#starter sentences

• “Do you think I like hitting you?”
• “You’re pathetic; you’ll never do any better than me.”
• “I’m sorry, I’ll never do it again, just please don’t leave me.”
• “If you don’t get out of there he’s/she’s gonna kill you.”
• “Pick yourself up off the floor, you look ridiculous”
• “I can’t do this anymore; you’re not going to hurt me again.”
• “I’m sick of looking at you!”
• “Pass me your phone, I need to check you haven’t been talking to anyone else.”
• “You think I was cheating? I was visiting my family!”
• “When did it get this bad?”
• “That bruise looks awful, you can’t go out tomorrow.”
• “Who’s this? I bet you’re sleeping with them!”
• “You can’t wear that, it’s too revealing.”
• “I don’t care what your friends say, I think you’re worthless.”
• “Please… Please don’t hit me again.”
• “I’ll call the police!”
• “If that happens again I will leave you.”
• “Please don’t be angry…”
• “Stop throwing things!”
• “You’re not the man/woman I fell in love with!”
• “Speak to me like that again and I’ll show you how hard I can punch.”

• “Commitment is an act, not a word.”
• “Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.”
• “Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.”
• “If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.”
• “We must act out passion before we can feel it.”
• “Hell is other people.”
• “Life begins on the other side of despair.”
• “One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day.”
• “I hate victims who respect their executioners.”
• “When the rich wage war, it’s the poor who die.”
• “Three o’clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.”
• “Everything has been figured out, except how to live.”
• “A lost battle is a battle one thinks one as lost.”
• “One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life.”
• “Words are loaded pistols.”
• “I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.”
• “As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.”
• “Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.”
• “Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.”
• “I’m going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become.”
• “Better to die on one’s feet than to live on one’s knees.”
• “We are our choices.”
• “There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.”
• “She believed in nothing. Only her scepticism kept her from being an atheist.”
• “In love, one and one are one.”
• “Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.”
• “Existence is an imperfection.”
• “I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.”
• “To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.”
• “Some of these days, oh, you’ll miss me honey.”

tender (loving care) starters: volume ii

starter sentences focused on softness, kindness, and caring for another (injured) person!
feel free to change tenses, pronouns, etc. as you like!
content warnings: swearing

• ❝ it’s not as bad as it looks. ❞
• ❝ you’re looking a lot better now. ❞
• ❝ you had a rough start, but you’re improving each day. ❞
• ❝ i’ll be with you every step of the way. i hope you know that. ❞
• ❝ calm down, do you want to reopen your wounds? ❞
• ❝ how the fuck did you manage to do this!? nevermind. let me help you. ❞
• ❝ we’re in this together. you hurt, i hurt. ❞
• ❝ here, it’s easier to get patched up with a second set of hands. ❞
• ❝ i’ve got the gift of healing. and you’re the one i want to use that gift for most of all. ❞
• ❝ i know, i know. it’s rough. but you’re going to get through this. ❞
  
• ❝ failure isn’t final. it’s a lesson. give yourself time to heal, then you can try again. ❞
• ❝ don’t get discouraged! we’ll take a break, heal up, and then try again. ❞
• ❝ for what it’s worth: i’ve seen worse. ❞
• ❝ you think you look bad? i saw the other person. you fucked them up good! ❞
• ❝ take pride, you’ll have stories to tell when your wounds become scars. ❞
• ❝ if i know you half as well as i think i do: this was bound to happen. you really do like to go all in. ❞
• ❝ if this happens again, don’t fight. run. come to me! i’ll handle it. ❞
• ❝ next time you’re in trouble, take me along yeah? ❞
• ❝ this’ll sting, but it’ll help. ❞
• ❝ let me get more pillows, maybe that’ll help! ❞
• ❝ i’m not going to ask how you managed this. but i’m going to help fix it. ❞
• ❝ i wish you told me sooner. now it’s a lot worse. but, i’m still glad you told me at all. we’ll figure this out. ❞
• ❝ you know, you’d be a lot better off if you let someone close enough to help you. ❞
• ❝ here: eat/drink this. it tastes like shit, but it’ll help with the worst of the pain. ❞
• ❝ let me hold you. cry if you must. ❞

first time meetings & icebreakers: volume iii

starter sentences for first time meetings!
feel free to change the tenses/pronouns/etc. as you like!
content warnings: smoking (mentioned), swearing

