The Last of Us sentence starters
Taken from both the TV show and all video games. Send one for my muse's response. Feel free to change pronouns as needed.
"I've struggled a long time with survivin', but no matter what you have to find something to fight for"
“So you went from teacher to preacher; because what? It fuckin' rhymes?”
"You live in a broken world that you could have saved."
"That is... a hat on a dinosaur."
"There are a million ways we should’ve died before today, and a million ways we can die before tomorrow."
“But she gets to live...”
"I would do it all over again."
"That's gotta be hard. Leaving all of your stuff behind like that."
"Now get the fuck out of my town."
"We let you both live and you wasted it."
"To the edge of the universe and back, endure and survive..."
"It's called luck and it's gonna to run out."
"Everyone I have cared for has either died, or left me. Everyone ... fucking except for you! So don't tell me that I would be safer with someone else, because the truth is I would just be more scared."
"The only people who betray us are the ones we trust."
“Hello? Anyone? Cure for mankind here!”
"I don't ever want to see your goddamn face again."
“I can make it quick or I can make it so much worse.”
"I was never afraid before you showed up"
"I walked in to my sister's room and slipped on her bra. It was a booby trap."
"After years of wandering in circles, we’re about to come home, make a difference, and bring the human race back into control of its own destiny."
"It wasn't time that did it."
"Every bad feeling… Your palms sweating, your heart racing… They're all signs you're actually stronger."
"Light on the reading, but it has some good photos."
"That was lame. You're lame."
"Those were your fucking people!"
"Well, here's your chance to bring your kid into a better world."
"Hearing them talk, it's good to know they're scared of you."
"A bad reputation doesn't mean you're bad."
"I was supposed to die in that hospital."
"If I were ever to lose you, I'd surely lose myself."
"I mean it's why you took off on me, right? To make up for the things we did."
“I'm just a girl. Not a threat.”
"You have no idea what loss is."
"If you lie to me one more time, I'm gone."
"I'm sorry for getting older faster than you."
"Our luck had to run out sooner or later."
"I had a sixty-foot yacht."
"We're not murderers. We just survive."
"I guess you can't outrun your past"
"You mattered to me first."
"Okay, one more. What do you get when you cross an angry sheep and a mad cow? An animal that's in a baaaa-ad mooooo-ood."
"Well, maybe in all that research they turned into fucking monkeys."
"Once upon a time, I had somebody that I cared about. It was a partner. Somebody I had to look after. And in this world, that sort of shit's good for one thing: Gettin' ya killed."
"Bomb this city and everyone in it."
"Why are these pages stuck together?"
"It doesn't matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery."
"No, fuck you! You handcuffed me!"
"I dreamt about flying the other night."
"I've lost something. I'm failing in my sleep."
"I think they should be terrified of you."
"All the promises at sundown. I meant them like the rest."
"Think I'd let you do this on your own?"
"And just so we’re clear about back there, it was either him or me "
"Lets wait it out. You know we....we can be all poetic and lose our minds together."
"So... why don't you fix one these cars?"
"People are making apocalypse jokes like there's no tomorrow... Too soon."
"What is the downside to eating a clock?"
"Holy moly. I guess this is what these buildings look like up close. They're so damn tall! So, what happened here?"
"You think I can still handle things, but I'm not who I was."
"I believe that everything happens for a reason."
"Why don't you say whatever speech you have rehearsed and get this over with."
"Just one peaceful night; a clean conscience…all gone…"
"Drugs. I see hardcore drugs."
"Let's see, scorpions are pretty creepy. Ummm, being by myself. I'm scared of ending up alone. What about you?"
"I don't want to be a burden."
"I don't want to lose you."
"What did the green grape say to the purple grape? Breathe, you idiot!"
"I'm gonna find... and I'm gonna kill... every last one of them."
"My friends' problem are my problems."
“It's called a hatosaur.”
"I got one for you. What's the quietest animal on a farm? A Shhhhhh-eeep. When you're older, you're going to have a deep appreciation for these jokes."
"I worry. Just... let me see her. Please."
"Whoa! How the - how the hell would you even walk around with that thing?"
"Arby's didn't give free lunches."
"You're such an asshole!"
"You're lucky you're still drawing breath! That was plan A, B, all the way to fucking Z!"
"I don't think I can ever forgive you for that."
"You don't think he got what he deserved?"
"Well, you're a burden now, aren't you?"
“’80s means trouble. Code broken.”
"Yeah, well try not to let your guard down."
"After all we've been through. Everything that I've done. It can't be for nothing."
"That ain't the hard part."
"We did those things. And they weren't things. We murdered people."
"We've got a family now. She doesn't get to be more important than that."
