hopebuild:

altered carbon sentence starters. episode one && two.  feel free to change pronouns and details if necessary !! 

• ❝  don’t trust anything. ❞
  
• ❝  let experience wash over you. ❞
  
• ❝  expect nothing. only then can you be prepared for anything. ❞
  
• ❝  who cares? we’re getting paid. ❞
  
• ❝  have you always been such an asshole? ❞
  
• ❝  the only way you’ll learn is by watching, so watch. ❞
  
• ❝  you’ll be fine. ❞
  
• ❝  i think i’m gonna be sick.

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• ❝  what the fuck?  is that normal?

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• ❝  you almost fucking killed me, man. ❞
  
• ❝  make them remember. ❞
  
• ❝  you had to go be a dick. ❞ 
  
• ❝  some people just need killing. ❞ 
  
• ❝  that’s a little vague. ❞ 
  
• ❝  where did you get this? ❞ 
  
• ❝  some things can’t be bought. ❞ 
  
• ❝  no one has that kind of power.

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• ❝  stop obsessing. ❞ 
  
• ❝  there’s nothing to be afraid of. ❞ 
  
• ❝  who’s fucking afraid? i’m not afraid. ❞ 
  
• ❝  i need to show you something. ❞ 
  
• ❝  what’s your excuse? ❞ 
  
• ❝  are you a moron or just an asshole? ❞ 
  
• ❝  i just want one thing to go right today. ❞ 
  
• ❝  you know. it’s… it’s about the details. ❞ 
  
• ❝  people like you are still stupid. ❞ 
  
• ❝  i was wrong about you, [name]. ❞ 
  
• ❝  i don’t know how to be in this world without you. ❞
  
• ❝  there’s more here than you’re willing to see. ❞
  
• ❝  never. you hear me? not ever. ❞
• ❝  no matter how tranquil the world seems, peace doesn’t last long. ❞
  
• ❝  she’s not our problem. ❞
  
• ❝  war is the only thing we really understand. ❞
  
• ❝  ah, for fuck’s sake. ❞
  
• ❝  that’s disappointing. ❞
  
• ❝  let me know if [name] goes anywhere. ❞
  
• ❝  don’t thank me. just stop. ❞
  
• ❝  i’m sure he’ll understand. ❞
  
• ❝  how tasteful. ❞
  
• ❝  you want answers, they come with questions attached. ❞
  
• ❝  all this trust is just making me tear up. ❞
  
• ❝  don’t threaten me again. ❞
  
• ❝  they’re not like us, [name]. ❞
  
• ❝  i was worried. ❞
  
• ❝   sooner or later, somebody’s gonna have to tell her the truth. ❞
  
• ❝  i’ll never see her again, not even to say goodbye. ❞
  
• ❝  do you know what that’s like? ❞
  
• ❝  violence is almost always, in one way or another, personal. ❞
  
• ❝  well, you didn’t answer. ❞
  
• ❝  i got drunk to celebrate. ❞
  
• ❝  technology advances. but humans don’t. ❞
  
• ❝  what the hell is wrong with you? ❞
  
• ❝  you gotta get out more, [name]. ❞
  
• ❝  you’re just gonna leave? ❞
  
• ❝  i thought it would give me a moment of peace. ❞
  
• ❝  i should’ve known better. ❞
  
• ❝  you’re not supposed to have that. ❞
  
• ❝  me and [name] have been best friend forever. ❞
  
• ❝  i’m devastated. ❞
  
• ❝  you’re better off alone. ❞
  
• ❝  this is my place. i’m staying. ❞
  
• ❝  if it was me, what would you do? ❞ 
  
• ❝  you’re worth more than that. ❞ 
  
• ❝  you can’t possibly think i’m that stupid. ❞ 
  
• ❝  i’m too tired to do the paperwork. ❞ 
  
• ❝  you wanna know why? because i’m capable of almost anything. ❞ 
  

• ❝  when i get there, i’ll let you know. ❞

• ❝  i’ll be right next to you. ❞

• ❝  how about, fuck no? ❞

• ❝  there’s someone waiting for you. ❞

• ❝ 

  i’m afraid i had no choice in the matter. ❞

• ❝  sometimes, complexity can be exhausting. ❞ 
  
• ❝  you fascinate me. ❞ 
  
• ❝  you’re everything this world has lost. ❞ 
  
• ❝  why would i be nervous? ❞
  
• ❝  i’ve done terrible things. ❞
  
• ❝  please forgive me. ❞
  
• ❝  sometimes, surrender can be as savage as any attack. ❞