A Beautiful Mind (Sentence Starters)
βImagine 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?β
βI need to believe that something extraordinary is possible.β
βIβve gotten used to ignoring them, and I think, as a result, theyβve kind of given up on me.β
βIβm only here tonight because of you.β
βI still see things that are not here, I just choose not to acknowledge them.β
βYou are exceptionally odd.β
β____, does our relationship warrant long term commitment? I need some kind of proof, some kind of verifiable, empirical data.β
βThey are my past. Everyone is haunted by their past.β
βYour comfort comes second to my ability to hear my own voice.β
βYour solution is elegant, though ultimately incorrect.β
βIβm sorry, just give me a minute to redefine my girlish notions of romance.β
βClasses will dull your mind, destroy the potential for authentic creativity.β
βI didnβt think you were listeningβ¦β
βI was wondering, ____, if I could take you to dinner. You do eat, donβt you?β
βNothingβs ever for sure, ____. Thatβs the only sure thing I do know.β
βItβs the only way I will ever distinguish myself, itβs the only way I will ever matter.β
βHow big is the universe?β
βShe never gets old! ____ canβt be real: she never gets old!β
βIn competitive behavior, someone always loses.β
βDespite my privileged upbringing, Iβm actually quite well-balanced: I have a chip on both shoulders.β
βMaybe I have to think about going back to the hospital.β
βHow about it, ____? You scared?β
βMathematics is never going to lead you to higher truth, and you know why? Because itβs boring!β
βIt looks like you won after all.β
βThatβs not my problem and itβs not your problem. Itβs their problem.β
βYou canβt come up with a formula to change the way you experience the world.β
β____ is an idiot. But unfortunately, that doesnβt make him wrong.β
βMan is capable of as much atrocity as he has imagination.β
βWell, I met a girl/boy.β
βWho are you talking to? Tell me who you see.β
βYou are the only reason I am. You are all my reasons.β
βI 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.β
βYour answers are not on that wall, theyβre out there.β
βContrary to all probabilities, she finds me attractive on a number of different levels.β
βYou canβt reason your way out of this!β
βI am always suspicious of new people. Now that I know youβre real: who are you and what can I do for you?β
βThere has to be a mathematical explanation for how bad that tie is.β
βI canβt fail, this is all I am.β
βIs my roommate a dick?β
βYour mind is where the problem is in the first place.β
βListen, if we canβt break the ice, howΒ βbout we drown it?β
βThey were wrong, ____. No one wins.β
βYou want to know whatβs real? This. This is real.β
βI need to get something done, I canβt keep staring into space.β
βMaybe try again tomorrow.β
βThereβs no point in being nuts if you canβt have a little fun.β
βMaybe you want to buy me a drink.β
βYou have no respect for cognitive reverie, you know that?β
βI donβt 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.β
βGood morning, eager young minds.β
βGod must be a painter. Why else would we have so many colors?β
βAre you going to slap me now?β
βI bet youβre very popular with girls/boys.β
βwhen did you last eat? You know, food?β
βI think thatβs what itβs like with all our dreams and our nightmares; weβve got to keep feeding them for them to stay alive.β
βPizzaβ¦ now, pizza I have enormous respect for. And of course beer.β
βHow do you know for sure?β
βPerhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart.β
βI 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.β
βI donβt know for sure, I just believe it.β
βWhat kind of hell would that be?β