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meme blog.

scarecrow from the 1973 film. alter as needed.

  • how you doing? you okay?
  • up yours, you two-bit son of a bitch!
  • you heading east, buddy?
  • some corn flakes with a little milk. and some scrambled eggs. bacon. toast.
  • i got the money to get us rolling.
  • this your first day?
  • hey, fella, you got nothing better to do than listen in on other people's conversations?
  • i'm like the meanest son of a bitch alive.
  • i don't trust anybody. i don't love anybody.
  • we're gonna be partners.
  • otherwise, i'll break your back.
  • can i have a bottle of beer and a chocolate doughnut?
  • man, i didn't start it.
  • you get in a lot of fights, don't you?
  • you think crows are really scared of a scarecrow?
  • that's the most harebrained idea i've ever heard.
  • i guess the fish are reciting poetry.
  • it was just bullshit.
  • you're not playing with a full deck, man. you got one foot in the great beyond.
  • you didn't pick me. i picked you.
  • that's as far as we can take you.
  • shut the door, you big dope.
  • these two guys go into a bar, right. and one guy says to the bartender, "two mugs." bartender says, "i know that. what'll you have?"
  • i'm the tallest man in this bar.
  • people can't stay mad at you if you make them laugh.
  • i'll put you into the goddamn wall.
  • gotta wash your hands first.
  • ever see dawn from a ship?
  • always made me feel like a kid.
  • getting laid is sure good for my regularity.
  • you should be more careful where you drop your drawers.
  • it's like i've been asleep for nine years.
  • the world goes on changing. there's nothing you can do about it.
  • [name] has told me nothing about you.
  • you cute little motor scooter, you.
  • how come you wear all these clothes?
  • ask me if i like you.
  • what did you miss most when you were in prison?
  • making pie. it's chocolate.
  • there ain't no better sound on earth.
  • you have your own place.
  • it started back when i was in high school.
  • screw the world.
  • take it easy. you have a whole half a life to go.
  • gee, i thought you'd never ask me.
  • come on, then, my little darling. you get your little self right there.
  • i'm headed for something. and it's gonna be big. i can feel it.
  • she did things i didn't think you could do unless you were a snake.
  • i was so drunk, i kept falling off the bed.
  • this round's on the house.
  • don't get upset. you gotta watch out for your digestion.
  • are you ever coming back?
  • that's real good, hon.
  • what the hell are you laughing about?
  • just drop it, will you? because i know what you're doing.
  • want to dance?
  • working, my ass.
  • i want to tell you something. i don't want to see you, i don't want to hear you for a whole month.
  • you were the guy who punched him, not me.
  • come on. it ain't so bad. it was all just a joke.
  • i don't want to talk. i want to be left alone.
  • friend, i don't think you understand.
  • with that attitude, you could end up on the hog farm up to your ass in pig shit.
  • why don't you finish your dinner.
  • you look tired, you know that, buddy? they working you hard?
  • i think you'd make a good assistant director for my talent show.
  • don't make fun of me.
  • you used to look scary and ridiculous. now you just look ridiculous.
  • you're also an asshole.
  • that's because you're learning, you know? you're learning how to laugh.
  • will you fuck off? jesus christ.
  • you're going places.
  • i'm glad you wore your sweater, because it's cold.
  • just remember, all right, that you're a person.
  • thanks for a big fat nothing.
  • you stinking shit. you coward.
  • you're my best friend.
  • going to read your fortunes. hands out.
  • put a peanut up your nose.
  • what the hell's the matter with you?
  • keep your voice down. this is a hospital.
  • what have they done to you?
  • look, you skinny little bastard, will you wake up?
  • you and me, we think alike, don't we?
  • i just can't make it alone anymore.
  • i'm going to take care of you.

the old guard: tales through time from the 2021 comic. alter as needed.

  • oh my god, my shoulders are killing me. and my abs.
  • it doesn't look heavy.
  • so how many of those things you gone through over the years?
  • i'm old, i'm not that old.
  • half the time, i don't know if i'm remembering or if i'm just making shit up.
  • there's a lot of conflicting emotions there.
  • look hard enough, you'll find what you need.
  • we live in hell, my darlings.
  • you'll miss the show if you keep trying to burn that man alive with your eyes.
  • can we have one romantic night without starting an incident?
  • i don't know what you're referring to.
  • in every harbor, the same venomous bastards.
  • on the house.
  • we are a tough weed to destroy. you understand, yes?
  • oh, my darling, i can imagine many things.
  • i have seen angels in my time.
  • you are not local. where is home?
  • how mysterious and exhausting!
  • we should get out of here. i want to commit a crime.
  • i dare say this is the loveliest crime we have ever committed.
  • every moment we scrape together feels precious.
  • you damned maniac!
  • you know what police do when they find bodies of vermin like you? nothing. they do nothing at all.
  • everywhere we go, there is the same violence. the same cruelty.
  • always hate at the edge of the light.
  • you have not changed in half a century. is there a grisly portrait in an attic somewhere?
  • no matter where you go, you have a home. you have a family.
  • now we will never know.
  • i was a young man when i became a weapon.
  • i was not a thoughtful young man. nor a brave one.
  • mercy is not reserved for those who deserve it.
  • if it is not, may the gods strike us down.
  • you needn't hide.
  • who are you to make this choice?
  • something gnaws at me. like a string that has been plucked.
  • two days and you ain't said maybe five words the whole time.
  • all things considered, you're terrible company.
  • there's silver in these mountains.
  • friend, you don't seem the type to take it, but here's a bit of free advice... don't stay here too long.
  • easy with that talk, brother.
  • this strange life we lead must have a purpose.
  • my sympathies have their limits. as does my patience.
  • i have a feeling you'll be needing a doc, you keep running your mouth.
  • i am trying my very, very best not to kill you.
  • fuck me running.
  • am i already dead?
  • what i must do here feels necessary.
  • forever is quite a long time.
  • it would be a hell of a story to tell my grandchildren.
  • are you alone? are you being chased?
  • have you eaten?
  • i see the papers and i wonder if it's you.
  • i miss you so much.
  • this does hurt. to see you like this.
  • picking your little ass up is still the highlight.
  • your not talking is freaking me out.
  • you sound like a hipster.
  • we come back and take care of it tonight.
  • longer you put it off, worse it will be.
  • i need to go look at beautiful things for a while.
  • in a small town like this, it would all end with pitchforks and torches.
  • nothing worse sometimes than being right.
  • it would be a fine place to die.
  • i am lost without you.
  • the world makes no sense. up is down. day is night.
  • i trust that you are safe.
  • without your love as my compass, the path before me is uncertain.
  • you must have been touched by the hand of god.
  • tell me, my love, when you look at the sky, what do you see?
  • i am the shelter just as surely as i am the storm.
  • don't worry, friend. we'll get you fixed up.
  • no need to fret, you're with friends.
  • but what the hell.
  • two dollar vodka brought me here.
  • you are a foul little man, aren't you?
  • that's the first true thing you've said.
  • i've had years of practice.
  • i was afraid it was you.
  • how the fuck did you get yourself captured by these wackos?
  • oh, you're fucking kidding me.
  • do you have any idea what i've been through to track you here?
  • you're getting rescued whether you like it or not!
  • do you believe in god?
  • maturing does have its advantages.
  • this never gets old.
  • i don't delight in violence, not anymore.
  • i may have smashed a window here and there, that's all.
  • you're a little big to be acting so juvenile.
  • this bill is highway robbery.
  • that was uncalled for.
  • you are a selfish child.
  • there are more important things than incivility.
  • join me for a drink.
  • help an old man up.
  • believe me, it gets old quick.
  • it's easier with my boy to carry me.
  • there is always something else to learn.
  • this was your idea, kid.
  • you've been a busy little bee.
  • what can i say, i have a trustworthy face.
  • you need to stop watching heist movies.
  • rich people don't know how to act.
  • now go, eat and get in a nap.
  • i swear to god i can't tell when you're joking!
  • you did good, kid.
  • coming from you, that's high praise.
  • careful, all this being nice and you might sprain something.
  • woke up a couple days ago and i could feel the freeze coming.
  • what do i owe you?
  • fine, come on. i could do with the company.

conclave from the 2024 film. alter as needed.