• ❝ hi! i’m [name]. looks like we’re roommates! ❞
• ❝ i guess we’re working this job together. well, i’m [name].❞
• ❝ it’s been a while since i worked with anybody! you got a name? ❞
• ❝ well? you gonna just stand there? help me out here! ❞
• ❝ oh, wow! can i pet your [animal/creature]? ❞
• ❝ do you have the time? ❞
• ❝ you got any idea what’s going on here? ❞
• ❝ excuse me, is this where [name]works? i’m looking for them! ❞
• ❝ that’s right! you’re looking at the one and only [name]! ❞
• ❝ i don’t think first impressions are everything. but making a good one helps! so, i’m [name]and i guess that means you must be [name]? great to meet you! ❞
• ❝ i’m so sorry to ask but my battery died and i really need to make a call, may i borrow yours? ❞
• ❝ can i bum a smoke? i got a light if you need it. ❞
• ❝ you a smoker too? loitering on the patio like this, i thought you might be. care for a cig? ❞
• ❝ what the fuck kinda ‘get together’ is this? ❞
• ❝ wait, wait. were you called for this job too? shit. ❞
• ❝ small talk is lame. i’m [name]blah blah. so how do you feel about the current state of the world? ❞
• ❝ you look like you’ve actually got a fuckin’ brain. you mind helping me out here? everyone else has been a total jackass. ❞
• ❝ you’re waiting too? well, care for a stranger’s company? it’ll help kill the time! ❞
• ❝ can i helpyou? you’ve been standing there like you want something. ❞
• ❝ what can i say? really: what cani say? i’ve never had a roommate before! ❞
• ❝ working with the new person? oh this willbe fun! ❞
• ❝ do you have room for one more here? ❞
• ❝ hey! i’ve got room here, come stand/sit. it’s better than being out in the shitty weather we’re having lately! ❞
• ❝ this is the fifth time i’ve seen you today. seems like we have similar schedules! so i thought i’d come over and introduce myself. ❞
• ❝ i’m sorry! this is going to sound reallydumb: but there’s a bug. can you squish it for me? or let it outside! i don’t care. i just need it gone. ❞

five word starters: volume iii

five word starter sentences!
feel free to change the pronouns/tenses/etc. as you like!

• ❝ who are you waiting for? ❞
  
• ❝ i don’t have many friends. ❞
• ❝ you’ve got a friend now! ❞
• ❝ can we do this later? ❞
• ❝ please, just a little longer. ❞
  
• ❝ do we have to do this? ❞
• ❝ this’ll be all over soon. ❞
• ❝ what made you so bitter? ❞
• ❝ when did you realise that? ❞
• ❝ how can i help you? ❞
• ❝ how do you feel now? ❞
  
• ❝ i need you to understand! ❞
• ❝ i need someone to see! ❞
• ❝ where do you see yourself? ❞
• ❝ what do you see here? ❞
• ❝ i’m sorry, but you’re wrong. ❞
• ❝ no, you’re right about that. ❞
• ❝ we’ll try again another time. ❞
• ❝ we’ll get it right eventually! ❞
• ❝ you are doing your best! ❞
• ❝ you did all you could. ❞
• ❝ you’re going to be fine! ❞
• ❝ sorry, i know this hurts! ❞
  
• ❝ i thought i lost you! ❞
  
• ❝ you’re safe now, i promise. ❞
  

angst & conflict starters: volume i

sentence starters for angst and conflict.
feel free to change the pronouns/tenses/etc. as you like!
content warnings: aggression, conflict, death (mention), swearing, violence

• ❝ here’s an idea: go fuck yourself! ❞
  
• ❝ fuck off already, will you?! ❞
• ❝ stop pretending you give a damn! i know you don’t! ❞
  
