SENTENCE STARTERS : THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE BY V.E. SCHWAB
PART I: THE GODS THAT ANSWER AFTER DARK
❛ don’t you remember when you were nothing but shadow and smoke? ❜
❛ darling, i was the night itself. ❜
❛ some days you’re stuck with what you’ve got. ❜
❛ heaven is a nice spot in the shade, a broad tree over my bones. ❜
❛ spells are for witches, and witches are too often burned. ❜
❛ never pray to the gods that answer after dark. ❜
❛ i am always with you. ❜
❛ am i the devil? or the dark? am i a monster? or a god? ❜
❛ i do not want to belong to someone else. ❜
❛ i want more time. ❜
❛ are you a stranger or a spirit? ❜
❛ you wanted to be free. ❜
❛ it is a lonely thing to be forgotten. to remember when no one else does. ❜
❛ how do you walk to the end of the world? ❜
❛ come live with me and be my love. ❜
❛ you do not know what love is. ❜
❛ if you sold your soul for one thing, what would it be? ❜
PART II: THE DARKEST PART OF THE NIGHT
❛ you are entirely hopeless. ❜
❛ this, is a story of gods. ❜
❛ drink with me. ❜
❛ if a person cannot leave a mark, do they even exist? ❜
❛ with time, you can get used to anything. ❜
❛ you can have my life when i am done with it. you can have my soul when i don’t want it anymore. ❜
❛ you will give in, soon enough. ❜
❛ water me, and watch me bloom. ❜
❛ they say people are like snowflakes, each one unique, but i think they’re more like skies. some are cloudy, some are stormy, some are clear, but no two are ever quite the same. ❜
❛ i am not yours. ❜
❛ am i the devil, or the darkness? ❜
❛ stop pretending you did me a kindness instead of a cruelty. ❜
❛ you have grown teeth. ❜
PART III: THREE HUNDRED YEARS — AND THREE WORDS
❛ i was thinking, that it must be so easy to be a man. ❜
❛ there is something timeless about you. ❜
❛ i thought you were a new yorker. ❜
❛ do you ever feel like you’re running out of time? ❜
❛ it did not feel like courage, it felt as if i had no choice. ❜
❛ do you think a life has any value if one doesn’t leave some mark upon the world?❜
❛ i think there are many ways to matter. ❜
❛ i know your heart, dear. i feel when it falters. ❜
❛ i am the night itself. i see everything. ❜
❛ you thought i would wither without your attention. ❜
❛ would you rather feel nothing or everything? ❜
❛ i thought you had better things to do than plague me. ❜
❛ you’re being an ass. ❜
❛ he’s still in love with you. ❜
❛ but i can’t love him back. ❜
❛ without me you will always be alone. ❜
❛ are you still drunk? ❜
❛ don’t forget me. ❜
PART IV: THE MAN WHO STAYED DRY IN THE RAIN
❛ time moves so fucking fast. ❜
❛ you’re not enough. ❜
❛ we can’t help who we fall in love with. ❜
❛ pain can be beautiful. ❜
❛ i am the one who sees kindling and strokes the flame. ❜
❛ i can look at you and see you as you are. ❜
❛ you look like shit. ❜
❛ my little storm cloud, don’t let it get too dark in here. ❜
❛ come home with me. ❜
❛ god, it feels good to be wanted. ❜
❛ don’t get me wrong. you’re cute. but i’m still a lesbian. ❜
❛ the question is simple, what do you want for yourself? ❜
❛ you are impossible, a paradox, a collection at odds. ❜
❛ they look at you and see whatever they want… because they don’t see you at all. ❜
❛ what do you see in me? ❜
PART V: THE SHADOW WHO SMILED AND THE GIRL WHO SMILED BACK
❛ and you think me the devil, now? ❜
❛ say the word, and i will lay my soul bare before you. ❜
❛ you do have a way of finding trouble. ❜
❛ humans are so ill-equipped for peace. ❜
❛ are you not a god of chaos? ❜
❛ i am a god of promise. ❜
❛ do not mistake this kindness. ❜
❛ i simply want to be the one who breaks you. ❜
❛ i do what i have to, and it’s not always nice, and it’s not always fair, but it’s how i survive. ❜
❛ i can be wild. i can be stubborn as weeds, and you will not root me out. ❜
❛ we are not so different, are we? ❜
❛ i have seen your truest form. you cannot scare me now. ❜
❛ in the end, everyone wants to be remembered. ❜
❛ i am a muse and you are a thief. ❜
PART VI: DO NOT PRETEND THAT THIS IS LOVE
❛ i know i can be cruel but nature can be crueler. ❜
❛ you know how to summon gods. ❜
❛ who knew gods were so nostalgic? ❜
❛ you have not been human since the night we met. ❜
❛ i would rather be a ghost. ❜
❛ have you missed me? ❜
❛ immortality breeds a high tolerance for risk. ❜
❛ there are things worse than death. ❜
❛ i want you. i have always wanted you. ❜
❛ will you vanish with the sun? ❜
❛ how often did you think of me? ❜
❛ you are not capable of love. ❜
❛ love is hungry. love is selfish. ❜
❛ do not pretend that this is love. ❜
❛ dance with me. ❜
❛ stay with me, i’m here. ❜
❛ i am tired of losing. tired of mourning everything i try to love. ❜
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