  • do you think that anybody would mind if i took that, as a keepsake?
  • i know this is hard for you.
  • you know how rumor spreads.
  • it seems the responsibility falls upon you.
  • seal the room.
  • is this really necessary?
  • they say eavesdroppers can use lasers to read the vibrations of the glass.
  • i'm sorry to fuss.
  • i'd say this is a pretty fair vision of hell.
  • don't be blasphemous.
  • that'd be too much to hope for.
  • let's stay out here and get some fresh air.
  • have you seen the papers?
  • you are more worthy than any of us.
  • i could never live with myself.
  • sorry, my train was delayed.
  • we've missed you.
  • no one is ever well at our age.
  • apparently pope john the 23rd was too fat to fit into the biggest cassock, so they had to split the seam at the back for him to get in.
  • you look tired.
  • this is a duty i thought i'd never have to perform.
  • i haven't got time to hear your confession.
  • have you been drinking?
  • what's troubling you? tell me.
  • i should have come to you before, but i promised not to say anything.
  • oh, and you see it as your duty to prevent that, do you?
  • i don't think we have any choice.
  • bless us, oh lord, and these, your gifts, which we are about to receive from your bounty.
  • you look anxious.
  • the abyss calls out.
  • why do i feel like a cow being priced by the farmer?
  • it is tomorrow night that the real work begins.
  • listen, you don't have to do anything. just leave it to us.
  • i stand for never returning to the days of families of ten children because mama and papa didn't know any better.
  • i have no intention of concealing my views or pretending to be anything other than i am.
  • the men who are dangerous are the ones who do want it.
  • i'm enjoying all this mystery.
  • what? that's absurd.
  • do you want a coffee?
  • i don't know. i'm just trying to make sense of this.
  • you're a manager. manage.
  • let me speak from the heart for a moment.
  • certainty is the great enemy of unity, and the deadly enemy of tolerance.
  • our faith is a living thing precisely because it walks hand-in-hand with doubt.
  • please make sure your handwriting is legible.
  • it's the kind of thing the press like to get hold of.
  • my spanish is quite poor.
  • i love turtles. they're so clever.
  • may i call you [first name]?
  • i only mention it to illustrate my point.
  • i had no idea you were so ambitious.
  • that's a ridiculous thing to say.
  • i thought we had your support.
  • it is a war! and you have to commit to a side.
  • save your previous doubts for your prayers.
  • you can't seriously believe that i have the slightest desire.
  • deny it if you like, but search your heart and then tell me it isn't so.
  • well, i take it something happened.
  • there's been an explosion.
  • it's too late for all that.
  • please sit, my child. how are you feeling?
  • i want you to understand that, first of all, you are not in any kind of trouble.
  • it's important you tell me anything that is in your heart or that is troubling you. can you do that for me? it will go no further than this room.
  • that sounds ominous.
  • i am the victim of a disgraceful plot to ruin my reputation.
  • it was a lapse.
  • i sensed the presence of the holy spirit this morning, i swear it.
  • do not use this to ruin me. please, i beg you.
  • there is no hope.
  • i know you to be a good man.
  • will you pray with me?
  • whatever it was, it can't have been serious.
  • it's not my job to go hunting for secrets.
  • let god's will be done.
  • i feel as if i'm at some american political convention.
  • it isn't over yet.
  • shh! we take the point.
  • we're mortal men. we serve an ideal.
  • this is sad. i shall pray for you.
  • i deny that accusation.
  • it isn't libel, it's the truth!
  • you should be careful. your own ambition has not gone unnoticed.
  • this might be seen as a tactic to blacken the name of a rival.
  • i shall pretend this conversation never took place.
  • put them back, or burn them.
  • stay clear of this, leave it to me.
  • i'm willing to handle the consequences.
  • oh, don't be naive!
  • you lack courage.
  • although i am supposed to be invisible, i was nevertheless given eyes and ears.
  • judas. traitor.
  • that firm hand of yours has its admirers.
  • i've come to ask for your forgiveness.
  • it's shameful to be this age and still not know yourself.
  • no one was seriously hurt. some cuts, that's all.
  • you should be ashamed.
  • do not touch me!
  • with respect, what do you know about war?
  • the thing you're fighting is here, inside each and every one of us.
  • these last few days we have shown ourselves to be small petty men.
  • the church is not tradition. the church is not the past. the church is what we do next.
  • i wonder if i could have a word in private.
  • it was a very dark time for me.
  • i am what god made me.
  • perhaps it is my difference that will make me more useful.
  • i know what it is to exist between the world's certainties.

small things like these from the 2024 film. alter as needed.

  • hands like a shovel.
  • i'm sure you'll be needing the energy.
  • don't be shy, come on.
  • give us a shout if you need anything.
  • you have to break the boy to make the man.
  • start accepting it.
  • you're not listening to me!
  • just once, you brat. come on.
  • don't make me go in there.
  • you're miles from home.
  • dog's a right dope. three years old and he still doesn't know his name.
  • say "happy christmas" to your family for me.
  • what exactly am i supposed to do here?
  • you dirty liar.
  • you're a genius.
  • don't crease it!
  • show me, love.
  • little miss perfect.
  • i saw a school friend of yours.
  • what? don't be daft.
  • he's never not drunk, that man.
  • we don't know that, love.
  • have you more homework to do?
  • we have to say goodbye to you.
  • what happened to your coat?
  • don't be listening to them. they're only brats.
  • i can help you if you get stuck on it.
  • hey, don't look now, but they're following us.
  • free country. come on.
  • you smell lovely.
  • have you nothing better to do?
  • wow, what'd i miss?
  • check out my perfect circle.
  • you say that every single year.
  • it's such an important part of the cake.
  • ah, be a good girl.
  • come on, now, finish up your toast before it gets cold.
  • all right, you can have an extra half hour.
  • the house is full. what's one more?
  • never got around to reading that one.
  • you all right, love? you haven't been yourself in a while.
  • is it that you're just tired, love? is that it?
  • stop getting up in the middle of the night. it's not good for anyone.
  • you'll be nice and cozy with that.
  • you swear to god?
  • it's not up to me, love.
  • please. please don't leave me here.
  • i'll work for you.
  • we can't have people walking in and out whenever they want.
  • don't look. look away, darling.
  • stay where you are.
  • don't you ever question it?
  • do you want to get on in this life? there are things you have to ignore.
  • you've always been soft-hearted.
  • sorry. i shouldn't have said that.
  • i'll get you some aspirin.
  • let's stay on the right side of people.
  • i've had a room made up for you.
  • take me to the river.
  • it'll be light soon.
  • come on, child. come on. it's all right.
  • you gave us an awful fright, child.
  • thank god you came when you did.
  • sit down and warm yourself.
  • it must be a little disappointing, all the same.
  • they're forecasting snow for us. you can smell it.
  • the whole world looks pretty under snow.
  • do you want some tea, child? and a slice of cake?
  • now, don't be thinking you're in any trouble.
  • are you not a bit old to be playing hide and seek?
  • girl, what's wrong with you?
  • it's just a big nothing.
  • what you need is your breakfast and a good long sleep.
  • here's a little gift for you.
  • if you ever need anything, anything at all, you call. just come down and send for me, understand?
  • someone needs more lessons.
  • it's in my coat pocket.
  • were you not gonna tell me?
  • it's just bad manners.
  • you haven't said a word all day.
  • i'm coming down on a cold or something.
  • maybe it was just a shadow playing tricks or something.
  • i never told anyone but a priest at confession once.
  • you both raised me.
  • no use digging up old stories. there's enough living in the present to be getting on with.
  • jesus! could have blistered the roof of my mouth!
  • you're a good man.
  • it's no affair of mine, but you'd want to watch what you say about what's there.
  • keep the bad dog with you and the good dog won't bite.
  • they have a finger in every pie.
  • people can make things difficult for you.
  • we'll see you at mass tomorrow.
  • i mean you no harm.
  • will you not be cold yourself?
  • are you taking me away?
  • come on, love. it's okay. we're nearly there. almost home.

it's a wonderful life from the 1946 film. alter as needed.