• ❝ you never cared, did you? ❞
  
• ❝ why are you such a prick? ❞
  
• ❝ i hate you! i wish we’d never met! ❞
  
• ❝ you son of a bitch! i hope you rot in hell! ❞
  
• ❝ what have you done?! ❞
  
• ❝ how could you?! ❞
  
• ❝ what the hell is wrong with you! ❞
  
• ❝ you’re not my friend, you’re a monster. ❞
  
• ❝ this is all your fault! ❞
  
• ❝ i don’t give a damn. ❞
• ❝ don’t care. i’m not your friend. ❞
• ❝ does it look like i give a shit about your problems? ❞
  
• ❝ oh boo hoo! you and everyone else. ❞
  
• ❝ keep talking like that and i’ll break your jaw. ❞
• ❝ go ahead, hit me! ❞
• ❝ what are you gonna do about it? ❞
• ❝ what are you going to do? kill me? you can try. ❞
• ❝ you want me dead? then kill me. ❞
  
• ❝ i wish you were dead! ❞
• ❝ i should’ve killed you when i had the chance. ❞
• ❝ i ought to drag you out back and shoot you. ❞
• ❝ i’m going to put you down. like the rabid animal you are. ❞

first time meetings & icebreakers: volume ii

starter sentences for first time meetings!
feel free to change the tenses/pronouns/etc. as you like!
content warnings: smoking (mentioned), swearing

• ❝ wait, wait. you’re— the [name]!? sorry i’m kinda star struck. ❞
• ❝ you know [name]?! you’ve gotto introduce me! ❞
  
• ❝ no! you can’t be the [name], you’re too nice! ❞
• ❝ there’s noway you’re [name]. they’re a total jerk! ❞
• ❝ wait. if you’re [name]then… who did i just talk to before? ❞
• ❝ i’m sorry, you have me mistaken for someone else. ❞
• ❝ who are you looking for? i’ll help you find them! ❞
• ❝ you lost? don’t worry, we’ll get you back on track. ❞
• ❝ excuse me, can you tell me where [location]is? ❞
• ❝ this is going to sound weird but, do we know each other? ❞
• ❝ i’m sorry, have we met somewhere before? ❞
• ❝ do you got a light? i mean a flashlight/torch, not a lighter. ❞
• ❝ can i bum a smoke? i can trade you gum and pocket lint. ❞
• ❝fuck this party. here, i’ll give you a smoke for a real conversation. ❞
• ❝ what do i gotta do to get into a real brawl here?! ❞
• ❝ looks like you got stood up too. wanna hang? ❞
• ❝ you seem too nice to be here, who stood you up? ❞
• ❝ looks like you had a shitty night too, huh? ❞
• ❝ you look down. mind letting a stranger treat you to coffee/tea? ❞
• ❝ do you need a hand? ❞
• ❝ do you want some help with that? ❞
• ❝ could you take my picture? ❞
• ❝ could you open this for me? ❞
• ❝ usually i don’t hang out like this. how about you? ❞
• ❝ i’m sorry. i’m bad with introductions. can we skip this part? ❞

a softer world sentence starters: volume v

sentence starters inspired by and based on the web comic: a softer world. 
feel free to change pronouns/tenses/etc. as needed!
content warnings: alcohol (mention), death (mention)

• ❝ there are no role models for people like me. ❞
• ❝ they say when you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. ❞
  
