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- STARTERS -
❝ He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none. ❞
❝ Humbling women seems to me a chief pastime of poets. ❞
❝ I cannot bear this world a moment longer. ❞
❝ You cannot know how frightened gods are of pain. ❞
❝ I would say, some people are like constellations that only touch the earth for a season. ❞
❝ You have always been the worst of my children. ❞
❝ I will do as I please, and when you count your children, leave me out. ❞
❝ When I was born, the word for what I was did not exist. ❞
❝ When we are young, we think ourselves the first to have each feeling in the world. ❞
❝ I will not be like a bird bred in a cage. ❞
❝ This is what it means to be alive. ❞
❝ But perhaps no parent can truly see their child. ❞
❝ Yet because I knew nothing, nothing was beneath me. ❞
❝ Some things are worth spilling blood for. ❞
❝ You can teach a viper to eat from your hands, but you cannot take away how much it likes to bite. ❞
❝ You threw me to the crows, but it turns out I prefer them to you. ❞
❝ The grudges of gods are as deathless as their flesh. ❞
❝ Those who fight against prophecy only draw it more tightly around their throats. ❞
❝ Who knows what is in me? Will you find out? ❞
❝ Bold action and bold manner are not the same. ❞
❝ How many of us would be granted pardon if our true hearts were known? ❞
❝ If you want it, I will do it. ❞
❝ All my life I have been moving forward, and now I am here. ❞
❝ Fear of failure was the worst thing for any spell. ❞
❝ Imagine such a happiness. Like drinking wine your whole life, instead of water. ❞
❝ Most men do not know me for what I am. ❞
❝ You are right, this world is a wild and terrible place, and worth shouting at. ❞
❝ He was no husband, scarcely even a friend. ❞
❝ We bear it as best we can. ❞
❝ Timidity creates nothing. ❞
❝ It is youth’s gift not to feel its debts. ❞
❝ What was I truly? In the end, I could not bear to know. ❞
❝ They do not care if you are good. They barely care if you are wicked. ❞
❝ Oh, sweetheart, it cannot be done. ❞
❝ Lady, you and I are in accord. ❞
❝ Why should I care what is in their hearts? ❞
❝ You must keep your tricks close or you will lose everything. ❞
❝ I never claimed to be good. ❞
❝ My whole life, I had waited for tragedy to find me. ❞
❝ You must understand people if you would rule them. ❞
❝ Be sure not to dishonor me. ❞
❝ Do not try to take my regret from me. ❞
❝ Even those who had loved me a little did not care to stay. ❞
❝ I can please you, I swear it. You will find none more loyal than me. ❞
❝ I do think he loved me a little. ❞
❝ Well? What do you have to say to me? ❞
Question starters
- “Why didn’t you tell me?”
- “Why are you doing this?
- “Why does it have to be like this?”
- “Why are you here?”
- “Why are you lying?”
- “What is your name?”
- “What can I do to help?”
- “What happened?”
- “What am I supposed to say?”
- “What’s the matter?”
- “Who do you think you are?”
- “Who cares?”
- “Who is going to take the blame?”
- “Who was going to tell me?”
- “Who is responsible?”
- “Where have you been?”
- “Where are you going?”
- “Where did all the money come from?
- “Where are you hiding?
- “Where is the love?”
- “How could this happen?”
- “How have you been?”
- “How do you live with yourself?”
- “How did we survive?”
- “How are you still alive?”
“Never, ever leave me, Shingo. I love you so much, more than anything in the whole world!”
She held him close and leaned up to kiss his lips softly.
“Alright, but I really hope you know what you’re doing. Lead on.”
“I always do. I hope you think of me just as fondly, my love.”
Phantom of the Opera Starters Part 1
Feel free to change pronouns as needed!
Think of Me
- “Think of me fondly”
- “Promise me you’ll try”
- “God in heaven you’re all obssessed!”
- “How young and innocent we were”
- “She may not remember me”
- “You were a disgrace!”
Angel of Music
- “Brava”
- “I hear your words in the darkness”
- “Grant to me your glory”
- “Your hands are cold”
- “Your face, __, it’s white”
- “Don’t be frightened”
Little Lotte
- “You remember that too?”
- “And now, we go to supper”
- “You must change, and I must get my hat”
- “Insolent boy!”
- “You shall know me”
- “I am your angel of music”
The Phantom of the Opera
- “In sleep he sang to me”
- “Do I dream again?”
- “Sing once again with me”
- “My power over you grows stronger yet”
- “I am the mask you wear”
- “Sing!”
- “You have come here for one purpose”
- “Sing for me!”
- “I have needed you with me”
The Music of the Night
- “Darkness stirs and wakes imagination”
- “Turn your face away from the garish light of day”
- “Turn your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light”
- “Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams”
- “Purge your thoughts of the life you knew before”
- “Let your spirit start to soar”
- “Open up your mind”
- “Trust me”
I Remember/Stranger Than You Dreamt It
- “I remember there was mist”
- “Who was that shape in the shadows?”
- “Whose is that face in the mask?”
- “You little prying pandora!”
- “This is what you wanted to see?”
- “Now you cannot ever be free!”
- “Damn you! Curse you!”
- “You’ll learn to see”
Magical Lasso
- “You must be always on your guard”
- “Those who speak of what they know find too late that prudent silence is wise.”
- “Hold your tongue”
Notes
- “It says mystery”
- “Gossip’s worth its weight in gold!”
- “__ please don’t shout”
- “Oh, it seems you’ve got one too…”
- “I want an answer”
- “Isn’t this the letter you wrote?”
- “Make no attempt to see her again”
- “What is it that I’m meant to have sent?”
- “Far too many notes for my taste”
- “You have not followed my instructions”
Prima Donna
- “You are our star!”
- “It’s useless trying to appease me!”
- “Your public needs you”
- “We need you”
- “The world wants you”
- “Think of how they all adore you”
- “The world is at your feet”
- “So, it is to be war between us?”
Why Have You Brought Me Here?
- “Don’t take me back there!”
- “His eyes will find me there!”
- “__ will kill!”
- “Whose voice is it you hear?”
- “That night there was music on my mind”
- “What you heard was a dream, and nothing more”
All I Ask of You (And Reprise)
- “Forget these wide-eyed fears”
- “My words will warm and calm you”
- “I’m here, with you, beside you”
- “Say you’ll love me every waking moment”
- “Promise me that all you say is true”
- “Share each day with me”
- “Anywhere you go, let me go too”
- “I must go-They’ll wonder where I am”
- “I gave you my music”
- “Now, how you’ve betrayed me”
La La Land Sentence Starters
“It’s pretty strange that we keep running into one another.”
“Write something that’s as interesting as you are. “
“I just heard you play and I want to…”
“How are you gonna be a revolutionary if you’re such a traditionalist? “
“Maybe it means something.”
“I got a callback!”
“Congratulations! That’s incredible!”
“I can take you. You know, for research.”
“It’s like a pipe dream.”
“This is the dream. It’s conflict and it’s compromise and it’s very, very exciting.”
“You’re fired.”
“Two options, you either follow my rules or you follow my rules, kapeesh?”
“I’m always gonna love you.”
“I guess I’ll see you in the movies.”
“Fuck ‘em!”
“You’re a barista/other job? I can see how you can look down on me from all the way up there.”
“What do you mean you don’t like jazz?”
“Here’s to the ones who dream, foolish as they may seem.”
“How about all for you and none for me?”
“Whatever. Tell yourself what you want to know.”
“Maybe I’m not good enough!”
“And you’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me. And if the best thing I get to do is love you in return, that makes me happier than I’ve ever been in my whole entire life.”