nine perfect strangers sentence starters
β damn it, did you do that on purpose? β
β i was just having a quiet moment of despair. β
β iβll see you soon, orβ¦. or never again. β
β you know, for what itβs worth, iβm not a tragic person. β
β you know, uhh, i almost didnβt come. β
β i donβt want to suffer. β
β i am perfectly willing to shut up. iβm a chronically loquacious person, and if you let me talk long enough, i always seem to find the poop and step right in it. β
β oh, iβm just your run-of-the-mill asshole. β
β does any of this feel random to you? β
β my story isβ¦ i died. β
β who do you think youβre kidding? iβve become a punchline. β
β itβs incredible youβre still single. β
β no, iβm fine. i just, ummβ¦ just a little panic attack. they come and go. β
β we complement each otherβs demons. β
β i know women like you. youβre so driven and youβre so committed to perfection that youβre not even human anymore. β
β i didnβt come here to open a vein. β
β iβd like to talk to you in private, if i may. β
β are you happy with your life? β
β you shouldnβt sneak up on people in the dark like that. β
β iβm not meditating, just despondently staring into the gaping void. β
β itβs the most wonderful feeling in the worldβ¦ to be seen. β
β thereβs only so much surrendering i can do. β
β as much as i love you, and i doβ¦ iβm angry. β
β i miss liking you. β
β who are you, really? β
β youβve got an excuse for everything. β
β this is definitely not a team. i mean, this is like the opposite of a team. β
β i received some disturbing messages. threats. β
β we are and we always will be profoundly and inextricably bound. β
β digging graves is not doing my back any favors. β
β think of the people who will mourn you. what do you want them to say about your life? β
β if i did die today, nobody would care. because iβm humiliated and i am alone, and itβs only gonna get worse. β
β why are you here? β
β iβm very good in bed. β
β take your hands off me. just take your fucking hands off me! β
β you have never stood where i stand. β
β iβm a one-trick pony that can no longer do her one trick. β
β can you trust me on this? β
β itβs scary, but like in a good way. β
β iβm so sorry. i donβt know why i said that out loud. β
β youβre a real dick. β
β seriously, babe, get yourself a vibrator. let off some steam. β
β itβs good that we challenge each other. it only makes us better, right? β
β your secretβs safe with me. β
β are you sure youβre okay to do this? β
β you shit-talking me, ____? β
β we carry on because we must, right? whatβs the alternative? β
β oh. youβre naked. okay. β
β you think youβre the only one who doesnβt like being dismissed? β
β what the fuck? are we on some kind of reality show or something? β
β everybody has a story. especially the people who claim otherwise. β
β how do you make your money? β
β do you really not think that youβre pretty? β
β i was just thinking i wish i could write this all down. β
β if i had known it was gonna be the last time, iβd have bothered to remember the details. β
β just take a breath. β
β well, thereβs your mistake right there, thinkinβ iβm a nice guy. β
β anything you wanna tell me? β
β iβ¦iβve been feeling unlike myself for the better part of today. β
β you know, you could go to jail for this. β
β i didnβt see it coming. β
β we all have secrets, ____. none of us are exactly how we appear, are we? β
β arenβt you even curious, like a little bit? β
β you can sleep on the couch tonight. β
β when you arrived, you were kind of a complete jackass. and i have witnessed you becomingβ¦ less complete in that area. β
β sometimes, even in the best marriages, people pretend. it takes a little denial on both sides. β
β can i show you something? β
β iβm smiling because youβre funny. β
β i donβt wanna see you. β
β you took that from me and i canβt get it back. β
β you can do better than that. β
β why canβt you be happy for me? β
β relationships, am i right? β
β the only reason i remember you at all is because your story is so pathetic. β
β we have shared history here. iβm just saying you can talk to me. β
β i killed him. he had a mother. he had a father, you know. i killed him. i made him dead.β
β this is too fast. β
β this is not about me. β
β why do you keep telling people we werenβt close? β
β iβm so lonely. i didnβt know what it felt like to be lonely, because i always had you. β
β youβre a fucking lunatic, you know that? β
β how do i even begin to say iβm sorry? β
β why is there oatmeal on my face? β
β i hear you told ____ to fuck off. β
β you think iβm the one sending you death threats? β
β i just think the world is a tough place for a kid right now. β
β i love this place. β
β thereβs just no going back, right? β
β iβve been numbing a lot of shit for a lot of years, and now here i am, facing it all, andβ¦ iβm not having the best time. β
β i wasnβt there when either of my kids were born. β
β i shouldβve never come to this place. β
β iβm not sure i want any of this bad enough, ____. iβm not gonna make it. β
β i know i donβt need to be worried about you. iβ¦ i want to. β
β why all the tears? whatβs wrong? β
β youβll meet someone new. because you are a vibrant, beautiful woman. β
β iβm just really grateful for you. β
β thatβs actually a good look on you. β
β what did you call me? β
β are you trying to kill me? β
β you actually seemed kind of mortal. like the rest of us. β
β you had a look on your face like you were gonna kiss me. β
β full disclosure, iβm a terrible kisser. β
β i think we should stick together. β
β i wanna believe this is real. please, let this be real. β
β i am sorry, but this needed to happen. β
β have you ever known me to lie? β
β i donβt think i can forgive that. β
β i donβt want to be complicit in this. β
β reason is no match for pain. β
β i fucking hate you! β
β what do you say we get out of here? β
β why are you holding my hand? β
β you donβt wanna just flip to the end of the book, do you? thatβs no fun. β
β i see myself for who i am now, which isβ¦ less, quite a bit less than what i was. β
β i was fearless, and now iβ¦ iβm justβ¦ iβm just afraid. β
β look around you. everybodyβs afraid. β
β you locked me in here. β
β are we leaving or not? β
β when someone seems so nice, andβ¦ and good, it turns out iβm always wrong. β
β i havenβt spoken to most of my family in years. β
β the people who should love me, they donβt even bother returning my calls. β
β iβve been more honest with you than anyone iβve ever met. β
β where would you go? β
β youβre very good at what you do, but youβre wrong. β
β youβre gonna leave me? β
β iβm done waiting. β
β i wasnβt gonna jump, if thatβs what youβre thinking. β
β i know iβm supposed to move forward. i get that. i just donβt want to. i wanna go backwards. β
β youβre not nearly as odd as you come off. i mean that nicely. β
β looks like the shitβs hitting the fan. β
β iβm so sorry about before. i wish i could say it wasnβt me, butβ¦ i can say that itβs not the me i love. β
β i donβt think itβs safe for me to be around you. β
β do you remember what you said? β
β i tend to babble when iβm nervous. β
β i donβt think youβre wrong. i think yourβ¦ your instinct that we donβt have a chance in hell is probably correct. β
β this is your chance to start anew. β
β let me out, please. please let me out! β
β itβs food for thought, isnβt it? β
β i probably would have been a shit dad, anyway. β
β you need to let go. β
β i thought we were gonna die. β
β weβre all gonna die, ____. just not today. β
β did you find what you were looking for? β