• ❝ they under estimated me. ❞
  
• ❝ look, i’m just being honest. ❞
  
• ❝ i wish there was a better word than sorry. ❞
  
• ❝ there are no words for the way i feel about you. ❞
  
• ❝ i only said those things because i was too drunk to be afraid. ❞
  
• ❝ i will always love you, or anyway i will have always loved you now. ❞
  
• ❝ i wonder how many hauntings go unreported? ❞
  
• ❝ i don’t deserve you. ❞
  
• ❝ life’s not fair. ❞
  
• ❝ you are the love of my life so far. ❞
  
• ❝ you make me want to pretend to be better. ❞
  
• ❝ good decisions are just bad decisions you didn’t get to make. ❞
  
• ❝ i love the way your face lights up! ❞
  
• ❝ it might be dangerous ❞
  
• ❝ i’m glad you’re doing well these days. ❞
  
• ❝ i’m doing better than you are. ❞
  
• ❝ live and learn. or die and teach by example. ❞
  
• ❝ violence is never the answer! ❞
  
• ❝ you won’t live forever in their memories, the way you treat them will. ❞
  
• ❝ guess who i’m totally sick of! ❞
  
• ❝ you were the best mistake i ever made. ❞
  
• ❝ i’m not sure how to deal with just drifting apart. ❞
  
• ❝ turns out that sometimes the future actually belongs to someone else. ❞

a softer world starters: volume iv

sentence starters based on/inspired by the web comic:a softer world.
please feel free to change pronouns/tenses/etc. as you like!
content warnings: conflict, death (mention), food, swearing, violence (mention)

• ❝ as they say: adventure is just one mistake away! ❞
• ❝ i wish i had known this all along. ❞
  
• ❝ you seem so happy now! ❞
  
• ❝ …i didn’t even know you were sad. ❞
  
• ❝ you were not a mistake! ❞
  
• ❝ you made the right choice. ❞
  
• ❝ there are no words sweeter than this: nothing lasts forever. ❞
  
• ❝ just try to remember: we all die alone. ❞
  
• ❝ all of my dreams came true. i just didn’t think them through. ❞
  
• ❝ i feel like i haven’t been living my life. ❞
  
• ❝ before we met i was so scared of dying. ❞
  
• ❝ if the end comes today this will have been enough. ❞
  
• ❝ why go out for burgers when you could have steak at home? ❞
  
• ❝ i used to hope for the apocalypse. now there’s no hope at all. ❞
  
• ❝ you can still back out. no one will think less of you. ❞
  
• ❝ honestly i don’t care what we do. i just like hanging out! ❞
  
• ❝ judge if you want! we’re all going to die. i intend to deserve it. ❞
  
• ❝ if this isn’t nice, i don’t know what is. ❞
  
• ❝ i wish you were dead! ❞
  
• ❝ it’s called having regrets. ❞
  
• ❝ i always thought violence didn’t solve anything. until the day it did. ❞
  
• ❝ don’t worry, you aren’t alone. ❞
  
• ❝ your heart’s in the right place, but fuck you’re stupid. ❞
  
• ❝ this isn’t the life i hoped i’d have. ❞
  
• ❝ i feel terrible when i let you down. ❞
  

a softer world starters: volume iii

sentence starters based on/inspired by the web comic:a softer world.
please feel free to change pronouns/tenses/etc. as you like!
content warnings: alcohol (mention), death (mention), swearing

• ❝ when i play, i play to win. ❞
• ❝ i would give my soul to have you back! ❞
• ❝ you handsome fuck! ❞
• ❝ you’ll miss your parents, and the sun, but you could sing. ❞
• ❝ imagine: scuba gear for kittens! ❞
• ❝ everything will be okay, i’m here. ❞
• ❝ i’m married to the sea. ❞
• ❝ i lost everything! ❞
• ❝ fuck politics, i just want to burn shit down. ❞
• ❝ be the trouble you want to see in this world! ❞
• ❝ have you heard the good news? ❞
• ❝ at the end of the day, i’m alone with the things i have done. ❞
• ❝ i’d rather die terrified than live forever. ❞
• ❝ i can’t decide if this is heaven or hell. ❞
• ❝ i love you so much, i want to shout it from the rooftops! ❞
• ❝ there no word for the things i’ll do to the people who wronged me. ❞
• ❝ second best isn’t so bad. ❞
• ❝ if at first you don’t succeed: run! ❞
• ❝ you say catastrophe, i say fuck yes! ❞
• ❝ please don’t scream when you turn around? ❞
• ❝ sometimes it feels pretty good to be me. ❞
• ❝ i hate trying to put my desire into words. ❞
• ❝ i’d rather die with the sun in my face. ❞
• ❝ i think you’re beautiful and i’d like to kiss you. ❞
• ❝ i was drunk when i said that. ❞

five word starters: volume ii

five word starter sentences!
feel free to change the pronouns/tenses/etc. as you like!
content warnings: conflict, swearing

