serial experiments lain sentence starters.
“ why you should do that is something you should figure out for yourself. “
“ i don’t need to stay in a place like this. “
“ if you stay in a place like this, you might not be able to connect. “
“ what’s it like when you die? “
“ ____, i walked home with you just once. do you remember? “
“ do you understand? it’s okay if you can’t right now. you will all understand soon. everyone will. “
“ you know, ____, in this world, whether it’s here in the real world or the wired, people connect to each other and that’s how societies function. “
“ i don’t come here because i want to. “
“ everyone is connected. “
“ why are you making me do this?! what right do you have?! “
“ there was no reason for me to stay in the real world any longer. “
“ in the real world, it didn’t matter if i was there or not. when i realized that, i was no longer afraid of losing my body. “
“ i love kissing. just kissing is enough to make me happy. “
“ i just want to do business. what do you say? “
“ humans are all alone. they don’t connect to anyone at all. “
“ you prefer a machine to your friends, huh? “
“ i can’t go where you are. “
“ don’t worry. i’m still me. “
“ if you can hear it, it is speaking to you. “
“ mankind is a creature that no longer evolves, is it not? “
“ not knowing what it is that drives them, they keep their bodies merely to satisfy the desires of the flesh. they’re worthless, don’t you think? that’s all mankind is. “
“ there is nothing that you don’t know. i can’t tell you a story that doesn’t exist. you understand, don’t you? “
“ for every event, there is first a prophecy. an event first comes into existence when there is a prophecy. “
“ the other side is crowded. the dead will have no place to go. “
“ the prophecy is being fulfilled, ____. “
“ the body exists only to verify one’s own existence. “
“ i think i may have talked with god. “
“ if people can connect to one another, even the smallest voice will grow loud. “
“ it’s just a little strange. i don’t have many friends. “
“ you’re more noise than signal. “
“ i want to relax here until my body rots. “
“ time passes so beautifully here. and quietly, as if it’ll last forever. “
“ i don’t know what you plan to do here or what sort of being you’re trying to become, but you’re powerful. incredibly powerful. “
“ if there really is a god here, you’re a blessed child. “
“ i’ll tell you, but it’s just between you and me. “
“ i can exist anywhere. no matter where my body is, i can send my consciousness anywhere i want. “
“ the real world isn’t real at all. “
“ i… i don’t want to be here. you understand that, don’t you? “
“ my name… it’s meaningless to know my real name. “
“ you are what’s dangerous. “
“ do you want to be hurt, too? do you want your heart to feel like it’s being scraped with a rasp? “
“ you’re looking for me, aren’t you? “
“ so god makes his grand entrance, huh? “
“ how do you define ‘god’? if it’s the creator of the world, that’s not me. the all-powerful ruler of the world? you give god too much credit. “
“ you are merely a hologram of that other you. you are just a body. “
“ who are you? you’re not me. i’ll never do what you do. “
“ stop it! why are you acting like the part of me that i hate? “
“ wherever anyone is, wherever they go, you have always been there. “
“ you’ve watched what they didn’t want others to see. you’ve told everyone about it, that’s all. it was the right thing to do.
“ everything you say is a lie. “
“ as along as i’m aware of myself, my true self is inside me! “
“ you were born with that kind of power. “
“ i… i’m me, right? there’s no other me but me, right? “
“ if you want to be free of suffering, you should believe in god. “
“ how could i turn something that did happen into something that didn’t? “
“ i don’t know you. but you know me… “
“ the flow of information doesn’t always go both ways. “
“ the truth has power because it’s the truth. and because it’s the truth, that makes it just. “
“ there is only one truth: god. “
“ you’re dead, aren’t you? a dead human. “
“ to die is merely to abandon the flesh. “
“ love certainly is a strange emotion, isn’t it? “
“ it’s because of me that you can stay yourself. “
“ you never had a body to begin with. “
“ don’t talk about me like i’m a machine. “
“ there’s nothing easy about dying. “
“ i had no idea the world was this simple. “
“ people only have substance within the memories of others. “
“ why did you leave only me? why did you only leave my memories alone? “
“ you were my friend, even without connecting with me, ____. you’re my only friend, ____. “
“ it doesn’t matter which is real, this side or the other. “
“ you and everyone else, ____, you’re just applications. “
“ your body’s cold, but you’re alive, ____. “
“ it doesn’t matter. with no body, you can’t understand. “
“ you’re just an acting god, standing in for someone. “
“ i mess up everything i try to do for you, huh, ____? “
“ if you don’t remember something, it never happened. if you aren’t remembered, you never existed. “
“ no one is dying, and no one is being hurt. and no one hates you. “
“ the human world creates and prays to its various gods, and humans convince themselves, ‘this is how the world is.’ “
“ it’d be so much easier if you became god. i think it’d be a lot easier than being a human. you wouldn’t have to do anything. just stand there and watch. “
“ i’m here, so i’ll be with you forever. “
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