Holding the Man (2015) Sentence Starters
“ I can’t remember where he sat. ”
“ There were mint leaves in our drinks and I can remember the color of your dress but I can’t remember where he sat and it frightens me. ”
“ I seem to be doing many of the things I want to do before I die. ”
“ Can you imagine what it would be like to, say, lose your girlfriend? ”
“ The color’s gone from her face, see? Lifeless! ”
“ Do you mind if I sign your… ”
“ Remember, if anyone laughs at you, it’s because they haven’t the guts to do it themselves. ”
“ I should have worked harder to make you come. ”
“ We’re a new group of friends, so I think we should send a kiss around the table. I’ll go first. ”
“ Might have to make it a three-way. ”
“ I really like you. I’ve liked you for some time. ”
“ I’ll have to go straight home and pull myself. ”
“ Can you see if you can stop? ”
“ I think I went too far too soon when I reached into your trousers. ”
“ I love you, and if all we ever do is hug, that is enough for me. ”
“ We love each other. What are you going to do about it? ”
“ There are people here who want to discipline you. ”
“ You’re quite the topic of conversation in the staff room. ”
“ Not everything has to be political. ”
“ There will be other battles, and they will need educated people to fight them. ”
“ Don’t jeopardize your schooling over this. ”
“ Ever since he’s been hanging around with you, he’s come out of himself. ”
“ Five fellas in a shack, you never know what might happen. ”
“ Good streaking weather. ”
“ When I was your age, guys uses to muck around in the showers at the yacht club while their parents were up in the bar. Everybody did it. ”
“ The man is threatening court action. ”
“ He won’t be staying here any more and you aren’t to use the phone to contact him. ”
“ You fucking poxy traitor, I hope you get cancer! ”
“ You taste like fly spray. ”
“ You don’t mind if I record this? ”
“ We’ve been together since highschool. ”
“ I’ve forgotten, were we talking about a helicopter? ”
“ The leopard was going to have a baby. ”
“ I get ticked off that some people get this nice little boat ride, you know? Instead, I’m in this quicksand with the snakes. ”
“ Can you imagine being told you’ve got it? ”
“ Look at us, we’re fast-lane gays. ”
“ Can you not stretch my t-shirt? ”
“ We’re not gonna fuck. That’s how we got into this mess in the first place. ”
“ You’re telling me I ate cat poo? ”
“ If there were thousands of school kids dropping dead they’d do something about it. God help you if you’re a poofter, or a junkie, or a prostitute! ”
“ They’re gonna cure it. ”
“ I want you inside me. I want to know what it feels like. ”
“ Don’t you think it’s a bit… dirty? ”
“ Did this conversation just stop being sexy? ”
“ Those two in the shower together is a sight to behold. ”
“ Either he’s threatened or he’s turned on. ”
“ I’m a dyke, you deadshit. ”
“ My dad would come home after work and he would look at me like there was something wrong with me. ”
“ Relax, I’m a nurse—At least, I will be when I graduate. ”
“ We should go back, trash the place. ”
“ We should go to the police, yeah? ”
“ I don’t want to have sex with other people! ”
“ There are things our generation are supposed to be experiencing and I don’t believe it’s fair to expect our lovers to fulfill all of our needs. ”
“ Please don’t dismiss my politics. ”
“ So this is about your politics, not your stiffy? ”
“ Am I the only boyfriend in the world asking this? ”
“ You are begrudging me being normal. ”
“ Are you still staying at my place tonight? ”
“ Can I still sleep here tonight? ”
“ What have you done to your hair? ”
“ Effeminate monkeys don’t get work. ”
“ Are you trying to teach us self-loathing, is that it? ”
“ That’s a very womanly way to hold yourself. ”
“ You’re more than your sexuality. ”
“ How about you listen to the other person on stage for once? ”
“ I think you’re here to be the loudest person in the room. ”
“ I think you’re here to be validated, to be loved. ”
“ Thanks for coming all this way. I wasn’t sure you would. ”
“ You’re doing the right thing, I’m proud of you. ”
“ You gonna give me a kiss goodbye? ”
“ I’m flat-out with relatives arriving from everywhere. ”
“ Can you see how to slice and twist the salmon just like the picture? ”
“ Tell me I have nothing to worry about. ”
“ Is it from a donation, is that why the Red Cross are writing? ”
“ I prefer none of it, thank you! ”
“ This letter, it’s changed things. ”
“ It says I could have been infected since university. ”
“ It’s like I’ve killed the man that I love. ”
“ What’s all this slacking off in the kitchen? ”
“ Do you reckon you could introduce me to Mel Gibson? ”
“ I work on the AIDS council. ”
“ This old bloke’s been asking about you all night. ”
“ It’s seeing him in pain I can’t bear. ”
“ Someone has made you… I’m not sure what that is. ”
“ Can’t you do anything right? ”
“ I think I forgot the pesto. ”
“ I’ve been thinking of getting people together, starting something. ”
“ I’m feeling very creative and I don’t want to waste that if I’m gonna have brain damage from this. ”
“ What happens to my soul if I go mad? Does it stay trapped inside or is it floating free? ”
“ I don’t want to be here, take me home! ”
“ Are you making fun of me? ”
“ He’s not allowed to talk. ”
“ He’s had some good news: he’s in remission. ”
“ When he’s strong enough he’ll go into surgery, and they’ll open him up and see the snips and snails and puppy dog tails and sew up the lung. ”
“ I want to make sure he’s all right if I die. ”
“ You’re telling people I have cancer? ”
“ I’m not ashamed of what I have. ”
“ That’s something you’re gonna have to take up with your mother. ”
“ I can’t kiss you, you’ve got this thing on your face. ”
“ The funeral will be held in a church and we don’t want people making statements. ”
“ You know that’s against his wishes, be it on your conscience. ”
“ It’s a stable table, so you can eat in front of the teev. ”
“ You always have to tell the truth, don’t you, [Name]? ”
“ You said you saw him on television and he made you feel a bit sweaty. ”
“ When they revived me, before I came around… I was just not here for a bit, and it was so easy. ”
“ I’m not ready for you to go. ”
“ We’ve said our goodbyes, haven’t we? ”
“ You can’t go without me at your side. That’s the deal. ”
“ In the schoolyard I noticed a boy just listening to his friends with his hands in his pockets, smiling. ”
“ I want you to know I’ll do my best to include you when it’s time for the funeral. ”
“ Why? So they can reclaim him from the dirty poofter who corrupted him? ”
“ There is a beautiful boy who works at the hotel here. ”
“ You are a hole in my life, a black hole. Anything I place there cannot be returned. ”