• ❝ can you ever forgive me? ❞
• ❝ i will never forgive you! ❞
  
• ❝ you son of a bitch! ❞
  
• ❝ like hell i’d believe that! ❞
  
• ❝ what is wrong with you?! ❞
• ❝ will you shut up already?! ❞
  
• ❝ you know you’re pathetic, right? ❞
• ❝ you’re such a pathetic bastard. ❞
• ❝ we always return to this.❞
• ❝ this is where it started. ❞
• ❝ i will end it here. ❞
• ❝ i wish things were different. ❞
• ❝ i wish we’d never met. ❞
• ❝ you’re such a fucking pain! ❞
• ❝ you ruin everything you touch! ❞
• ❝ would you just fuck off?! ❞
• ❝ how are you so selfish? ❞
• ❝ please, don’t be like that. ❞
• ❝ please, go fuck yourself already. ❞
• ❝ i’m sorry for hurting you. ❞
• ❝ you liar! you’re not sorry! ❞
• ❝ you don’t deserve anyone’s forgiveness. ❞
• ❝ there will be no mercy! ❞
• ❝ you deserved all your suffering! ❞
• ❝ i’ll never love you again. ❞

a softer world starters: volume ii

starter sentences based on and inspired by the web comic: a softer world.  
feel free to change the pronouns/tenses/etc. as needed!
content warnings: conflict, death, war

• ❝ i’m here because i was locked out again. ❞
• ❝ you think they love you like i do? ❞
• ❝ there will always be people taunting me. ❞
  
• ❝ there’s magic in science! ❞
  
• ❝ i should have been brave enough! ❞
  
• ❝ my grandfather and father died in wars. me? we’ll see. ❞
  
• ❝ when i get out of here, things will be different. ❞
  
• ❝ i’m going on dates with pretty girls! ❞
  
• ❝ back then, you were always laughing. ❞
  
• ❝ after the incident, it was just them and me. ❞
  
• ❝ we talked about the subjectivity of morals. ❞
  
• ❝ i guess it doesn’t matter now. ❞
  
• ❝ everyone expects me to be jealous instead of relieved. ❞
  
• ❝ two years in a row, someone’s died on my birthday. ❞
  
• ❝ as a child i learned that books can set you free. ❞
  
• ❝ when i was young, i made windchimes from everything. ❞
  
• ❝ is that all you’ve got?! ❞
  
• ❝ what kind of person talks trash during a chess game? ❞
  
• ❝ i wonder if there were lesbian dinosaurs? ❞
  
• ❝ it’s okay, stop crying. ❞
  
• ❝ i don’t know who to trust! ❞
  
• ❝ maybe next year is the year. ❞
  
• ❝ i dare you to say something! ❞
  
• ❝ nobody else takes those quiet walks with you now, do they? ❞
  
• ❝ when a person finds their calling, it shines through them. ❞
  

a softer world starters: volume i

starter sentences based on and inspired by the web comica softer world. 
please feel free to adjust pronouns/tenses/etc. as needed!
content warnings: grief, death (implied), war (implied/mentioned)

