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HOUSE OF CARDS SEASON 3 SENTENCE STARTERS
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“I wouldn’t be here if I had a choice, but I have to do these sorts of things now.”
“Nobody showed up at his funeral, except me.”
“When they bury me, it won’t be in my backyard, and when they come to pay their respects, they’ll have to wait in line.”
“Separate the wheat from the bullshit.”
“I’ve always said that power is more important than money. But money gives power… well, a run for its money.”
“Go fuck yourself.”
“Christ, that felt good.”
“We used to make each other stronger, at least I thought so.”
“I didn’t think I deserved her.”
“I was half the man before I met her.”
“And now, I’m just weak and small and I can’t stand that feeling any longer.”
“It’s you that’s not enough.”
“She can go after me all she wants, but she goes after her and I’ll slit her fucking throat in broad daylight.”
“Am I shattering your illusions about the guy?”
“Are you afraid of what I wrote?”
“Legacy is their only child.”
“His motivations were atrocious, but his logic was sound.”
“This isn’t pretend. I’m real.”
“I wasn’t invisible anymore. I couldn’t escape myself.”
“I will put you in your fucking grave.”
“He is my friend and you came very close to killing him.”
“Please, slit my wrists with his butter knife.”
“As least you got laid.”
“You better not fuck him over.”
“He’s not foolish. I wouldn’t take a bullet for a man who was.”
“It’s like you want me to fire you.”
“I only care about the man.”
“Nothing is forever - except us.”
“You don’t have a monopoly on secrets.”
“We have to do something.”
“The last time I got this drunk, I broke into a library.”
“He had more courage than you’ll ever have.”
“I don’t believe you love your husband more than ever.”
“You don’t add up.”
“You can’t love the people you kill.”
“You have to love the people who are trying to kill you.”
“If you’re doubting yourself, I can’t indulge that.”
“Why did I hold back? Why did I show him any mercy?”
“There’s a fine line between duty and murder.”
“Refrigeration. Are you talking about refrigeration?”
“I don’t have that many close friends, I count you among them.”
“I love this man as if he were my son.”
“Love? Is that what you’re selling?”
“You should consider a career on the stage.”
“Imagination is it’s own form of courage.”
“Well hey there. You want a peanut butter and jelly?”
“Have you asked that of yourself? What are you willing to die for?”
"The American Dream has failed you. Work hard? Play by the rules? You aren’t guaranteed success.”
“I’m leaving you.”
“Must I destroy this man?”
“You’re nothing without me.”
“You wanna know what takes real courage? Keeping your mouth shut, no matter what you might be feeling.”
“I was trying to rile you up. And I succeeded.”
“He’s a son of a bitch.”
“No writer worth his salt can resist a good story.”
“What is the face of a coward? The back of his head as he runs from the battle.”
“What I hate is… how much I need us.”
"You are entitled to nothing.”
“It’s tiresome, constantly swinging a sledgehammer at the facade, just to get a glimpse through the cracks.”
"We’ve been lying for a long time. Not to them. To each other.”
“This is what happens when you don’t sleep for three months.”