  • he's got the iq of a rabbit.
  • then i've only got an hour to dress.
  • i've been waiting for over two hundred years.
  • people are beginning to talk.
  • what's that book you've got there?
  • keep your eyes open.
  • something happens here you'll have to remember later on.
  • i'm not scared.
  • wish i had a million dollars.
  • you like every boy.
  • made up your mind yet?
  • [name], i'll love you til the day i die.
  • i'm going out exploring some day, you watch.
  • just a minute, son.
  • what makes you such a hardskulled character?
  • don't let them say that about you.
  • what kind of tricks are you playing, anyway?
  • don't hurt my ear again.
  • i won't ever tell anyone. i know what you're feeling. i won't ever tell a soul. hope to die, i won't.
  • i want you to take a good look.
  • it's a good face. i like it.
  • it's just exactly what i wanted.
  • hey, send us some of them picture postcards, will you?
  • your suitcase is leaking.
  • sure, your highness.
  • that's some dress you got on there.
  • i only wear it when i don't care how i look.
  • come down to dinner this minute. everything's getting cold and you know we've been waiting for you.
  • aren't you going to finish dressing?
  • if you lay a hand on me, i'll hit you with this broom.
  • i'm in love with you.
  • what's the matter? you look tired.
  • couldn't want a better death.
  • no gin tonight.
  • maybe you were born older.
  • of course, it's just a hope.
  • why don't you draw up a chair? then you'd be more comfortable and you could hear everything that's going on.
  • i couldn't face being cooped up for the rest of my life in a shabby little office.
  • i want to do something big and important.
  • i just feel like if i don't get away, i'd bust.
  • you've got talent, son.
  • i think you're a great guy.
  • about time one of you lunkheads said it.
  • looks like you're going to make it after all.
  • have a lot of fun. there's lots of stuff to eat and drink. lots of pretty girls around.
  • aw, come on. be a sport.
  • and the next thing i knew, some guy came up and tripped me. that's the reason why i came in fourth.
  • oh, why don't you stop annoying people?
  • you look at me as if you didn't know me.
  • i'm not very good at this.
  • do i look as funny as you do?
  • you look a little older without your clothes on.
  • a pox upon me for a clumsy lout.
  • you make a wish then try and break some glass.
  • it's full of romance, that old place. i'd like to live in it.
  • i'm shaking the dust of this crummy little town off my feet and i'm going to see the world.
  • you want the moon? just say the word and i'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. i'll give you the moon.
  • am i talking too much?
  • youth is wasted on the wrong people.
  • a man doesn't get in a situation like this every day.
  • shame on you. i'm going to tell your mother.
  • do you know how long it takes a working man to save five thousand dollars?
  • what happened? we heard a lot of yelling.
  • you know what the three most exciting sounds in the world are? anchor chains, plane motors, and train whistles.
  • nobody ever changes around here. you know that.
  • i won't let you down.
  • we're going to give the biggest party this town ever saw.
  • i can see right through you.
  • i think i'll go out and find a girl and do a little passionate necking.
  • we'll wait for you, baby.
  • don't you ever get tired of just reading about things?
  • let's go out in the fields and take off our shoes and walk through the grass.
  • it's beautiful up there in the moonlight.
  • are you coming in or aren't you?
  • i don't know. i guess i was homesick.
  • you know i didn't tell anybody i was coming here.
  • you're supposed to be the one that has all the answers. you tell me.
  • i don't know why i came here in the first place.
  • it's good to hear your voice again.
  • i don't want to get married, ever, to anyone.
  • i feel like a bootlegger's wife.
  • after that, who cares?
  • just make yourself at home.
  • this is a pickle.
  • better to get half than nothing.
  • can't you understand what's happening here?
  • we can get through this thing. we've got to stick together, though. we've got to have faith in each other.
  • bless your heart. of course you can have it.
  • look, i've got a train to catch.
  • darling, you're wonderful.
  • heehaw!
  • bread, that this house may never know hunger. salt, that life may always have flavor. and wine, that joy and prosperity may reign forever.
  • it's no skin off my nose.
  • don't rub it in.
  • so long. see you in the funny papers.
  • now that's just what i like about you.
  • most people hate me. but i don't like them either, so that makes it all even.
  • you sit around here and you spin your little webs and you think the whole world revolves around you.
  • why in the world did you ever marry a guy like me?
  • i want my baby to look like you.
  • gonna snow again.
  • oh, you seven kinds of a son of a gun.
  • yeah, very funny.
  • just step right in here. we'll fix you up.
  • come on, look sharp.
  • i should have my head examined.
  • it takes a lot of character to leave your home town and start all over again.
  • i'm glad i know you.
  • i'm no good to you.
  • i can't think any more. it hurts.
  • where's that money, you stupid, silly old fool!
  • one of us is going to jail! well, it's not going to be me!
  • come on out in the kitchen with me while i finish dinner.
  • have a hectic day?
  • might as well be living in a refrigerator.
  • wait now. where do you think you're going?
  • now, will you do something for me? will you try and get some sleep?
  • will you get out and let me handle this?
  • what do you think i am, a dictionary?
  • you misplaced eight thousand dollars?
  • you're the only one in town who can help me.
  • what are you but a warped, frustrated young man?
  • you're worth more dead than alive.
  • you can't hide in a little town like this.
  • i'm at the end of my rope.
  • that's what i get for praying.
  • i didn't have time to get some stylish underwear.
  • i didn't fall in. i jumped in.
  • it's against the law to commit suicide around here.
  • i know if i were drowning you'd try and save me.
  • i'm the answer to your prayer.
  • i've watched you grow up from a little boy.
  • ridiculous of you to think of killing yourself for money.
  • i'm your guardian angel.
  • if it hadn't been for me, everybody'd be a lot better off.
  • look, little fella, go off and haunt somebody else, will you?
  • hmm, this isn't going to be so easy.
  • i suppose it would have been better if i'd never been born at all.
  • you mustn't say things like that.
  • you don't have to make all that fuss about it.
  • we serve hard drinks in here for men who want to get drunk fast.
  • you'll see a lot of strange things from now on.
  • little fella, you worry me.
  • no wonder you jumped in the river.
  • that's another reason for me not to like you.
  • you're nobody. you have no identity.
  • this is some sort of funny dream i'm having here.
  • you're screwy, and you're driving me crazy, too!
  • i've got some bad liquor or something.
  • i ain't never seen you before in my life.
  • look, now why don't you be a good kid and we'll take you in to a doctor. everything's going to be all right.
  • something terrible's happened to me. i don't know what it is.
  • strange, isn't it? each man's life touches so many other lives, and when he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?
  • you really had a wonderful life. don't you see what a mistake it would be to throw it away?
  • i'm not supposed to tell. you're not going to like it.
  • there must be some easier way.
  • i want to live again.
  • i've been looking all over town trying to find you.
  • hey, your mouth's bleeding. are you sure you're all right?
  • oh, look at this wonderful drafty old house!
  • i could eat you up.
  • my little gingersnap, how do you feel?
  • darling, where have you been?
  • let me touch you! oh, you're real!
  • you have no idea what's happened to me.
  • come on downstairs quick. they're on their way.
  • told a few people you were in trouble and they scattered all over town collecting money.
  • i'm not going to go. i changed my mind.
  • i wouldn't have a roof over my head if it wasn't for you.
  • remember no man is a failure who has friends.
  • every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.
  • attaboy, [name].

tokyo godfathers from the 2003 film. alter as needed.

  • nothing is harder than to have no place.
  • joy to the world, the food has come!
  • you don't know much, do you?
  • don't gobble your food. eat it with love for the people who made and brought it here.
  • i hate that bible-thumping.
  • don't call your mother that.
  • eat shit, you old fart.
  • you peep pretty loud for a chick that can't even find its own worms.
  • should a burden on society like you be talking?
  • you mouthy brat!
  • can't you at least get along at christmas?
  • even a homeless pipsqueak runaway needs a christmas present.
  • six months on the street means you don't have a home.
  • speak for yourself, you old geezer.
  • show more respect, kid.
  • there, there, now. we'll take you somewhere warm.
  • i'm just doing god's will.
  • how tacky!
  • this is a once-in-a-lifetime chance.
  • you're not going anywhere, are you?
  • boil some water.
  • hey! whose side are you on?
  • i was married once.
  • a child's the only thing you hold dearer than life itself.
  • that's how you get to be a man like me.
  • i didn't want to hear that. i hate sad stories!
  • dreams do come true.
  • even if my husband was no good, i would accept dire poverty as long as i had my child.
  • you're so pretty.
  • i never knew my real mother. i'll bet if she saw me now, she'd flip.
  • you'll catch cold in those.
  • a hostess club won't be open at this hour.
  • have you bathed lately?
  • go ahead, blame it all on me.
  • that's going to make you even hungrier.
  • we'll get by.
  • listen to me. i'm serious.
  • i speak from experience.
  • i wouldn't abandon a kid.
  • you're so lucky. god must really love you.
  • call me if you're ever in trouble.
  • if you know it's rude, then don't ask.
  • make yourself at home.
  • sorry, sorry. i almost got killed.
  • what have you gotten us into?
  • just shut up and eat!
  • we're homeless bums, not action movie heroes.
  • i thought i could depend on you!
  • there's nothing we can do.
  • you really are the lowest of the low. the best thing you'll ever do is die in the gutter.
  • all you ever do is cause people trouble.
  • you'll be dead and no one'll care.
  • okay, so i'm trash. but you're ugly.
  • who cares how you die? you're dead all the same.
  • you remind me of myself when i was younger.
  • looking at you now, may i make a last request?
  • no one will ever know.
  • take care of yourself, okay?
  • big breasts. cool!
  • i'm not kidding around, either!
  • i can never go back.
  • how could you do this to me?
  • it's your own fault! you never listen to anything i say!
  • use the scarf i made you to mop up the blood.
  • what are you doing in my house?
  • oh, i've missed you, my little angel.
  • i'm so glad you're safe.
  • the kind of man i like is slender, middle-aged, tanned, with a divine square-back haircut and an accent who says "ah, what the hell," when i don't quite have cab fare.
  • i wanted to see you before i died.
  • i never thought i'd be here again.
  • i know i have no right to come strolling in now, but there's no one else i can call on.
  • some kids beat me up.
  • i'm like a canary that's forgotten its song.
  • death is always a hair's breadth away.
  • we certainly had fun, didn't we?
  • people call me notorious. good for nothing.
  • what a terrible thing to say.
  • i'm just glad you're okay.
  • a little bit of money took care of that.
  • stop it. you scare me when you start crying.
  • them's the breaks, i guess.
  • all i ever wanted was love.
  • an empty building's always nice.
  • i'd just love to fill up on some meat.
  • that's poverty for you.
  • doesn't it ever get tired of snowing?
  • i wonder how we look to them.
  • a child never forgets its parents.
  • what are you, homeless or something?
  • all anyone can do is their best.
  • the man you owed money to was shot and wounded the other day, you know.
  • you must hate me.
  • i thought you'd say that.
  • with a father like that, you have my sympathy.
  • always running away, never doing anything right!
  • being able to speak freely is the lifeblood of love.
  • you always have to sacrifice something.
  • i've done something that can't be taken back.
  • i'll throw myself in this river. i'll step neatly out of my shoes, stand on the handrail, and be at peace.
  • you're too young for this.
  • i'm damn near crazy from all this.
  • don't act like you're no part of this!
  • god must be busy this time of year.
  • i'm forever in your debt!
  • don't be afraid. i'll never leave you again.
  • a life is a life. it's only born once.
  • i want to go home.
  • lighten up. i'm a hero.

vagabond from the 1985 film. alter as needed.

