FIGHT CLUB (1999) SENTENCE STARTERS
feel free to modify pronouns etc. as necessary! content warning for violence, illness, death.
āPeople always ask me if I know [Name].ā
āThis is it. Ground zero.ā
āDo you have a speech for the occasion?ā
āWith a gun barrel between your teeth, you speak only in vowels.ā
āThat old thing, how you always hurt the one you love? Well, it works both ways.ā
āI know this because [Name] knows this.ā
āThink of everything weāve accomplished.ā
āNo, wait. Back up. Let me start earlier.ā
āEverythingās a copy of a copy of a copy.ā
āWhen deep space exploration ramps up, itāll be the corporations that name everything. The IBM Stellar Sphere. The Microsoft Galaxy. Planet Starbucks.ā
āWhat kind of dining set defines me as a person?ā
āNo, you canāt die of insomnia.ā
āI nod off, I wake up in strange places. I have no idea how I got there.ā
āYou need to lighten up.ā
āYou need healthy, natural sleep. Chew some valerian root and get more exercise.ā
āHey, come on. Iām in pain.ā
āBabies donāt sleep this well.ā
āImagine your pain as a white ball of healing light. It moves over your body, healing you.ā
ā[Name], you liar, you big tourist, I need this, now get out!ā
āWhen you have insomnia, youāre never really asleep, and youāre never really awake.ā
āIām still here but I donāt know for how long.ā
āIāve got some good news. I no longer have any fear of death.ā
ā[Name]. The scratch on the roof of your mouth that would heal if you could stop tonguing it, but you canāt.ā
āYouāre not dying. In the Tibetan-philosophy, Sylvia-Plath sense of the word, I know weāre all dying.ā
āWhen people think youāre dying, they listen to you, instead of waiting for their turn to speak.ā
āLook, you donāt want to get into this. It becomes an addiction.ā
āLetās not make a big thing out of it.ā
āThis is your life and itās ending one minute at a time.ā
āIf you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?ā
āOn a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.ā
āYou have a kind of sick desperation in your laugh.ā
āDid you know if you mix gasoline and frozen orange juice, you can make napalm?ā
āI suppose these things happening.ā
āHow embarrassing. A house full of condiments and no food.ā
āWhen you buy furniture, you tell yourself, thatās it. Thatās the last sofa Iāll need. Whatever happens, the sofa problem is handled.ā
āI say never be complete. I say stop being perfect. I say letās evolve. Let the chips fall where they may.ā
āThe things you own end up owning you.ā
āThree pitchers of beer and you still canāt ask.ā
āYou called me because you needed a place to stay.ā
āI want you to hit me as hard as you can.ā
āNobody knows that they saw it, but they did.ā
āDo not watch. I cannot go when you watch.ā
āI donāt wanna die without any scars.ā
āCome on, hit me, before I lose my nerve.ā
āYou can swallow a pint of blood before you get sick.ā
āSelf-improvement is masturbation.ā
āEven the Mona Lisaās falling apart.ā
āWhat are you doing here? This is my house.ā
āIf I fall asleep, Iām done for. Youāre gonna have to keep me up all night.ā
āSticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.ā
āWithout pain or sacrifice, we would have nothing.ā
āIām going to my cave to find my power animal.ā
āYouāre feeling premature enlightenment. Itās the greatest moment of your life and youāre off somewhere else.ā
āOur fathers were our models for God. If our fathers bailed, what does that tell you about God?ā
āYou have to consider the possibility that God does not like you. He never wanted you. In all probability, he hates you. This is not the worst thing that can happen.ā
āFuck damnation, fuck redemption. We are Godās unwanted children.ā
āYou have to know, not fear, know that some day, youāre gonna die.ā
āItās only after weāve lost everything that weāre free to do anything.ā
āIād be very, very careful who you talk to about that.ā
ā[Name]ās words coming out of my mouth. And I used to be such a nice guy.ā
āTragically, theyāre dead. Iām alive and in poverty.ā
āWho the fuck do you think you are, you crazy little shit?ā
āWhat do you wish youād done before you died?ā
āHitting bottom isnāt a weekend retreat.ā
āWeāve just had a lear-life experience.ā
āIām living in a state of perpetual deja vu.ā
āEverywhere I go, I feel like Iāve already been there.ā
āYou fuck me, then snub me. You love me, you hate me. Youāre sensitive, then you turn into an asshole.ā
āWe simply do not have time for this crap.ā
āThis needs a tremendous act of faith on your part, but hear me out.ā
āI donāt wanna hear anything you have to say.ā
āThere are things about you I like. Youāre smart, funny, youāre spectacular in bed. But youāre intolerable. You have very serious emotional problems. Deep-seated problems for which you should seek professional help.ā
āIf I keep this, itās asshole tax.ā
āYouāre the worst thing that ever happened to me.ā
āThe first person that comes out of this door gets a lead salad, understand?ā
āI will bring us through this. As always, I will carry you kicking and screaming, and in the end you will thank me.ā
āIām grateful to you, for everything that youāve done for me, but this is too much. I donāt want this.ā
āYou met me at a very strange time in my life.ā