A Beautiful Mind (Sentence Starters)
“Imagine if you suddenly learned that the people, the places, the moments most important to you were not gone, not dead, but worse, had never been. What kind of hell would that be?”
“I need to believe that something extraordinary is possible.”
“I’ve gotten used to ignoring them, and I think, as a result, they’ve kind of given up on me.”
“I’m only here tonight because of you.”
“I still see things that are not here, I just choose not to acknowledge them.”
“You are exceptionally odd.”
“____, does our relationship warrant long term commitment? I need some kind of proof, some kind of verifiable, empirical data.”
“They are my past. Everyone is haunted by their past.”
“Your comfort comes second to my ability to hear my own voice.”
“Your solution is elegant, though ultimately incorrect.”
“I’m sorry, just give me a minute to redefine my girlish notions of romance.”
“Classes will dull your mind, destroy the potential for authentic creativity.”
“I didn’t think you were listening…”
“I was wondering, ____, if I could take you to dinner. You do eat, don’t you?”
“Nothing’s ever for sure, ____. That’s the only sure thing I do know.”
“It’s the only way I will ever distinguish myself, it’s the only way I will ever matter.”
“How big is the universe?”
“She never gets old! ____ can’t be real: she never gets old!”
“In competitive behavior, someone always loses.”
“Despite my privileged upbringing, I’m actually quite well-balanced: I have a chip on both shoulders.”
“Maybe I have to think about going back to the hospital.”
“How about it, ____? You scared?”
“Mathematics is never going to lead you to higher truth, and you know why? Because it’s boring!”
“It looks like you won after all.”
“That’s not my problem and it’s not your problem. It’s their problem.”
“You can’t come up with a formula to change the way you experience the world.”
“____ is an idiot. But unfortunately, that doesn’t make him wrong.”
“Man is capable of as much atrocity as he has imagination.”
“Well, I met a girl/boy.”
“Who are you talking to? Tell me who you see.”
“You are the only reason I am. You are all my reasons.”
“I arrived last night, right in time for English Department cocktails. The cock was mine, the tail belonged to a lovely young thing with a passion for D.H. Lawrence.”
“Your answers are not on that wall, they’re out there.”
“Contrary to all probabilities, she finds me attractive on a number of different levels.”
“You can’t reason your way out of this!”
“I am always suspicious of new people. Now that I know you’re real: who are you and what can I do for you?”
“There has to be a mathematical explanation for how bad that tie is.”
“I can’t fail, this is all I am.”
“Your mind is where the problem is in the first place.”
“Listen, if we can’t break the ice, how ‘bout we drown it?”
“They were wrong, ____. No one wins.”
“You want to know what’s real? This. This is real.”
“I need to get something done, I can’t keep staring into space.”
“Maybe try again tomorrow.”
“There’s no point in being nuts if you can’t have a little fun.”
“Maybe you want to buy me a drink.”
“You have no respect for cognitive reverie, you know that?”
“I don’t exactly know what I am required to say in order for you to have intercourse with me. But could we assume that I said all that. I mean essentially we are talking about fluid exchange right? So could we go just straight to the sex.“
“Good morning, eager young minds.”
“God must be a painter. Why else would we have so many colors?”
“Are you going to slap me now?”
“I bet you’re very popular with girls/boys.”
“when did you last eat? You know, food?”
“I think that’s what it’s like with all our dreams and our nightmares; we’ve got to keep feeding them for them to stay alive.”
“Pizza… now, pizza I have enormous respect for. And of course beer.”
“How do you know for sure?”
“Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart.”
“I find you attractive. Your aggressive moves toward me indicate that you feel the same way. But still, ritual requires that we continue with a number of platonic activities before we have sex.”
“I don’t know for sure, I just believe it.”
“What kind of hell would that be?”