  • that's all i can tell you.
  • the water must be ice-cold.
  • i wouldn't do it. maybe for a grand.
  • summer is better.
  • look at the prize i found.
  • got any matches?
  • i'd like to be free.
  • are you looking at me, or my sandwich?
  • you've got a dirty mind.
  • let's drink to that!
  • i know that one by heart.
  • going away for a while?
  • we'll have it easy for a few days.
  • stay out of sight.
  • usually, i'm all alone.
  • you slept all morning.
  • i'm sick of being cooped up here.
  • old folks pay well.
  • you're a pain. and you're tactless.
  • why aren't you nice to me?
  • i'm not going to rot here.
  • be careful with that. i'm very fond of it.
  • if they're dead, it's ugly. if they're asleep, it's cute.
  • you smoked my month's stash in four days.
  • pass the bread.
  • just the wind.
  • shut off the radio.
  • travel safely, my child. our door will always be open.
  • i didn't choose the weather.
  • a guy said you'd put me up.
  • you laugh at your own puns.
  • i know what it's like to be on the road.
  • we've all got to do our thing, don't we? that's how it is.
  • it's good to be alone. i've spent christmas alone.
  • hitching rides all depends how nice the man is who picks you up or doesn't.
  • you chose total freedom but you got total loneliness.
  • the time comes when if you go on, you destroy yourself. you head for destruction.
  • my friends who stayed on the road are dead now, or else they fell apart. the loneliness ate them up, in the end.
  • that's what i'd like to do, have a piece of land of my own, grow potatoes.
  • you'll get used to it.
  • don't get so pissed off.
  • your head's empty.
  • you're no dropout, you're just out. you don't exist.
  • fuck your philosophy.
  • i quit those bosses. but not to find another boss on the road in you!
  • you've read too much trash.
  • you really need a bath.
  • marry the wrong man and you're stuck for life.
  • so you sleep alone outside? for the fun of it, or because you have to?
  • no family to go to?
  • all drivers talk to their riders, so i make things up.
  • loud music kills my taste.
  • that sucks.
  • i took everything that looked good.
  • you realize i can't take you in.
  • i hate crowds.
  • champagne on the road's better.
  • you'll suffocate in here.
  • do i scare you or something?
  • we're wasting our best years because we lack money and space.
  • stop talking about that pig.
  • the chow's not bad. but the music stinks.
  • my wife said the same thing.
  • it's true what they say. i saw moments of my life flash by.
  • i should've done something.
  • i've been watching you a while.
  • it's not wandering, it's withering.
  • you can work with me if you want.
  • you hurt yourself bad.
  • i'll take good care of you.
  • bundle up.
  • what you need on those feet is hot camphor, good wool socks, and bigger shoes.
  • they don't want you to stay. i don't know why.
  • being alone is rough, but being a lonely couple is no better.
  • i'm the romantic type.
  • make sure you wash those nasty hands before you sit down to my table.
  • take your things and wait for me in the hall.
  • no one sets a foot in here.
  • i've often thought of you two asleep together.
  • poor kid. i'll spoil you, for a change.
  • he's cute. i'd do him.
  • behave, okay?
  • when you're that old, cats are better than nothing.
  • one more shot. just a tiny one.
  • you're so funny.
  • give me back my apron. now!
  • you're a lead.
  • i'll be harsh, since you don't understand.
  • you picked the wrong heartthrob.
  • you must have stolen it.
  • bug off, old man.
  • since i got no papers they'll lock me up.
  • i'm tired of moving.
  • you don't understand passion.
  • it's easy to criticize if you've got money.
  • we're just hanging out here, we're fucked, we got nothing.
  • i grew up in an orphanage.
  • i've got big plans for you.
  • i could use a cup of coffee. let's go get some coffee.
  • rise and shine!
  • that's enough, go horse around outside.
  • i could even take you to [place]. i have connections there.
  • this whole city can burn. i don't give a shit.
  • that radical shit turns me off. pain in the ass.
  • it's freezing. i can't sleep.
  • fuck off and die.
  • take the trail, cut through the vineyard, under the bridge, and you'll be in town.

saratoga trunk from the 1941 edna ferber novel. alter as needed.

  • looking so damned beautiful and queenly.
  • i'll bet there's gold in them thar hills.
  • reporters die young, or quit their jobs.
  • you haven't murdered anybody.
  • you should live so long, not me.
  • is it always like this?
  • it refreshes me just to look at you.
  • i can face a battery of cameras without flinching.
  • this time i can give you a real story.
  • say anything you like.
  • i've got nothing to lose now. i'm coming clean.
  • here you are, smart as they make them.
  • you were a bad hombre all right.
  • people call it romantic now.
  • what can death do to you that life hasn't done to you already!
  • you ought to write a book about it.
  • there, there, let's not talk.
  • we'll be dead, too, first thing you know. so let's enjoy life while we can.
  • If it makes you feel better to believe that, then go on believing it.
  • drink your red wine, little one. it will make you strong.
  • go on, tell me again, from the beginning.
  • we've always loved the theater, our family.
  • a little scrawny thing like you!
  • your eyes, they're not bad, but your mouth's too big.
  • my life will be different.
  • you have dignity enough for all of us.
  • though i honestly can't say i regret a thing i've done.
  • that wasn't why i was laughing, really. anyway, it's better than crying.
  • i suppose nothing in life is what we dreamed it would be.
  • curiously cynical for one so young.
  • it's very chic to be haunted.
  • let's go wherever there's money and fun.
  • i only came here to show them they can't frighten me.
  • blood in there on the carpet by the bed.
  • by the end of the week everything will be shining and in order.
  • what do you think i am, a magician?
  • we'll buy everything delicious.
  • take shame on yourself, denying your own family.
  • do you want to stay with me?
  • life is something you must take by the tail or it runs away from you.
  • i don't want to hear any more of this telling me who i am and what i am to do.
  • nothing will ruin my breakfast. i have the appetite of a dock-hand.
  • it's better than anything i've ever eaten.
  • i'm tired. it's hot. i'm hungry.
  • i wish i could die now.
  • there'll be money for you if you do as i say.
  • i'm going to enjoy myself, and laugh, and wear pretty clothes and do as i like.
  • it will bring you strength and make your eyes bright and your cheeks pink.
  • you are like me. perhaps even enough to startle anyone who knew me when i was your age.
  • i'll find a rich man and i'll marry him.
  • that's why you are watching the door like a spaniel.
  • don't think you're fooling me.
  • i've a mind to slap you right here.
  • you'll do as i say.
  • i want to start fair with you.
  • i had you wrong.
  • say, what kind of game is this?
  • i sure never met anybody like you. i think about you all day and all night.
  • you are the most beautiful little lady i ever met.
  • we must leave. it is no good for us here.
  • you're not bad. you're only mad at the world.
  • you are like someone in a story.
  • i don't like pistols. they make me nervous.
  • this is different, honey.
  • the west is wild, and don't you forget it.
  • aim to make a gentleman out of me, don't you?
  • very, very rich and very respectable men are so rarely handsome.
  • a house isn't really a house unless it has about it the scent of a good cigar after breakfast.
  • sometimes you talk like a schoolgirl.
  • i had been taught to think that emotion was a weakness.
  • men often marry their mothers.
  • when i can get it honestly, i do it. when i can't, i get it the best way i can.
  • i've had a rough life.
  • i'll make them pay for what they did.
  • in a way, we are two of a kind.
  • that's called hush money where i come from.
  • there isn't anyone like me.
  • i wouldn't be here this long if it wasn't for you.
  • it's too soft and pretty down here for me.
  • i am so happy.
  • say that again.
  • your voice, it puts me in mind of the sky at night, kind of soft and purple.
  • i shall make a scandal. not a great scandal. just a little one.
  • i keep forgetting you're nothing but a little child dressed up like someone grown.
  • you look downright wicked.
  • whiskey is not a drink, it's a medicine.
  • i love you the way you are. i wouldn't change a hair on your head.
  • hold on, you're not fixing to try blackmail!
  • sometimes i'm scared of you, especially when you look the way you do now.
  • i like to hear your voice.
  • don't put words in my mouth i never said.
  • you wouldn't be as coldblooded as that, now, would you?
  • they'll run you out of town.
  • that's a fine speech, honey.
  • i've got so i'm not more than one jump behind that steel-trap mind of yours.
  • one must be practical.
  • you little hell-cat, you!
  • the idea was mine. the risk is mine.
  • i thought we would be partners.
  • you know i'm crazy about you. but i ain't that crazy.
  • you take things too hard.
  • don't be absurd, darling.
  • you make things come alive, the way you see them and talk about them.
  • i love to see new sights and visit strange cities.
  • you and me.
  • that is fate. you can do nothing about it.
  • you're a marvelous shot.
  • i have a sentimental feeling about them.
  • i never would just open a door and walk though, i had to bust it down for the hell of it.
  • it’s too late and too hot.
  • i sing quite nicely.
  • i am really a very good, shrewd woman of business.
  • you are younger than i thought.
  • one of my unpleasant habits is to be impatient of long discussions.
  • go to the kitchen and stay there.
  • i am not a nun. i like to go about to the shops and the theaters and the races and the restaurants.
  • i can make things very uncomfortable for you indeed.
  • you are too intelligent.
  • i am not offended. i am amused.
  • you know a great deal for one so young.
  • i know things without learning them, like a witch.
  • here you are: a melodrama come to life.
  • write me. write me everything.
  • i'll mosey back here in two shakes.
  • you sure cry pretty.
  • no regular killing. i'll tromp you to death like a crazy horse.
  • i thought i was used to being alone.
  • it doesn't mean anything. just tears.
  • this is bigger than i thought.
  • people do not play jokes on me.
  • i don't know what i should have done if you hadn't appeared.
  • i feel, really, that we actually are friends.
  • you have enough money to last you the summer.
  • if you had called me ma'am once more down there i'd have screamed.
  • get out of my room.
  • i've got a temper, strong as horseradish.
  • you ever let go at me like that again, i will punish you.
  • likely you're lightheaded on account of having no sleep and no decent food.
  • easy come, easy go, that's my motto.
  • looks like we're neighbors.
  • stop scowling like a cross little boy.
  • when i'm ill, i complain, and when i'm angry, i shout, and when i'm happy, i laugh. it's simple.
  • don't talk foolish.
  • there is so much i want to know.
  • you're what they call punch-drunk.
  • they'll tear you to pieces if you step in their way.
  • railroads bore me.
  • it'd be wonderful to have some champagne now.
  • don't you know you aren't allowed to slide down the banisters?
  • put on one of your prettiest dresses.
  • i feel so well and happy. happier than i've ever been.
  • don't make ugly noises.
  • you sound as if you were speaking to me far away.
  • to hell with all your planning and contriving.
  • it's like something out a story.
  • it is bad to be long without sleep.
  • you stay in these parts you're going to get into a heap of trouble.
  • be quiet. and above all, polite.
  • i'm going to bathe you.
  • make me a cup of your coffee, hot and strong.
  • i admire strong-minded women.
  • no one could come within a mile of you in looks and style.
  • i like it here.
  • poor little man.
  • just to know you've had my name on your lips gives me pleasure.
  • take your hand off my arm.
  • i'm boss of this outfit.
  • with you i'm never afraid.
  • i feel like cinderella.
  • i could go for days now without rest or sleep.
  • if i wanted to i could lift you and carry you.
  • i just like to hear you talk, honey. i don't care what you say.
  • let's be young again, just for now.
  • you look to me like somebody who'd be lucky.
  • bad luck? bad judgment. good luck? good judgment.
  • you are suspicious of everyone.
  • it's a great strain, this pretending.
  • you don't have to be like them. you only have to be cleverer than they are.
  • in france, they think americans live on buffalo meat and flapjacks.
  • there's nothing so delicious as that single cigarette after dinner.
  • a cigarette is sometimes cozy when one is lonely.
  • you should never have to worry about money. you ought to have everything that's beautiful.
  • maybe it'll teach you a lesson.
  • don't ever show your ugly little face here.
  • you're up to something.
  • you make me sick.
  • you are a good, good man.
  • it's very bad for me to be forbidden things i want to do.
  • pretty sure of yourself, aren't you?
  • you've got to work quick and get out.
  • come on away from here with me.
  • don't be silly, child.
  • i've known what it was to be very rich. i know what it is to be very poor.
  • give me credit for being smarter than that.
  • i live by my wits. they can't take that away from me.
  • sit down, child, and stop fussing.
  • i've watched you like a hawk. you're a smart girl.
  • you used to tell me everything. what are you keeping from me?
  • you are afraid of me, you are afraid of life, you are afraid of everything.
  • i think i shall go to the mountains.
  • all of a sudden you're behaving like a ninny.
  • everybody can leave me. i don't need anyone.
  • the world is no laughing matter. neither is life.
  • you're an ungrateful brat!
  • i don't know what is the matter with me. suddenly i don't care.
  • look here, are you listening to what i'm saying?
  • get down or i'll haul you down.
  • i have a mind to tan your hide good, here and now, you little rat.
  • go on, act like you're alive!
  • you're going to get them nice clothes mussed up.
  • stop standing there mumbling.
  • the party seemed so dull and stuffy.
  • run along. you've made trouble enough for one evening.
  • i care for nothing.
  • i would sooner marry a snake that crawls on its belly.
  • don't talk now. rest. here, take another sip of this.
  • you would have been killed if it had not been for me.
  • i butted him in the stomach.
  • want to go, like we did in the old days?

