his eyes widened
her eyes went round
her eyelids drooped
his eyes narrowed
his eyes lit up
his eyes darted
he squinted
she blinked
her eyes twinkled
his eyes gleamed
her eyes sparkled
his eyes flashed
his eyes glinted
his eyes burned with…
her eyes blazed with…
her eyes sparked with…
her eyes flickered with…
_____ glowed in his eyes
the corners of his eyes crinkled
she rolled her eyes
he looked heavenward
she glanced up to the ceiling
she winked
tears filled her eyes
his eyes welled up
her eyes swam with tears
his eyes flooded with tears
her eyes were wet
his eyes glistened
tears shimmered in her eyes
tears shone in his eyes
her eyes were glossy
he was fighting back tears
tears ran down her cheeks
his eyes closed
she squeezed her eyes shut
he shut his eyes
his lashes fluttered
she batted her lashes
his brows knitted
her forehead creased
his forehead furrowed
her forehead puckered
a line appeared between her brows
his brows drew together
her brows snapped together
his eyebrows rose
she raised a brow
he lifted an eyebrow
his eyebrows waggled
she gave him a once-over
he sized her up
her eyes bored into him
she took in the sight of…
he glared
she peered
he gazed
she glanced
he stared
she scrutinized
he studied
she gaped
he observed
she surveyed
he gawked
he leered
his pupils (were) dilated
her pupils were huge
his pupils flared
her nose crinkled
his nose wrinkled
she sneered
his nostrils flared
she stuck her nose in the air
he sniffed
she sniffled
she smiled
he smirked
she grinned
he simpered
she beamed
her mouth curved into a smile
the corners of his mouth turned up
the corner of her mouth quirked up
a corner of his mouth lifted
his mouth twitched
he gave a half-smile
she gave a lopsided grin
his mouth twisted
he plastered a smile on his face
she forced a smile
he faked a smile
her smile faded
his smile slipped
he pursed his lips
she pouted
his mouth snapped shut
her mouth set in a hard line
he pressed his lips together
she bit her lip
he drew his lower lip between his teeth
she nibbled on her bottom lip
he chewed on his bottom lip
his jaw set
her jaw clenched
his jaw tightened
a muscle in her jaw twitched
he ground his jaw
he snarled/his lips drew back in a snarl
her mouth fell open
his jaw dropped
her jaw went slack
he gritted his teeth
she gnashed her teeth
her lower lip trembled
his lower lip quivered
she paled
he blanched
she went white
the color drained out of his face
his face reddened
her cheeks turned pink
his face flushed
she blushed
he turned red
she turned scarlet
he turned crimson
a flush crept up her face
he screwed up his face
she scrunched up her face
he grimaced
she winced
she gave him a dirty look
he frowned
she scowled
he glowered
her whole face lit up
she brightened
his face went blank
her face contorted
his face twisted
her expression closed up
his expression dulled
her expression hardened
she went poker-faced
a vein popped out in his neck
awe transformed his face
fear crossed her face
sadness clouded his features
terror overtook his face
recognition dawned on her face
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BURN PYGMALION!!! a better guide to romance writing prompts.
“ full disclosure, i am a monster. “
“ who could ever hurt you? who could be so cold? “
“ the price you pay for arrogance and a false sense of immunity is to face the wrath of a dying star. “
“ the years have been hard on this lonely heart, if you wanna know the truth. “
“ have you got a clue how long i’ve been pining for you? “
“ the awful truth has eluded you for too long. “
“ everything you know is all wrong. “
“ sucks to be an optimist in this listless dissolution. “
“ i hope you know that you can trust me, ____, it’s just me. “
“ i hope you know just how much i believe in you. “
“ i’d burn it all, i’d set the world on fire just to be with you. “
“ my internal compass is all askew. “
“ i’ll drink up every second i have with you. “
“ do you believe me when i tell you your light outshines every person i know? “
“ ____, you’re being followed by the ghost of what i can’t absolve. “
“ love is just a name for you to call me by. “
“ are you frightened of me? or the person you’re leaving behind? “
“ you know it sounds bad, but you love seeing me sad. “
“ you love someone you can shape, who has no will to escape. “
“ i ain’t worth a goddamn in someone else’s hands. “
“ you’ve got real potential, but you lack the essentials. “
“ you can see, i’m not a plaything. “
“ it’s fair to assume your intent’s to consume me. “
“ you think that you’re such a star. ha! what a fraud you are. “
“ the only gift you possess is your viciousness. “
“ every day, you’re a different person. “
“ ____, it’s such a pleasure to know the real you. “
“ you promised me you’d never be my torturer. “
“ for such a nice girl, you sure do talk like a freak. “
“ we’ve got hearts of children, but children can be so malicious. “
“ ____, you should’ve known better than to trust me. “
“ it follows me like a second self, a malignant shadow. “
“ i’m becoming one of them, one of you. “
“ you’re a hack, but it’s charming when you crack yourself up. “
“ everybody knows what you go to to keep yourself together. “
“ ____, you know, i only want to stay close to you. “
“ it’s a shame, nowadays all your friends have become such a drag. “
“ i’m just a dying fad. “
“ does it make you feel like you really made it when you leave me hanging like this? “
“ well, i’m not gonna make the first move if you don’t even give a goddamn. “
“ i know my survival is like, so boring. but i’ve got nothing else to give. “
“ if you came calling, ____, i’d come back every time. “
“ i hear you’re still living as an emotional vagrant. “
“ well my heart might be shot, but at least i’ve still got one. “
“ is your failure to connect just your way of protecting yourself? “
“ i have never been the type to go to church and i have never prayed for anyone but you. but i pray for you each night. “
“ it’s so bitter that it’s lost control of you and it thirsts for your destruction. “
“ i know you really must feel sorry for me because i just can’t have a normal heart. “
“ i get so deeply poisoned by love. “
“ if i can’t have you to myself, how can i be happy? “
“ can you hear me when i scream? “
“ you hijacked my mind, not that i want it back. “
“ can i have you? and can you be everything i need? “
“ i danced with you in a nightmare. “
“ will you remember me when our spirits scatter off? “
“ i just can’t stand the thought that a love as beautiful as ours could be forgotten. “
"Greetings to the Universe in 55 Different Languages", a poem compiled out of messages from the Voyager spacecraft
Yeeeaaaaaahhhhh… i couldn’t help it….
