IND. TEDDY ALTMAN
WRITTEN BY ANGIE

❝ –– perhaps it’s true that things can change in a day. and when they do, those few dozen hours, like the salvaged remains of a burned house—the charred clock, the singed photograph, the scorched furniture—must be resurrected from the ruins and examined. and suddenly, they become the bleached bones of a story.
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               ғᴏxʟᴏʀᴇ // ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴀɴᴇ ᴡɪᴠᴇs // sᴇɴᴛᴇɴᴄᴇ sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇʀs // (ᴘᴀʀᴛ ɪɪ)

ᴄᴜʀsᴇs

  • “won’t you stay with me, my darling?”
  • “this house doesn’t feel like home.”
  • “the devil is after both of us.”
  • “i may fall apart.”
  • “a war’s starting in my heart.”

ᴛᴜʀɴ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪɢʜᴛs

  • “you don’t have to believe every single thought that tumbles through your head.”
  • “what good has ever come of this?”
  • “turn out the lights of your mind.”

ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢs

  • “i once loved a man who was all lips and hands.”
  • “i still feel his touch against my skin.”
  • “i don’t believe the pretty little things that you say.”
  • “i’ve heard a lot of pretty things.”
  • “don’t buy me flowers.”
  • “it pains me to watch pretty little things wilt away.”
  • “trust is something i make people earn.”
  • “maybe i’ve been ruined.”

ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʜᴏᴡ

  • “i am not brave.”
  • “i’ve been trying to drown it out.”
  • “i’m struggling to free myself.”

ɴᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʜᴏsᴛ

  • “my dear, there are secrets here.”
  • “if only i could break the chain of disappointments weighing me down.”
  • “you can’t see what’s out there ahead of you.”
  • “we collect mistakes and carry them home.”
  • “my fear is a ghost that leaves me haunted.”

ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀʀᴅᴇɴ

  • “i need you to bury this.”
  • “they’re laughing at my expense.”
  • “there are lies i could have told instead.”
  • “there’s a darkness in my heart.”




              ғᴏxʟᴏʀᴇ // ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴀɴᴇ ᴡɪᴠᴇs // sᴇɴᴛᴇɴᴄᴇ sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇʀs // (ᴘᴀʀᴛ ɪ)

ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ᴀʟʟ

  • “happy is the man who wants for nothing.”
  • “do you ever feel nothing at all?”
  • “i long to feel nothing.”

ɪ ᴛᴀʟᴋ ɪɴ ᴍʏ sʟᴇᴇᴘ

  • “you’re dreaming dreams that have nothing to do with me.”
  • “i talk in my sleep.”
  • “my demons won’t let me be.”
  • “they twist the things i say.”
  • “i will finally say that i am not okay.”

ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪᴠᴇʀ

  • “i’ve been wishing that you would prove me wrong.”
  • “you stole my faith in you.”
  • “you’ve got no reason to.”
  • “it ain’t easy to just move on.”
  • “what about the rest of us?”
  • “how do i tell you when it gets to be too much?”
  • “you were never the one to suffer.”
  • “i’ve heard that you’re leaving town.”

ʀɪʙs

  • “how lucky we are.”
  • “i’ll never be moved by the words of a liar.”
  • “the dark doesn’t frighten me.”
  • “i chose to close my eyes.”
  • “oh, my precious child.”

ᴄᴀɴ’ᴛ ɢᴏ ʙᴀᴄᴋ

  • “it’s time to be more forgiving of yourself.”
  • “leave the rest behind.”
  • “all the self-loathing in the world won’t change a thing.”
  • “you can’t go back, darling.”
  • “the time has come for moving on.”
  • “you’ve got to carry on.”
  • “you and i will learn to be okay.”






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