midnight cowboy from the 1969 film. alter as needed.

  • if you ain't man enough to do it for yourself, i'd be happy to oblige.
  • what the hell you doing in that getup?
  • i thought i'd say goodbye to you.
  • what i got to stay around here for? i got places to go.
  • that's real nice, honey.
  • you look real nice, lover boy. real nice.
  • you'll be the best-looking one there.
  • i only get carsick on boats. but it seems to me that's more the fish smell than the bouncing.
  • do you love me?
  • you're better than the rest. you're better than any of them. you're better than all of them.
  • what's your ideal in a man?
  • that's my remedy for insomnia.
  • i'm new here in town.
  • you sure are a pretty lady.
  • why, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.
  • come on, baby.
  • they got you all gussied up.
  • i was talking to the dog.
  • please, you're annoying me. don't start up again.
  • bow wow wow, baby.
  • just you and me, catch an early supper.
  • i can stay all night.
  • how about a kiss?
  • do you think god is dead?
  • i sure have enjoyed being here. this is as fine a time as i've ever had in my life.
  • the way you make me feel so at home, i almost hate to bring up business.
  • person's got to make a living.
  • sorry. my mind isn't all here.
  • listen, sweetie, run along.
  • we'll get in touch with each other real soon.
  • you know, that's a funny thing, you mentioning money. 'cause i was just about to ask you for some.
  • who the hell do you think you're dealing with?
  • i could kill you with my bare hands.
  • guy gets horny just looking at you.
  • that is one hell of a shirt. i'll bet you paid a pretty price for it.
  • oh, kiss it, ratso.
  • you really know the ropes. i wish i'd bumped into you before.
  • bartender, drinks all around. one for my friend here, too.
  • you don't want to be stupid.
  • hey! i'm walking here!
  • up yours, you son of a bitch.
  • you don't talk to me that way.
  • just name your cut. whatever you want, you got it right now.
  • come on in. let me take a look at you.
  • good strong back. you're going to need it.
  • i'll bet you're lonesome.
  • lonesomeness is something you take, and you go right on with your work.
  • there's your strength, son. you've got the way of putting things earthy so that anybody can understand them.
  • you're wonderful, boy. you and me, we're going to have fun together.
  • i've prayed on the streets. i've prayed in the saloons. i've prayed in the toilets. it don't matter where, so long as he gets that prayer.
  • just open your heart and let it flow, like the river.
  • don't be frightened, son.
  • there's a tv dinner in the fridge.
  • i think that's sick, dressing up a dog to look like a child.
  • you're special. give yourself special treatment.
  • what do you want more than anything in the world?
  • take it easy, but take it.
  • looks like you've been locked out of your room, buddy.
  • you know what you got to do, cowboy.
  • i'm awful damn sorry that you're sick.
  • you're going to have to give me that money like you said.
  • don't take my watch. please. don't take it.
  • i'm going to strangle you to death.
  • i swear on my mother's eyes.
  • come on. i want you to have it.
  • what did you do, slobber on it?
  • you just keep your damn mouth shut about that night.
  • what am i doing talking to you?
  • come near me, i'll snatch you bald-headed.
  • it keeps the punks and the creeps out.
  • you're the only one who knows about it.
  • i don't need any help from you.
  • why don't you take a nap?
  • the smart thing for me to do is haul my ass out of here.
  • you're after something. what are you after?
  • what's that supposed to mean?
  • you want me to stay here tonight.
  • hope you know what you're in for.
  • i'm a truly dangerous person, i am.
  • sometimes you make me want to puke.
  • didn't i tell you once before to keep away from here?
  • the two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk.
  • starting tomorrow, you'll cook your own goddamn dinner.
  • i got to get out of here.
  • behind your back, i seen them laughing.
  • that's a matter i only talk about at confession.
  • you're beginning to smell.
  • i ain't never seen you change your underwear the whole time i've been here. and that's pretty peculiar behavior.
  • i bet you ain't ever been laid.
  • i like the way i look. it makes me feel good.
  • only one thing i ever been good for is loving.
  • you're pretty damn good at that. you could make a living at it if you tried.
  • don't rush me, boy.
  • there you are, you handsome devil, you.
  • i'll give you five for it.
  • there you go, boy. there's money for you.
  • friend i once did a favor for give it to me.
  • you stole that damn thing, didn't you?
  • i stoled it for you.
  • i'll be goddamned if i'll wear it.
  • like, sometimes, uh, your spirit goes up. sometimes it goes, uh... goes other places.
  • now you're talking priest talk.
  • i hope i don't come back in your body.
  • i'm usually a very calm and collected person.
  • what, you want me to get lost so you can go to your facy-ass party?
  • you're sweating all over the damn place.
  • come here. you got a comb on you?
  • a few dozen cooties ain't gonna kill me.
  • i love everything in the theatre. i would like to die on the stage.
  • wackos. they'll all wackos.
  • like heroin. death's like heroin.
  • i got to sit down. i feel crummy.
  • i don't even know your name. i want to know your name.
  • you can bet your bottom dollar on that.
  • things might work out better.
  • you're cheating. teasing me so i can't think.
  • you want some soup?
  • don't get sore or anything, ok?
  • take it easy. i'm going to lay you down.
  • you're sick, boy. you need a damn doctor.
  • you're really dumb.
  • just when things are going right for me, you got to pull a stunt like this.
  • we all have our off days.
  • i'd consider it a privilege if you'd have dinner with me.
  • you're a nice person.
  • oh, god, i loathe life.
  • take it. i want you to have it. you don't have to be a catholic.
  • saint christopher's the patron saint of all travelers.
  • you want a busted skull?
  • you got blood on your jacket.
  • my leg hurts, my butt hurts, my chest hurts, my face hurts.
  • you just took a little rest stop that wasn't on schedule.
  • let me put you up here.
  • there must be an easier way of making a living.

drunken angel from the 1948 film. alter as needed.

