PROJECT HAIL MARY (2026) SENTENCE STARTERS
❛ Yeah, where, um, are the living people? ❜
❛ Well, joke’s on them because I don’t even care. ❜
❛ You’re running away because you’re scared. ❜
❛ I ride a bike to work, and it’s not for exercise. ❜
❛ The sun’s really dying, isn’t it? ❜
❛ It’s almost like you don’t care if I die. ❜
❛ The consensus here is that it would be preferable if you did not die. ❜
❛ You’re not gonna believe this. Nothing happened. ❜
❛ Just, uh, realizing I was wrong about the only original idea I ever had. ❜
❛ Thank you for your help. I’m glad you didn’t die. ❜
❛ I need people who think they’re right when everyone else thinks they’re wrong. ❜
❛ The world is counting on you. ❜
❛ Been a long time since I’ve taken a pill from a stranger without knowing what it was. ❜
❛ So you wanna build a near-light speed spaceship, have it travel further than any human-made object has ever traveled, and visit a star just to “see what’s up”? ❜
❛ And the astronauts die in space? ❜
❛ There are infinite possibilities for this to go wrong. It almost certainly won’t work. ❜
❛ The alternative is to just do nothing and to starve and to kill each other and watch everything on this planet go extinct, including us. ❜
❛ That’s a long time to be in space. ❜
❛ Nothing about this is safe. ❜
❛ I must have known you, but I just don’t remember. ❜
❛ First, I owe you three bags of vodka. ❜
❛ You deserve much more than this. ❜
❛ It could be a message. It could be a bomb. ❜
❛ Well, I guess there’s egg on both our faces, huh? ❜
❛ I’m wrong about everything and everything’s wrong. ❜
❛ You’re a long way from home. I’m a long way from home too. ❜
❛ I like what you’ve done with the gravity. ❜
❛ Thank you for what I hope is not handcuffs. ❜
❛ We’re here for the same reason. ❜
❛ If we’re gonna save our planets, we have to learn how to communicate. ❜
❛ You know, they say math is the universal language. ❜
❛ Jazz hands means “good”? ❜
❛ I’m sorry I’m talking so much. It’s just, I haven’t been around anyone in a long time. ❜
❛ I like to keep a wall up in my relationships anyways. ❜
❛ He’s kinda growing on me. At least he’s not growing in me, you know? Which was a concern for a little while. ❜
❛ So maybe we can help each other. ❜
❛ “Fist my bump”? No. It’s fist bump. ❜
❛ Hey, look, I’m seeing so many sides of you lately, and it’s great. Right now I’m seeing the underside of you. ❜
❛ So, we watch each other sleep. ❜
❛ Someone has to keep you safe. ❜
❛ I don’t have the bravery gene that you all have. ❜
❛ You just need to find someone to be brave for. ❜
❛ Dirty, dirty, dirty. Why room so messy, question? ❜
❛ Well, I wasn’t expecting company, was I? ❜
❛ That is the disco ball. That makes me happy. ❜
❛ We can’t just show up in a space ball unannounced and move into someone else’s spaceship. Right? ❜
❛ There has to be boundaries. ❜
❛ So I have a new roommate now. ❜
❛ He tells me what to do, he tells me why to do it, he tells me how to do it, he tells me when to do it. And then when I do it, he’s like, “What are you doing?” ❜
❛ Grumpy, angry, stupid. How long since last sleep, question? ❜
❛ Personal space is at a premium. ❜
❛ There’s no way you can hear me right now. ❜
❛ Too fast. Do puppet show. ❜
❛ There’s no harm in pretending for a little while. ❜
❛ What do you miss most about home? ❜
❛ You’re very mysterious. ❜
❛ Camaraderie helps them do their job, you know. Not so much me. ❜
❛ You think you’re gonna pull it off? ❜
❛ If ship not at precise angle and speed, we die! ❜
❛ This is a one-way ticket for me, pal. ❜
❛ Yeah, once we’re done, I’m … I’m gonna die. ❜
❛ I’ve made peace with it. ❜
❛ I didn’t mean any of that. That’s just something you say. ❜
❛ How do you know when the hug is done? ❜
❛ They have a great teacher. ❜
❛ Can you take a compliment please? ❜
❛ Oh, humor. Confusing. ❜
❛ Words of encouragement. ❜
❛ I don’t think there is gonna be a later. ❜
❛ I have an idea. First, no crash. Then, not explode. Deal? ❜
❛ I’m not an astronaut! I put the “not” in astronaut. ❜
❛ I’m not heroic in any way. ❜
❛ You’re smart. You’ll figure it out. ❜
❛ This might be very hard for you to understand, but some people are failures. Some people don’t rise to the challenge. ❜
❛ You’re missing out on an important part of the mission, which is the suicide part. ❜
❛ So, just so I’m clear, you’re asking me right now to give up my life. ❜
❛ I’ll watch you sleep, pal. But, uh you gotta wake up. ❜
❛ No pressure, but we did make a deal. ❜
❛ Is special clothing for celebration. ❜
❛ I understand that you think I’m the right person for this mission. But I can’t do it. ❜
❛ I’m sorry, but you just can’t talk me into it. ❜
❛ I’m not trying to talk you into anything. I am trying to make you understand what I’m about to do next. ❜
❛ You will be remembered as a hero. ❜
❛ This may seem like me betraying you, but it’s actually me believing in you. ❜
❛ Sure feels like you’re betraying me. ❜
❛ You know who you are. You’re gonna do great. ❜
❛ At least I never have to hear you say, “I told you so.” Even though you were right. ❜
