
‘ wanting is why people get up in the morning. it gives them something to dream of at night. ’
‘ i am perfectly real. ’
‘ she loves you, though, and that will make it harder. ’
‘ best not to ask. i think the answer would please no one. ’
‘ we can stay forever in the land of dreams. ’
‘ kiss me. take me from this place. ’
‘ i sent you to die a hundred times. ’
‘ i eat the wonder in their eyes. ’
‘ you were an idea in my head. you were nothing, and to nothing you will return when i think of you no more. ’
‘ you wanted only that i might live. you would sacrifice your own life to make it so. ’
‘ are you my darling ? are you mine ? ’
vi. WHEN WATER SANG FIRE.
‘ you wish to strike a bargain. ’
‘ make me someone new. ’
‘ this is the problem with making a thing forbidden. it does nothing but build an ache in the heart. ’
‘ easy magic is pretty. great magic requires that you trouble the waters. ’
‘ no one expects me to accomplish anything. ’
‘ i can smell your ambition like blood in the water.’
‘ i know that you should keep it like a secret, not shout it like a curse. ’
‘ yes. i can imagine it all. ’
‘ you are worth more than that. you should not have to earn him. ’
‘ hope rises like water trapped beneath a dam, higher and higher, in increments that mean nothing until you face the flood. ’
‘ there is no pain like the pain of transformation. ’
‘ take your pleasures as you will. ’
‘ come, and i’ll tell you all you wish to know. ’
‘ he made me dream of things i cannot have. ’
‘ i do not care for dancing. ’
‘ look into the mirror, and try to deny it. ’
‘ you have never been like the others, and you never will be. ’
‘ we were not made to please princes. ’
‘ i am not quite mortal either, and i have many lives to live. ’
‘ i wouldn’t care if you were part human or part frog. ’
‘ my voice is not enough. ’
‘ you know i was never strong. ’
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