  • this'll hurt a little.
  • it was just a stupid fight.
  • don't kid yourself.
  • by the time the fever and coughing start, it's too late.
  • you're really full of yourself.
  • i hate doctors.
  • that's all mumbo jumbo.
  • i'll kick your ass if you're lying!
  • who's scared of typhus?
  • you're just drunk.
  • don't come back to me limping and crying anymore.
  • what do they see in that bag of bones?
  • don't fall for a guy like that. fall in love with someone like me.
  • you're not yourself today, like you're wasting away.
  • i don't like you this way.
  • you stink of whiskey.
  • don't even think about blackmailing me.
  • let's have a drink.
  • you've always got a line, huh?
  • you're pretty smooth, but keep your hands to yourself.
  • come on, man. tell me the truth.
  • why should i trust a quack like you?
  • i think you're being ridiculous.
  • you're far too blunt about the truth.
  • you made a terrible first impression on me.
  • you're always screaming at people.
  • this dog's too old to learn new tricks.
  • strays always have their reasons.
  • it makes me shake with anger.
  • there, there. it's nothing to worry about.
  • what is it? you're awful quiet tonight.
  • go like the tortoise, one step at a time.
  • don't treat me like a kindergartner.
  • you're an amazing person.
  • next time, i'll be much better.
  • you look like a ghost.
  • the rain's got me blue.
  • man, you're pathetic.
  • we all have fears. we're human. but you're too ashamed to admit it, and you confuse that with courage.
  • you're still scared of the dark.
  • i'm actually quite the dancer.
  • a lousy band can make the blues sound like a tango.
  • you're a drag.
  • you better be grateful or god will punish you.
  • sometimes i have to admit i'm some kind of angel.
  • let's quiet down and have a nice chat.
  • i got nothing to say to you.
  • stop acting like a stupid loser.
  • when i make a promise, i keep it.
  • i'm not scared of dying. i'll die any old time.
  • you have to do what i say.
  • been up to something bad?
  • it's been a long time since you stopped by.
  • i'll spank you.
  • you're lost a lot of weight. somebody been loving you too hard?
  • what's that look for?
  • hear you're the boss around here.
  • you're always showing up and disappearing.
  • i never want to see your damned face again.
  • it's better that you coughed up blood. you'll finally have to look after yourself.
  • sleep and dream about your childhood.
  • kiss me goodbye.
  • heartless bitch.
  • don't be mad at me, old man.
  • i couldn't stand being cooped up.
  • until you break free of that, there's no hope for you.
  • i've killed more people than you.
  • this is no place for a sick man.
  • go back to bed and stay there.
  • drop the feudalistic loyalty crap. makes me sick.
  • didn't i tell you to simmer down and get some rest?
  • listen, now. you stay right where you are.
  • human sacrifice has gone out of style.
  • don't you dare get out of bed.
  • i've always thought you're not cut out for this life.
  • i'm sick and tired of this place.
  • you've got to keep your temper.
  • you never did beat around the bush.
  • everything's so screwed up, it makes me want to throw up.
  • once a beast, always a beast.
  • you were blinded by love.
  • love made everything clear.
  • don't cry. i know exactly how you feel.
  • hey, no running.
  • you owe me a sweet.
  • don't you know anything?
  • say, why don't you come along?
  • a rational approach is the best medicine for life.

maus from the 1991 art spiegelman graphic novel. alter as needed.

  • if you lock them together in a room with no food for a week, then you could see what it is: friends!
  • you're late. i was worried.
  • no one wants to hear such stories.
  • people always told me i looked like rudolph valentino.
  • let's get engaged.
  • looks aren't everything.
  • let me make you happy!
  • i'd like to show you off to my friends.
  • my parents would like you to come to dinner tomorrow night.
  • no telephone calls, no letters, nothing! what happened?
  • what have i done that's so horrible?
  • hide this package for me. don't tell anyone about it.
  • look now what you made me do!
  • what's wrong, darling?
  • nothing matters.
  • i just don't want to live.
  • here, baby. drink this and rest.
  • look at how beautiful these gardens are.
  • i think of you as part of my own family.
  • you see how i have to suffer?
  • my hand is sore from writing all this down.
  • finish at least what's on your plate.
  • you should know it's impossible to argue.
  • where do you think you're going?
  • show me your hands.
  • i'll write to you.
  • thank god you're safe!
  • you always tell me the same things. there's nothing i can do.
  • you make the worst coffee i've ever tasted.
  • it looks like a million dollars on you.
  • just come sit with me.
  • your stew is even tastier than i remembered.
  • cut the cards.
  • you have excellent taste in furniture.
  • if you want to stay alive, go back inside.
  • it still makes me cry.
  • stop with the smoking.
  • don't be so smart!
  • maybe you should lie down a while.
  • my nerves are completely shot.
  • now, now, boy.
  • it's good you got it outside your system.
  • it's bad luck to even speak of it!
  • i can bribe them.
  • we must all stay together. we've made it this far.
  • i can't stand all these worms crawling over me.
  • we'd better wait til things quiet down.
  • i'll do everything i can.
  • i'm going to blow your brains out.
  • no, darling! to die, it's easy, but you have to struggle for life! until the last moment we must struggle together.
  • you're now old enough.
  • easy. let's go home.
  • i feel like i'm in prison! i feel like i'm going to burst!
  • someday you'll be famous.
  • it's a miracle! how did you manage it?
  • i hardly recognized you.
  • you can come into my house for an hour or so til you warm up.
  • things can't be this bad everywhere.
  • you're crazy. it's too dangerous.
  • i've always taken care of you. trust me.
  • here, darling. i have a present for you.
  • goddamn you!
  • you should visit here more often. don't be such a stranger!
  • i'm trying to figure out what kind of animal you would be.
  • reminds me too much of my relatives to be erotic.
  • i guess i bit off more than i could chew.
  • light me a cigarette.
  • i made you a bed. you can be comfortable here.
  • um. have you seen my pants?
  • what a miser!
  • god. if it wasn't so pathetic, it'd be kinda funny.
  • damn it, you're driving me nuts!
  • remember my house is also your house.
  • of course, darling. you can ask me anything.
  • why are you crying, my son?
  • aren't you afraid you'll get caught?
  • lately, i've been feeling depressed.
  • sometimes i just don't feel like a functioning adult.
  • mostly i feel like crying.
  • keep yourself strong. for my sake.
  • just seeing you again gives me strength.
  • i think about you always.
  • it's good to know how to do everything.
  • i'll get you anything you want.
  • leaving? but you only just came!
  • i'm starting to feel human again!
  • want some chocolate?
  • never you mind, darling. it's always a pleasure when you visit.
  • stop! i feel guilty enough already.
  • it's so good to see the sun.
  • that's enough stories for now.

the passion from the 1987 jeanette winterson novel. alter as needed.

  • the others call me a dandy.
  • i'm telling you stories. trust me.
  • do it from the heart or not at all.
  • we're a lukewarm people for all our feast days.
  • will you kill people?
  • new to it, lad? don't be afraid.
  • what is luck but the ability to exploit accidents?
  • perhaps all romance is like that.
  • help me, you bitch.
  • what happened to your head?
  • you're like i was.
  • christ said he came not to bring peace but a sword. remember that.
  • i have a way with priests.
  • do you ever think of your childhood?
  • never talk happiness with a philosopher.
  • i like my anonymity.
  • time is a great deadener.
  • i don't care about the facts, i care about how i feel.
  • i take what there is and i've stopped asking questions about where it comes from.
  • walking in the dark is like swimming underwater, except you can’t come up for air.
  • aristocrats are not relevant.
  • then you'll come as my friend.
  • this year is slipping away and it will never return.
  • they say that every snowflake is different.
  • there is only the present and nothing to remember.
  • wherever love is, i want to be.
  • found it behind the altar. they always keep a good drop for themselves.
  • the body shuts down when it has too much to bear.
  • rumor has it that the inhabitants of this city walk on water.
  • with faith, all things are possible.
  • there's no knife can get through that.
  • i don't hate the french. i ignore them.
  • beware the dice and games of chance.
  • i come from a hairy family.
  • it suits you.
  • darkness and death are not the same. the one is temporary, the other is not.
  • you see, i am no stranger to love.
  • my heart is a reliable organ.
  • there are stranger things.
  • religion is somewhere between fear and sex.
  • bridges join but they also separate.
  • i never go to confession.
  • god doesn't want us to confess, he wants us to challenge him.
  • anything now to relieve the ache.
  • learn to look after yourself. don't rely on the good natures of others.
  • how intimate would you like to be with god?
  • lovers are not at their best when it matters.
  • i can't make love to you, but i can kiss you.
  • i'm surprised at myself talking in this way.
  • i never take off my boots away from home.
  • gambling is not a vice, it is an expression of our humanness.
  • in spite of what the monks say, you can meet god without getting up early.
  • you belonged. i envied you that.
  • i never tell a lie, but i don't tell the truth to everyone.
  • if you should leave me, my heart will turn to water and flood away.
  • there's no such thing as a limited victory.
  • not much touches us, but we long to be touched.
  • not all men are as fortunate as ulysses.
  • what you risk reveals what you value.
  • i was bored.
  • such games are better not played at all.
  • the world is surely wide enough to walk without fear.
  • what are you running away from?
  • this is the price we agreed.
  • the women, they're always the clever ones.
  • love can survive.
  • death in battle seems glorious when you are not in battle.
  • beware of old enemies in new disguises.
  • you can stay with us.
  • men are violent. that’s all there is to it.
  • what's paris? just a few boulevards and some expensive shops.
  • don't tempt the spirits.
  • there are stories i could tell you that would make your hair stand on end.
  • i keep it for luck.
  • you can do that when you're dead.
  • i want to make my own mistakes. die in my own time.
  • greatness is hard to be sensible about.
  • saints love to be whipped.
  • i don't want anything to do with you.
  • it's none of your business.
  • it will be easier if you come with me now.
  • you must protect what you have won.
  • no sane man would live like that.
  • you must stay here until i am ready for you.
  • do you know what you're doing?
  • you've grown up.
  • will you stay?
  • i have heard that when a duckling opens its eyes, it will attach itself to whatever it first sees, duck or not.
  • i stay here by choice.
  • i find the air much the same in every country.
  • one battlefield is very like another.
  • you don't believe me? go and see for yourself.

tampopo from the 1985 film. alter as needed.