• ❝ are my parents ever coming home? ❞
• ❝ there has to be an answer! ❞
  
• ❝ they understand what i had to do for love! ❞
  
• ❝ i cried for weeks, nothing could console me. ❞
  
• ❝ you really think there will be no one to stop you? ❞
  
• ❝ for them, this is a terrible thing. for me it’s one last chance. ❞
  
• ❝ i was so sure my search would end when i found you. ❞
  
• ❝ my sister and i were found abandoned. ❞
  
• ❝ that was the worst snowstorm anyone could remember. ❞
  
• ❝ after the war, the fallout drove us underground. ❞
  
• ❝ there’s a whole world off this island. ❞
  
• ❝ all it takes is one long swim to start over. ❞
  
• ❝ tell my mother i love her. ❞
  
• ❝ being in love is totally punk rock! ❞
  
• ❝ i’m afraid to go on this mission. ❞
  
• ❝ i’m afraid of sabotage, of failure. ❞
  
• ❝ when i look back on that day, i can’t help but wonder. ❞
  
• ❝ we could hitchhike out of here! leave this little town behind. ❞
  
• ❝ yes, i believe in love. yes, i’m a dreamer. ❞
  
• ❝ i’m not alone! ❞
  
• ❝ what if i told you there’s more of us than you suspect? ❞
  
• ❝ when you’re around, i don’t know how to hide my feelings. ❞
  
• ❝ i wonder if i’m making a mistake? ❞
  
• ❝ my dad says sometimes things aren’t a simple dichotomy. ❞
  
• ❝ sleepovers are an integral part of a social life! ❞
  

first time meetings & icebreakers

starter sentences for breaking the ice and first time meetings!
feel free to change pronouns/tenses/etc. as needed!

• ❝ you must be new! i didn’t catch your name! ❞
• ❝ hey there! i’m [name]. looks like we’re working together! ❞
• ❝ i’m supposed to meet [name]here. any chance that’s you? ❞
• ❝ i don’t think we’ve met. let’s fix that, shall we? i’m [name]! ❞
• ❝ i’m sorry to bother you! i’m new here, and… lost. can you help me? ❞
  
• ❝ you look lost, do you need help? ❞
• ❝ um, can you break this bill? i need coins for the vending machine. ❞
• ❝ hey i’ve got extra time on the dryer; you’re welcome to it. ❞
  
• ❝ excuse me, could you hand me that– ❞
  
• ❝ i’m sorry; do you mind if i sit here? ❞
• ❝ it’s your first time too, huh? ❞
• ❝ i know a new face when i see one. ❞
• ❝ you stick out like a sore thumb here. ❞
• ❝ usually this isn’t a place to meet new people, but here we are! ❞
• ❝ hey you! being a wallflower won’t gain you friends, come say hi! ❞
• ❝ kind of a loner too, huh? maybe we can stick together? ❞
• ❝ let’s stick together, yeah? i’m [name], how about you? ❞
• ❝ oh no! let me help you with that! ❞
  
• ❝ help! please?! ❞
  
• ❝ uh! a little help here?! ❞
  
• ❝ thanks! for a moment there i thought i was a goner! ❞
  
• ❝ well that’s one way to make an introduction! ❞
  
• ❝ oh no! i’m sorry! this is a horrible first impression! ❞
  
• ❝ i think we got off on the wrong foot. can we start over? ❞
  
• ❝ wait can we start over, i prefer to leave a good impression. ❞

five word starters: volume i

five word starter sentences!
feel free to change the pronouns/tenses/etc. as you like!

• ❝ i love you so much! ❞
• ❝ you’re very dear to me. ❞
  
• ❝ can i hold your hand? ❞
  
• ❝ we will always be friends! ❞
  
• ❝ let’s pinkie promise on it! ❞
  
• ❝ i promise: i’ll be here. ❞
  
• ❝ i wish for your happiness. ❞
  
• ❝ i wish to see you. ❞
  
• ❝ i miss you so much! ❞
  
• ❝ i wish you were here! ❞
  
• ❝ i’ll be there very soon! ❞
  
• ❝ oh, you actually made it! ❞
  
• ❝ when we’re together, time flies!. ❞
  
• ❝ don’t do that to yourself. ❞
  
• ❝ all i wanted was us. ❞
• ❝ it’s like a waking nightmare! ❞
• ❝ you are coming with me. ❞
• ❝ i won’t leave you behind! ❞
• ❝ i guess i was wrong! ❞
  
• ❝ that will show me, huh? ❞
  
• ❝ it can’t end like this! ❞
  
• ❝ can you ever forgive me? ❞
  
• ❝ i trusted you back then. ❞
  
• ❝ i should have known better. ❞
  
• ❝ it should have been me. ❞

first time meetings & icebreakers: unfriendly version

sentence starters for conflict and unfriendly icebreakers. 
feel free to change the pronouns/tenses/etc. as you like!
content warnings: swearing, aggression, and conflict

