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Prompt ideas
Taken from musewithin @LJ


1. Love is a battlefield

2. If you could relive one moment in your past and had the ability to change it. Would you? Why or why not.

3. "To marry once is a duty, twice a folly, thrice is madness." -Dutch Proverb

4. "Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while." -The Princess Bride

5. Love of two is one
Here but now they're gone
Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear she couldn't go on
Then the door was open and the wind appeared
The candles blew then disappeared
The curtains flew then he appeared...saying don't be afraid
Come on baby...and she had no fear
And she ran to him...then they started to fly
They looked backward and said goodbye...she had become like they are
She had taken his hand...she had become like they are
Come on baby...don't fear the reaper

- Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper


6. I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see

Dust in the wind, All we are is dust in the wind

Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, all your money won't another minute buy

Dust in the wind, All we are is dust in the wind

- Kansas - Dust in the Wind

7. In the game of seduction, There is only one rule: Never fall in love. - Cruel Intentions

8. Life, the Universe and Everything.

9. Victims — aren't we all... - The Crow

10. Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it. - Don Marquis

1. Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart. - Lois McMaster Bujold, "Memory", 1996

12. It only hurts when I breathe, cause every breath is you.

13. To save a Life in defeat, is to receive Victory and Honor. - Best of the Best (movie)

14. Humankind cannot stand very much reality. - T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)

15. Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment. - Andre Maurois (1885 - 1967)

16. "Have you ever been fishing? The bait always dies." ~ Taking Lives

17. "I'm playing the villain baby. Just like you want." ~ Girl Interrupted

18. You can get more with a smile and a gun than you can with just a smile. - Al Capone

19. I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work. ~ Thomas Edison

20. If all pulled in one direction, the world would keel over. ~ Yiddish proverb

21. When I first saw you..
I was afraid to meet you..
When I first met you..
I was afraid to kiss you..
When I first kissed you..
I was afraid to love you..
But now that I love you..
I'm afraid to lose you..

22. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out. ~ Anton Chekhov

23. Si vis pacem, para bellum. If you want peace, prepare for war. ~ The Punisher

24. It doesn't matter if you're not perfect. You will be. ~ Disturbing Behavior

25. In the long-run we are all dead. ~ John Maynard Keynes

26. If tomorrow you die what is important to accomplish today?

27. I wanna be numb
I don't wanna feel this pain no more
Wanna lose touch
I just wanna go and lock the door
I don't wanna think
I don't wanna feel nothing
I wanna be numb
I just wanna be
Wanna be numb

- Pet Shop Boys "Numb"

28. I'm falling into a world of darkness
Trapped in your embrace
Slowly I reach up to caress your face
Then I remember yet again
That you're not here
And never have been
You are my fantasy
Something I just can't see
Always wishing once again
That you were in my arms
Where you've never been

- Feline Max's writing

29. "I would keep my promise. I would help those that others wouldn't. I would seek justice... one way or another." ~ Matt Murdock ("Daredevil")

30. You do not choose your destiny, it chooses you. And those that knew you before Fate took you by the hand cannot understand the depth of the changes inside. They cannot fathom how much you stand to lose in failure...that you are the instrument of flawless Design. And all of life may hang in the balance. The hero learns quickly who can comprehend and who merely stands in your way. ~ Mohinder ("Heroes")

31. If I do this for you, you're still my enemy in the morning. - Achilles (Movie: Troy)

32. I will not die easily. I am a warrior. - Atreyu (Movie: The Neverending Story)

33. She will love you through all the lies
She will love you through your disguise
She will love you through your demise
And sing our lives forever,
Sing our lives together, won't you?

- Aiden - She will Love You

34. Pain is just nature's way of saying "Hey! You're alive!" ~ Ares (Hercules Legendary Journey/Xena Warrior Princess)

35. You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it. ~ J M Barrie

36. "All right, son-of-a-bitch, it's just you and me" ~ Harry Stamper (Armageddon)

37. If you could have anything... a person, place or thing... doesn't matter what and not have to worry about giving it up or giving it back. What would it be?

38. Picture Prompt: Coastline

39. In your time of need who will you turn to?

40. Picture Prompt: Blood Moon

41. I'll die with honor as a warrior than with dishonor as a traitor.

42. Telekinesis, telepathy, synchronicity. Just because you don't see something, doesn't mean it isn't real. ~ Ian Nottingham (Witchblade)

43. It's survival of the fittest and you're the last one standing. What now?

44. Lonely Road

45. "We are all, at our cores, the sum of our fears. To embrace Destiny we must, inevitably, face those fears and conquer them, whether they come from the familiar, or the unknown." ~ Mohinder Suresh ("Heroes")

46. I used to be a heavy gambler. But now I just make mental bets. That's how I lost my mind. ~ Steve Allen

47. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. - John Barrymore

48. My one regret in life is that I am not someone else. - Woody Allen

49. I swear I didn't...

50. If it starts with revenge... how will it end?

51. "Burgundy makes you think of silly things, Bordeaux makes you talk of them, and Champagne makes you do them." - Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

52. "Water taken in moderation cannot hurt anybody." - Mark Twain

53. Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees. ~ William Cowper

54. Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option

55. "You better not. I'd really hate to have to teach you a lesson in manners around this mansion. Things go only one way and way one alone. I don't tolerate weakness in this home." ~ Angelus (based from RP)