  • make that noise after the film starts and i might kill you.
  • they say that at the moment of death, you see a sort of short film, your whole life kaleidoscoped before your eyes. i'm really looking forward to that.
  • none of that, you hear?
  • first contemplate the ramen. the stars of the show: three slices of roast pork.
  • until we meet again.
  • we'll be there in two hours. we can chow down afterwards.
  • does that have some special meaning?
  • i've got a bad feeling about this.
  • hey, you'll catch cold over there.
  • got beat up again? who was it this time?
  • you're soaked. hurry up and change.
  • come with me to paris. i'll buy you jewelry and furs!
  • don't be so damn stubborn.
  • you're behind the times.
  • itching for a fight, pal? just ask.
  • i'll be okay. go on ahead.
  • you're tough.
  • there were five of them. it wasn't fair.
  • is the numerator on top or bottom?
  • i tried to learn by watching others, but i really have no idea what i'm doing.
  • it lacks pizzazz. basically it sucks.
  • thicker isn't better.
  • lukewarm ramen isn't ramen!
  • please teach me! i'm begging you.
  • we'll do this til you get it right.
  • this place is famous for its seafood.
  • the most important thing is not to make any noise.
  • i can tell by the look in your eyes.
  • come back late tonight with the money.
  • don't give me that shit!
  • i couldn't finish it because it's inedible.
  • we had an agreement.
  • come share our meal.
  • burning is always a risk with french cuisine.
  • ah, the good old days!
  • very light, yet full-bodied.
  • you're not eating much, sonny. can i make you something? what would you like?
  • you can eat it out of my hand.
  • i thought i'd die from the smell.
  • be a good boy.
  • please allow this old man to help.
  • can't hurt to try.
  • maybe the dough didn't sit long enough.
  • it's none of your business where i hang out.
  • you're good for being self-taught.
  • leave this to the young folks.
  • it's just... now you look hard to talk to.
  • why are you doing all this for me?
  • everyone has their own ladder. some do their best to climb to the top, while others don't even realize they have a ladder. you came along and helped me find my ladder.
  • i grew up in a miserable family, so i wanted to make my own home the warmest there was.
  • i don't know how to act in a happy home.
  • maybe i'm just a cold-hearted guy.
  • i couldn't be happier.
  • give me your other hand.
  • don't fall asleep or you'll die!
  • how can you be so heartless?
  • the flavor lacks depth, or maybe breadth.
  • don't look so sad.
  • you're scaring me.
  • darling, what is it?
  • you'll get better soon.
  • you're a superstar!
  • so long, partner.

the ministry of time from the 2024 kaliane bradley novel. alter as needed.

  • it's been quite weird to hear people say that.
  • we don't know what to expect. that's why you have this job.
  • that's far too large a number to be real.
  • open sesame.
  • maybe you can explain that to me tomorrow.
  • i want you to stop telling me things for a moment, please.
  • that's quite enough for today.
  • i fear i may have got carried away.
  • you don't have a choice!
  • careful. your germs are showing.
  • it appears i was spared a wretched death.
  • i see. actually, i don't see. what does all that mean?
  • i don't think it's very respectful.
  • i'm going to go for a walk.
  • no one's forcing you to watch.
  • you're slurring.
  • i'm afraid that it isn't good news.
  • this is the compromise we must make.
  • you will earn your place in the history books.
  • oh, it's going. we can certainly say it's going.
  • yeah, you can't do that in this era.
  • do you think the guy at that table is a spy?
  • now drink your beer and look suspicious.
  • you look like you're about to sell me dirty magazines.
  • my friends aren't smokers, and they don't know i've relasped.
  • have you ever eaten a coconut? i've never experienced a fruit that fought back so hard against being eaten.
  • what is a dilf?
  • there is no need to swear.
  • i'm a very good shot.
  • i think it would improve my quality of life if we got a dog.
  • this is like being inside a gun's barrel.
  • if you'd like to return home, i can make my own way back.
  • well, that looks very unhealthy.
  • i suppose it depends on what you mean by erotic.
  • why are you printing the wikipedia page for the cretaceous-paleogene extinction event?
  • am i sure about what?
  • i will mash you!
  • do you, er, like cooking?
  • it sends a sturdy message.
  • i could use this one to brain a badger.
  • it's a handsome moon tonight.
  • it looks like a torture device.
  • i'm too old for this.
  • you are a little annoying, aren't you?
  • now pull on the brakes. pull on the brakes! pull on the—
  • can you swim? if i push you in the river, will it be murder?
  • how are you finding our fair city?
  • put that machine away. we are lunching.
  • i wish you could have known them.
  • unusual use of the word 'fun,' but i'll allow it.
  • oh. you're early. how unlike you.
  • you're a stupid girl.
  • oh dear...what a revelatory day i'm having...
  • we think about it differently these days.
  • don't pull that face.
  • you need to tell me what's happening.
  • this line isn't secure. for god's sake. hang up.
  • i hope you will forgive me.
  • have you ever been in love?
  • i only jumped up and licked the man's face a little.
  • i don't think you would have much liked me at nineteen.
  • we have not rehearsed well, or much.
  • godspeed to you all.
  • you're not going to ask me to dance, are you?
  • you almost looked like you were about to start enjoying yourself.
  • there is no revolution without joy.
  • we've both got eldest-daughter disease.
  • will you bury me at sea?
  • believe me when i say you do not want me to take off my jacket.
  • uppity bastard.
  • i am going to have the coldest bath that modern technology can muster.
  • i am going to smoke half a pack of cigarettes, i think. one after the other.
  • i'm afraid i'm going to have to get you both very drunk.
  • ripping to see you.
  • this is a classy household.
  • one develops a great deal of patience at sea.
  • you can't be superior around other people's pain.
  • you just sort of... throw yourself around. and wiggle.
  • i want to learn the electrical slide.
  • i understood at least half of those words.
  • you are a terrible teacher.
  • it's too warm in here. let's sit outside.
  • no one will ever take me as a wife.
  • if i don't smoke a cigarette soon, i am going to bite through a wall.
  • sounds a bit mk-ultra.
  • i know that was a bizarre thing to bring up.
  • you haven't upset me, you're just boring me.
  • i bet you had a tumblr.
  • stop it. take things seriously for a moment.
  • your feet are swelling.
  • stop cackling, you horrid woman.
  • oh my god. [name], do not get instagram.
  • you've got your elbow in my crotch, by the way. i don't mind, but you really ought to buy me a drink first.
  • you are looking very guilty.
  • nice drip.
  • cheers for the fucking warning.
  • don't come near me.
  • not that i'm having any sex.
  • don't sass me.
  • i'm going to check your temperature.
  • i can wash my own hair, thank you.
  • you have been working with a traitor.
  • you need to break that habit. it's a dangerous tell.
  • i bet you say that to all the girls.
  • behave yourself. or i will put you in the stock.
  • you'll catch a cold in those wet clothes.
  • hello, dear girl.
  • i brought you a liquid apology.
  • give me your bag. you look tired as hell.
  • we are having a splendid, if somewhat pagan, time.
  • did i wake you?
  • what sort of people are they? your family?
  • you must have been a strange little girl.
  • i can hear in your voice that you are smiling.
  • my ears aren't quite as good as yours.
  • you know, when you are out of my sight, i fear i've imagined you.
  • tell me what it was like, growing up there.
  • you know i can't handle spice.
  • everyone is so cruel to me, even though i'm very handsome and brave and i have never done anything wrong.
  • where are the rest of your clothes?
  • don't try to speak out the corner of your mouth like that. too obvious.
  • my hero.
  • am i supposed to feel like i've thrown up, but on the inside of my skin?
  • you should dress now. it's three o'clock.
  • you will come down for meals. that was not a request.
  • i think it would be better if you did not embarrass us both by forcing me to drag you.
  • i am trying very hard to be happy.
  • to failure!
  • god can see us.
  • we're going to try and get up to some really original sin.
  • i'll be sure to keep a candle burning in the window for when you come home.
  • do you want to meet some of my friends?
  • i am sorry to approach you in this way. but you need to come with us.
  • where have you been?
  • i have been trying to court you.
  • you're occupied to an almost violent degree by your career.
  • you're worried you won't make me cum.
  • you make terrible noises. like an alley cat.
  • put your arms around me.
  • i'm not trying to keep secrets from you.
  • you know we don't use that word.
  • i want to touch you.
  • you are a very bad loser.
  • there's something special i want to show you.
  • do you know where the safe house is?
  • someone tried to kill me.
  • i love you very well.
  • i should have you flogged.
  • do you think we went too far?
  • moss is a sign that god has a sense of humor.
  • i am a stranger in a strange land.
  • come here, you.
  • you're in danger, do you understand?
  • stop crying. you won't be able to do it properly if you're crying.
  • i used to puke every time. you get used to it.
  • when you are my age, you were realize how green you were.
  • easy, little cat. you have some explaining to do.
  • i'm not shooting you unless you make a break for it.
  • you little freak.
  • we end here, you and me.
  • you all right, kiddo?
  • i think i might take a trip.
  • forgiveness and hope are miracles. they let you change your life.

close-up from the 1990 film. alter as needed.