• ❝ get lost! ❞
  
• ❝ out of my way! ❞
  
• ❝ watch where you’re going asshole! ❞
  
• ❝ what are you staring at? ❞
  
• ❝ what the fuck are you looking at?! ❞
  
• ❝ got a problem!? ❞
  
• ❝ keep gawking and there’ll be a problem. ❞
  
• ❝ can i helpyou? ❞
  
• ❝ you’ve got one of those damn faces. ❞
• ❝ you’ve got the kind of face i want to punch. ❞
• ❝ you’re an ugly motherfucker aren’t you?! ❞
• ❝ just spit it out, i don’t have time for idiots. ❞
• ❝ just met you and i’m bored already. ❞
  
• ❝ talk fast. you’re already losing my interest. ❞
  
• ❝ yeah i’m [name]what’s it to you? ❞
  
• ❝ yeah i’m [name]. the hell do you want? ❞
  
• ❝ hey fuckface, are you [name]? ❞
  
• ❝ so you’re [name]? you’re an even bigger jackass in person! ❞
  
• ❝you? this has to be a joke! ❞
  
• ❝ oh no.why the hell did they stick me with you?! ❞
  
• ❝ goddamn it, looks like i’m stuck working with you. ❞
  
• ❝ fine, i guess i’ll work with you. just don’t do anything stupid. ❞
  
• ❝ we just met and i’m embarrassed already. ❞
  
• ❝ how do you get through life being such a fucking moron? ❞
  
• ❝ you looking for a fight? ❞

misc. angst & hurt/comfort starters: volume i

this is a collection of angst & hurt/comfort starters!
feel free to change pronouns/tenses/etc. as you like!

• ❝ it has been a hard year. ❞
• ❝ we have no choice but to keep moving. ❞
• ❝ i’m not who i was yesterday. i don’t know how i feel about that. ❞
• ❝ in me there’s an ache, a longing. for what, i don’t know. ❞
• ❝ you’re always in your head, where does your mind go? ❞
• ❝ stop looking back! all that’s there is misery. ❞
• ❝ you can’t give up now! look how far you’ve come! ❞
• ❝ i know it’s hard, but you’re not alone y’know. ❞
  
• ❝ what do you want me to say? what do you want me to do? ❞
• ❝ how was i supposed to know?! you didn’t tell me until it was too late! ❞
• ❝ am i just supposed to forgive you now?! act like that nver happened?! ❞
• ❝ i will never forget, and i will never forgive you! ❞
  
• ❝ how could you?! everyone believed in you! but you ruined everything! ❞
• ❝ you’re the worst person i’ve ever met, get out of my sight. ❞
• ❝ after all these years of anger and hatred, i’m tired. i’m just… tired. ❞
• ❝ if you leave now, don’t come back! ❞
  
• ❝ i’m sorry, i wish things didn’t turn out this way. ❞
• ❝ i wish i could have been there for you when you needed me most. ❞
• ❝ you were always worth fighting for. you still are. ❞
• ❝ next year will be better, we’ll make it better. ❞
  
• ❝ you don’t have to forgive me, but can i at least tell you i’m sorry? ❞
  
• ❝ i don’t think i can forgive you just yet. but i want to. ❞
• ❝ you may not be who you were before, but maybe that’s not such a bad thing. ❞
• ❝ i think you’re getting a little better each day; slowly but surely. ❞
• ❝ with you, i know i can call this place home. ❞
  

a softer sea starters: volume iv

starter sentences based on the web comica softer sea.
lines have been adjusted for grammar, cohesion, etc.
please change the tenses, pronouns, etc. as you like!

