An ode to internet shakespeares
I mostly don't remember where I picked these up from. Most of them are from the time I lurked on tumblr though. If you find something that's yours, contact me, and I'll add attributions. Cheers!
- They'd only ever bury you 3 feet under because you're half the man.
- You kneel before my throne unaware it is born on lies.
- Too many people have opinions on things they know nothing about.
- I'll do anything for you. "Then perish."
- Take this gift, for the gods surely won't.
- He reached into his bag of talents, and verily it was found to be barren.
- One day you'll decompose, and I'll be there to watch it happen.
- The bar was so low it was practically a tripping hazard in Hell, yet here you are, limbo dancing with the devil.
- Become the dirt I walk on.
- It is said wisdom is gained through suffering. And tonight I intend to make you very wise.
- Any effort you make towards hurting me will result in pain from the disappointment of the realization that your efforts are meaningless.
- We both looked into the abyss but when it looked back at us, only you blinked.
- Pick a god and pray.
- If you can't blow them away with your brilliance, baffle them with your bullshit.
- if you can't be a good example, be a horrifying warning.
- Has the rot inside your soul spread so far you cannot find value in anything not spoken in numbers?
- I beg to differ. "Then beg."
- Close your eyes and imagine yourself being a more likeable person, and then open them and weep.
- I have no idea what I'm doing and you can't stop me.
- Having a window seat in the clown car doesn't stop you from being a clown.
- Can I have your brain for study? "Sure, if you could kill me you can have it. I wonder what you'd find."
- If you go to the circus for news don't complain if the clown tells it to you.
- I'd rather die a fool than live a coward.
- You asked for this punishment. Do not come grovelling at our feet when you receive what you desired.
- You are a prisoner to preconceived notions and societal norms. The cell door is open and you choose to stay inside.
- It is not my responsibility to rescue you from your self-imposed quarantine from humanity.
- Legitimacy is a circus that requires you to convince others of what already is.
- I regret to inform you that the house of mirrors you have erected is not a home.
- The version of me you created in your mind is not my responsibility.
- Just because you have the balcony seats and I'm in the pit doesn't mean I'm any less excited for the show.
- Even the gutter stares at the stars.
- Does water have to substantiate itself to the tongue?
- My dignity is not up for debate. I know myself, and not only is that enough, it is everything.
- Trauma did not make me kind. It made me angry, vulnerable, and scared. I made myself kind.
- If no art makes you feel anything, then make your own art and feel something.
- You bury a seed not because it looks nice in the dirt, but because the limbs look nice in the sky.
- I look at the stars even when I know I'll never get there.
- It's unfair how much space you take in my head even though you don't think of me at all.
- It may not be that deep, but the ground is soft and I'm ready to dig.
- The big picture is made of brush strokes.
- Violence for violence is the rule of the beasts.
- History is littered with the dry, indistinguishable bones of your philosophy.
- All these moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
- I'm tired of life and its obscure sufferings.
- You can't change nature. Change is nature.
- Between a war and peace lies the unreachable ideal of perfection.
- God may judge you but his sins outnumber your own.
- If you can't be a good example, be a horrifying warning.
- I am a monument to all your sins.
- To become god is the loneliest achievement of them all.
- You can't kill me in a way that matters.
- People say phase as if impermanence means insignificance.
- Curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back.
- The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.
- The fruits of the earth do not exist to be worth something to us.
- That's the problem with gods, their pleasure and their wrath look about the same.
- The only truth that the liar ever said was that lies don't save you. Don't become the liar who has to pass this wisdom on, because they speak from experience.
- Betrayal committed in good intentions are still damning.
- Why would you blame the people reaching for heaven instead of the god that cursed them?
- The world wouldn't shrink to your size just because you lack the depth to understand it.
- What am I without you? "Yourself."