56. Some advice, okay? Just don't point your fuckin' finger at crazy people! ~ Lisa Rowe (Girl, Interrupted)

57. Sex is only dirty if it's done right. ~ Woody Allen

58. If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it? ~ Albert Einstein

59. Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. - Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)

60. To err is human; to forgive is simply not our policy - MIT Assasination Club slogan

61. Men, chocolate, and coffee are all better rich.

62. "There are people I would take a bullet for and people I would like to put a bullet in." ---Benji (Good Charlotte)

63. If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear? - Confucius

64. A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account. - W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Moon and Sixpence

65. If your number one goal is to make sure that everyone likes and approves of you, then you risk sacrificing your uniqueness and, therefore, your excellence. - Anonymous

66. Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance? - Edgar Bergen

67. Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization. - Bo Bennett

68. All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it. - HL Mencken

69. An argument is the longest distance between two points of view. - Dan Bennett

70. Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better. - George Santayana

71. Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.... - Yoda

72. When you come to a fork in the road...take it. - Yogi Berra

73. “You think I'm gonna let you ruin it all?” ~ Sylar

74. You get a call in the middle of the night... Who is it? And why are they calling?

75. The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one. - Honore de Balzac

76. The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
- George Bernard Shaw

77. Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain. - William Faulkner

78. Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
for my unconquerable soul.

- Invictus, William Ernest Henley

79. "Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'Where did I go wrong ?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night'." — Charlie Brown.

80. "On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key." — Scott Adams.

81. Picture Prompt

82. There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness. - Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)

83. Have the courage to live. Anyone can die. ~ Robert Cody

84. “One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things go, and duct tape to make them stop.” ~ G. Weilacher

85. "It goes like this, see: If it's trying to kill you, it's a threat." ~ Doom (Said by Duke)

86. The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums. - GK Chesterton


Taken from ourplace @ LJ

1. Ghosts.
2. I wish I never told ________ about _______
3. Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it.
4. "No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous." - Henry Brooke Adams
5. "Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions." - Woody Allan

6. Someday somehow
I'm gonna make it alright
But not right now - Nickelback (Someday)
7. I never found the words to say
You're the one I think about each day
And I know no matter where love takes me to
A part of me will always be with you - S Club 7 (Never had a dream come true)
8. So stay sweetly numb
Remain lifeless, love. - AFI (Affliction)
9. "What a beautiful wedding!, What a beautiful wedding!" says a bridesmaid to a waiter.
"Oh yes, but what a shame, what a shame, the poor groom's bride is a whore." - Panic at the Disco (I write Sins not tragedies)
10. The postcard that you wrote with a stupid little note
Something wasn't quite right about it
It smelt like cheap perfume and it didn't smell like you
There is no way you can get around it - Avril Lavigne (Everything back but you)

1. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again. - Achilles (Troy)


2. “Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't” ~ Oskar Shindler

3. “There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.” ~ Josh Groban

4. “I just broke up with someone and the last thing she said to me was "You'll never find anyone like me again!" I'm thinking, "I should hope not! If I don't want you, why would I want someone like you."”

5. “Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.” ~ James Dean

6. Will I ever smile again
When loosing love takes my best friend
To wonder where, wonder how
Wonder what you're doing
One more night just before you break me
Hold me safely
- Little Big Town, Stay

7. I’m not paralyzed
But, I seem to be struck by you
I want to make you move
- Finger Eleven, Paralyzer

8. Don't shoot me Santa Clause!
I've been a clean living boy.
I promise you,
did every little thing you asked me too.
I can't believe the things I'm going through.
Don't shoot me Santa Clause!
For no one else around believes me.
For the children on the block they tease me,
And I couldn't let 'em off that easy.
- The Killers, Don't Shoot Me Santa

9. It's time to forget about the past
To wash away what happened last
Hide behind an empty face
Don't ask too much, just say
'Cause this is just a game
- 30 Seconds To Mars, A Beautiful Life

10. All you have to do is close your eyes
And just reach out your hands and touch me
Hold me close don't ever let me go
More than words is all I ever needed you to show
Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me
Cos I'd already know
- Extreme, More Than Words

1. All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl. ~ Jean-Luc Godard

2. The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. ~ Joseph Conrad

3. Where there is great love there are always miracles. ~ Willa Cather

4. I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do. ~ Helen Keller

5. When there is no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth. ~ Dawn of the Dead (1978) by George Romero

6. I learned the hard way
that they all say things you want to hear
and my heavy heart sinks deep down under you and
your twisted words,
your help just hurts
you are not what I thought you were
hello to high and dry
Convinced me to please you
made me think that I need this too
I'm trying to let you hear me as I am
- Sara Bareilles, Love Song

7. You knew you were lost
But you carried on anyway
Oh come on now
You knew you had no time
But you let the day drift away
- Editors, The Racing Rats

8. He's the one they call Dr. Feelgood
He's the one that makes ya feel alright
He's the one they call Dr. Feelgood
He's gonna be your Frankenstein I've got one thing you'll understand
He's not what you'd call a glamorous man
Got one thing that's easily understood
He's the one they call Dr. Feelgood
- Motley Crue, Dr. Feelgood

9. Tell me the story, tell me the legend
Tell me the tales of war
Tell me just one time,
What it was like before
Bring me the feeling, right in that moment
When a heart for battle cries
Find me the treasure where the legend lies.
- Europe, Ninja

10. You're thinking up your white lies
You're putting on your bedroom eyes
You say you're coming home but you won't say when
But I can feel it coming
If you leave tonight keep running
And you need never look back again.
- REO Speedwagon, Take It On The Run



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