• ❝ tomorrow will be better! ❞
• ❝ i believe you. ❞
• ❝ suffice it to say, you’re going to burn. ❞
• ❝ you’ll get what’s coming to you. ❞
• ❝ i didn’t ask to be made! ❞
• ❝ you know i love you still! ❞
  
• ❝ i don’t regret loving you the way i did. ❞
• ❝ i’m happier with you now! ❞
• ❝ time changes us for the better sometimes. ❞
  
• ❝ i’m trying to tell you the truth about myself! ❞
  
• ❝ i love you the way the moon loves the sea. ❞
  
• ❝ i love you the way the sea loves the moon. ❞
  
• ❝ someday things will get better. ❞
  
• ❝ everything will be alright. ❞
  
• ❝ i wanted you to love me! ❞
  
• ❝ i wanted this to work! ❞
  
• ❝ we’re the worst, my darling. ❞
  
• ❝ what am i supposed to thank you for, exactly? ❞
  
• ❝ all is lost! ❞
  
• ❝ i bow to no one! ❞
  
• ❝ it’s strange how you can miss someone you hate. ❞
  
• ❝ brutal honesty and tender honesty go hand in hand. ❞
  
• ❝ ‘fuck you’ and ‘love you’ need to carry the same weight. ❞
  
• ❝ you’ll find no consolations here. ❞
  
• ❝ you’re going to ruin everything! ❞
  
• ❝ all you can do is breathe and be. ❞
  

a softer sea starters: volume iii

starter sentences based on the web comic a softer sea.
lines have been adjusted for grammar, cohesion, etc.
please change the tenses, pronouns, etc. as you like!
content warnings: existentialism, implied & threats of violence

1. ❝ dinner at my place? ❞
2. ❝ i was not put on this grey earth to be pretty, kind, or polite! ❞
3. ❝ i brought my fists to a gun fight! ❞
4. ❝ before i met you, i felt like i was dying. ❞
5. ❝ i’ve never felt more alive! ❞
6. ❝ you are my best friend in the world! ❞
7. ❝ i wish i was yours. ❞
8. ❝ i do like seeing you happy! ❞
9. ❝ you’re an idiot. ❞
10. ❝ you’re going to hurt yourself. ❞
11. ❝ i’ll always be there to catch you. ❞
12. ❝ my friends are the world’s first line of defense against my bullshit. ❞
13. ❝ tomorrow will be better. ❞
14. ❝ i believe you. ❞
15. ❝ that fluttering thing inside your bell jar heart is not alive. ❞
16. ❝ you know that pretending is enough. ❞
17. ❝ you’ll get what’s coming to you. ❞
18. ❝ you’re going to burn. ❞
19. ❝ we’ll make it through this. ❞
20. ❝ we’ll be okay. ❞
21. ❝ the apathy of the sea is comforting. ❞
22. ❝ deep down, beneath the blood and viscera, i know you’re a good person. ❞
23. ❝ you know i love you still. ❞
24. ❝ i’m happier with you now. ❞
25. ❝ time changes us for the better sometimes. ❞

a softer sea starters: volume ii

starter sentences based on the web comic a softer sea. 
sentences and phrases have been changed for cohesion and length.
feel free to change pronouns, tenses, etc. as you like!
content warnings: existentialism, swearing

1. ❝ you’re my sibling and i love you. that’s it. no punchline. ❞
2. ❝ it’ll only take a white flash at the edge of the horizon. ❞
3. ❝ these gardens are my gilded cage. ❞
4. ❝ they say it’s for my own good. ❞
5. ❝ when everything goes up in flames, there you’ll be. ❞
6. ❝ i guess that’ll have to be enough. ❞
7. ❝  we always get what we never asked for, my love. ❞
8. ❝ i only find softness in your sharp edges. ❞
9. ❝ i’m so glad i trusted you. ❞
10. ❝ no, it’s cool. no hard feelings! ❞
11. ❝ snake eyes, baby! ❞
12. ❝ i don’t know who i am. ❞
13. ❝  love will always be ugly and we’ll never be better than ugly. ❞
14. ❝ there are no second chances, no take-backs, no re-dos. ❞
15. ❝ the world is an inherently weird place. ❞
16. ❝ my lover stands on golden sands. ❞
17. ❝ the world will never again be the same! ❞
18. ❝ this wasn’t your fault. ❞
19. ❝ please believe me. ❞
20. ❝ i never wanted you. ❞
21. ❝ it’s better that you know that. ❞
22. ❝ we dreamed every dream we could dream. ❞
23. ❝ how lucky we were. ❞
24. ❝ i’m the main character motherfucker! ❞
25. ❝ i know the truth: you’re a dickhead! ❞