  • things might get tricky.
  • i don't have time for movies. i'm too busy with life!
  • i took you for a cop.
  • i'm going to see it through to the end.
  • a story like this doesn't come along often.
  • if there's any trouble, we'll be in this together.
  • i haven't been back since.
  • son, come here a moment.
  • so luck has knocked at my door for the first and maybe last time.
  • you can't imagine how anxious i am.
  • everyone in tv and film will be talking about it.
  • that's fate.
  • as long as god grants you good health.
  • young man, if you tell me the truth, i can help you.
  • to you i'm just a thief and a con man.
  • there's no one home.
  • it's pointless if it's not taped.
  • i don't exactly remember. it's been a few weeks now.
  • people out to con others have a certain look.
  • i knew from the start exactly what was going on and always had the situation under control.
  • let's not lie to ourselves.
  • i'm sure you'll find work soon.
  • you could make a film about my suffering.
  • what i did looks like fraud from the outside.
  • let me know if you need anything.
  • where did you buy that book?
  • if you'd like, i'll autograph it.
  • why do you use public transport?
  • it's a film you have to see a few times.
  • they'll be thrilled to hear from you.
  • i saw lots of movies as a child.
  • i didn't have the means to pursue those things, and i developed kind of a complex about it.
  • that was not my intention.
  • you could say i'm a traveler.
  • i am just a poor man.
  • because i pretended to be this famous person, they would do whatever i said.
  • even if it was really hard for me, i still wanted to go back.
  • that's one of the things that aroused our suspicions.
  • when spite comes along, art dons a veil.
  • stop bringing it up.
  • okay, i'll go alone.
  • i don't like to be recognized.
  • soup is my favorite meal.
  • everything has unfolded just as i predicted from the start.
  • i want to go out into the mountains.
  • we thought we might never see you again.
  • any moment now.
  • speak of the devil.
  • i'm sorry your night in our home wasn't restful.
  • a sage feels at home anywhere.
  • appearences can deceive.
  • i'd love for us to all share a meal together.
  • all we can offer you today are eggs.
  • don't go to any trouble.
  • one must be in touch with the colors of nature to remove the rust covering one's heart.
  • why is your face hidden from me?
  • you don't look ready.
  • what about me seems unnatural to you?
  • you should rest a bit.
  • that's why i always make work my priority—because it increases one's opportunities.
  • don't put off what you can do today, for who knows what fate will bring tomorrow.
  • may i have a word with you in private?
  • are you sorry for what you did?
  • prison is good for the good and bad for the wicked. it teaches the good a lesson but only makes the wicked worse.
  • without all that, my spirits would have fallen.
  • i could sense it completely, but i went anyway.
  • you were much more handsome when you were younger.
  • i've been dyeing my hair for a long time.
  • he's a good boy.
  • speak allah's name, and your heart will be consoled.
  • whenever i feel depressed or overwhelmed, i feel the urge to shout to the world the anguish of my soul. but no one wants to hear about them.
  • it brings calm to my heart.
  • i don't want to be presumptuous.
  • i'm not acting. i'm speaking from the heart.
  • art is the experience of what you've felt inside.
  • let me look at you.
  • dry those tears.

two days, one night from the 2014 film. alter as needed.

  • i've made a tart.
  • tell me why.
  • you mustn't cry.
  • why don't you want to go?
  • no one gives a damn.
  • i'm crying like an idiot again.
  • don't give in. you have to fight.
  • i never said that!
  • i've nothing against you.
  • i don't know what that was. i couldn't speak.
  • it's really hot. i'll cut it for you.
  • going to bed already?
  • you're letting yourself go.
  • that's easy to say.
  • i don't exist. i'm nothing. nothing at all.
  • i'll look like a beggar.
  • it's sick forcing you to choose.
  • you don't need to apologize.
  • something to drink? orange juice or water?
  • it's been ages.
  • so i wanted to ask if you'd vote for me.
  • i'm not mad at you.
  • sorry, i really have to go. excuse me.
  • don't take it badly.
  • think they could change their minds?
  • i'm really glad you're here.
  • i'm so mad at myself.
  • i even forgot what you did for me.
  • you'll manage it, i'm sure.
  • thank you, sweetheart.
  • yes, everything's fine, yes.
  • too bad for me but i understand.
  • sorry i was so curt.
  • you don't really believe it can work.
  • i'm not up to it anymore.
  • it'd knock anyone out.
  • i wish that was me. that bird singing.
  • you don't love me anymore. you pity me but you don't love me.
  • doesn't it bother you we haven't made love for four months?
  • my bonus is a lot of money.
  • i didn't force this decision on you.
  • i saw some maniac tear off.
  • can you see my hand? how many fingers?
  • i feel like hitting them.
  • i saw you from the window.
  • i'm a bit nervous about tomorrow morning.
  • i've been thinking about it since friday.
  • stop protecting me.
  • are you a jehovah's witness?
  • let's get some food and eat here while we wait.
  • you can't ask this of me.
  • put yourself in my shoes.
  • can i be frank?
  • i don't want to see anyone else.
  • i can come with you if you want.
  • you enjoy pissing people off?
  • i just wanted to give you a kiss.
  • i just took the whole box of xanax.
  • i've never decided anything for myself before.
  • you can sleep at our place.
  • i'd love to help but i can't make ends meet.
  • you're right to fight to stay.
  • it's better this way.
  • you like rock music?
  • it's what god tells me to do. i have to help my neighbor.
  • you're like me. you're scared.
  • chin up.
  • call me as soon as you know.
  • be polite.
  • shut your mouth!
  • happy now you've stirred up the shit?
  • you're heartless.
  • thank you for your support. i'll never forget it.
  • if you want to stay with us tonight, you can.
  • that's my good news.
  • yes, it's going to be tough.
  • we put up a good fight.

it's like this, cat from the 1964 emily neville novel. alter as needed.

  • don't get fresh!
  • here, have an orange.
  • takes one to know one.
  • how about coming home with me?
  • what are you going to name this noble animal?
  • is it my fault you stayed out all night?
  • a guy showed me how.
  • hurry up, before we both get caught.
  • some queer-looking types hanging around this neighborhood.
  • why do i have to have a nut for a friend?
  • i'm a bird watcher.
  • you might hurt your head.
  • come on, it'd be fun.
  • shut up, nuisance.
  • that's why i like to come home.
  • it's nice you learned a new word.
  • this whole thing is your idea, and if it stinks it's going to be your fault.
  • you sore or something?
  • you oughta be ashamed.
  • aw, you and your big mouth.
  • got in a fight.
  • it's rotten having nothing to do.
  • i'll be back before supper.
  • it must be pretty nice to have your mother.
  • disinfectant and burn ointment and bug dope and bandages.
  • just what i need for survival on the sidewalks of new york.
  • survival takes more than sixty-five-cents.
  • they're secondhand, i guess, but they look all right.
  • you can make echoes.
  • so long, kid. i'll send you a card.
  • the guy i work for is a creep.
  • wish you were here, but you're lucky you're not.
  • you're a crazy kid.
  • you'd think i was al capone.
  • one day you'll run into someone that's bigger and meaner than you.
  • eat it. it's good for you.
  • how come you get all the way in here by yourself?
  • i pretty nearly got disowned.
  • she always seems to think i'm about to kill myself.
  • i think maybe it'd be nice. i mean to have someone worrying about whether you're comfortable and all.
  • i don't know. i just really don’t know. it never happened before.
  • it was a pretty nice little house.
  • i don't know why you bother.
  • you're got nothing to worry about.
  • i'm pretty fair at any kind of handiwork.
  • you might have got killed!
  • come on. you're one of the family.
  • let's go on this vacation.
  • i think there's something fishy about this.
  • man, this is living!
  • hey, how much money you got?
  • it's only a few blocks. let's walk.
  • my goodness, why are you up so early?
  • you don't look to me as if you felt quite right.
  • what in the world are you going to do there in the middle of winter?
  • don't talk so sassy.
  • i was afraid you wouldn't come.
  • let's go home and make cocoa or something to warm up.
  • on a day like today, you know what'd be fun? to be out in a boat.
  • i'm buying.
  • come on, darling.
  • take it easy, lady, take it easy.
  • i just want to be left alone!
  • poor child.
  • the reason why you and [name] are always bickering is because you're so much alike.
  • you got to poke into everything.
  • see, you don't eve know what you're talking about!
  • stop it and behave yourself.
  • here's to you—a long, happy life!
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