I’m sorry but why didn’t Jacob get aviators too??
miscellaneous movie quote sentence starters pt. i.
“ you don’t do things, you stage them. “
“ i used to be a lot of different people. none of whom i particularly liked. “
“ man is too small, before the face of nature. “
“ your suffering is over. now you will find peace for eternity. “
“ you’re in danger. we all are. “
“ when i see people together, they don’t talk, not really. they don’t say what they mean. “
“ was i dead? or was i alive? “
“ ____, the only ghost in this house is you. “
“ it’s like in my dreams! i couldn’t ask for anything more! “
“ we can’t. i’m alive… and you are dead. “
“ we fear death because we love life. “
“ i don’t belong in the world. that’s what it is. something separates me from other people. “
“ well, i’m not waiting around for universal happiness which, believe me, will be boring as hell. “
“ i want to be happy now, in my own way. “
“ you’re a girl who follows me like a shadow. “
“ we humans can’t come to terms with death until it’s too late. “
“ it’s strange. i hardly know you, but i’ve spoken to you as i haven’t done with anybody else. “
“ i hardly see who i love. absence preserves friendship. “
“ personally, i like life most when it’s like a novel. “
“ i may be drunk but i’ve still got principles. “
“ death is also a beginning. you start a new game. it’s a really scary game. “
“ i have no memory. it’s like looking into a mirror and seeing nothing but the mirror. “
“ you have brought me here to die? “
“ i want to understand what it feels like to see something that has not yet happened. “
“ why can’t i just go, lose control? “
“ the joys of love; they last, but a short time. the pains of love last all your life. “
“ we come into the world crying. “
“ even when they die, people don’t really go away. “
“ you like me, don’t you? that’s why you don’t want to see me. “
“ love doesn’t vanish, it simply changes its form. “
“ people smile when they tell the truth. “
“ man is such a worthless animal. “
“ since i am a monster… i will be as lovely forever. “
“ i’m alone all the time. everybody betrays me. “
“ you’ll never survive in this world with such a faint heart. “
“ i wouldn’t leave you even if i died. “
“ you have the fangs of a snake and the face of an angel. “
“ do not get into my life. you’d destroy it mercilessly. “
“ you think in such a way because it’s convenient to you. you never tried to understand me. “
“ it’s a grave illness called female delinquency. “
“ i won’t back down. i won’t be defeated by men. “
“ you have a heart for laughter. i have one for tears. “
“ i won’t be your thing! i’m alive! “
“ you’re like death itself. “
“ you’re beyond saving. i don’t care if you burn in hell. “
“ i understand. i can sense you. how can i put it? i felt a power being born with you. “
“ everything means something, i guess. “
“ nothing in the world can separate us. and tonight we’ll live only for each other. “
“ you think that everything can be seen, and touched, and weighed, and measured. you think you’ve discovered reality, but you don’t even know what it is. “
“ i might be happier if i could just die like this. but i’ll go on living. i won’t let hardship defeat me. “
“ i wish i could go somewhere far away. would you go with me? “
“ it’s a harsh world, you know. it’s difficult to follow a righteous path. “
“ we are in the realm of the dead. “
“ we are in the realm of love. “
“ i love you. i love your sickness. “
“ kisses, to forget i’m alive. kisses, to forget you’re dead. “
“ i feel like something bad is gonna happen to me. “
“ i feel like something bad has happened. it hasn’t reached me yet, but it’s on its way. and it’s getting closer. and i don’t feel ready. “
“ i’d like to take the whole world into my arms and kiss it. “
“ you don’t know what i’m like inside. i’m possessed. “
“ in the middle of all that ugliness and darkness, i knew that it is not the only thing in the world. there is also beauty. “
“ killing is supposed to wrap things up… but no matter how many i kill, they just keep coming. there’s no end to it. “
“ when you love someone too much, your love can snuff them out. “
“ god, the smell… what is it? oh… that’s the smell of blood. “
“ i’m hungry. understand? i’m terribly hungry. i’m sorry, ____, but i must appease my hunger. “
“ you hear me. you can hear me. “
“ why can’t anybody hear me? “
“ you could learn a lot from children. they believe in things in the dark until we tell them it’s not so. maybe we’ve been fooling them. “
“ nothing of life can reach us now… no more contact with the living. “
“ don’t act tough. i know you are not. “
“ don’t pick a fight with me, you certainly won’t come out alive. “
“ you can’t ask me to drop everything i’ve been working for and give up all my ambitions, because your plans have changed. be realistic! “
“ they can’t understand that, all those who hunt us down. “
“ if they knew that we’re a dream, they would love and protect us. because, that way, they could dream about us. “
“ sometimes i think a violent force drags me. “
“ stop acting so humane! you’re not even human. “
“ we’re human-eating beasts, that’s what! “