bioshock infinite: burial at sea sentence starters.
“ you don’t look the sort who can afford to turn down legitimate work. “
“ how about we start with a light? “
“ name your rate, i will pay you for this work. “
“ it seems my instincts were correct. “
“ something tells me a man with your particular talents could be useful. “
“ what happened to these children? “
“ you’ve got eyes and ears, don’t you? “
“ if i wanted to share my life’s story, ____, i would write my memoirs. “
“ i thought this was a place that people understood to mind their own business. “
“ where are you taking me? “
“ did you see the body? “
“ this world values children, not childhood. “
“ there’s a profit to be made and men who make it. “
“ you don’t strike me as the romantic type. “
“ there’s a debt that needs repaying. “
“ we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. “
“ you are more than you claim to be, ____, are you not? “
“ i don’t know what to make of you, ____. “
“ i’m not so sure you’ll like what you find. “
“ takes a cold son of a bitch to do that to a living person. “
“ don’t get too comfortable. keep your eyes open. “
“ if it’s all the same to you, let’s just leave it at ’____.’ “
“ optimism, ____. it helps in situations like this. “
“ life i had before sort of becomes a blur. “
“ i have no doubt you’ll prove persuasive. “
“ you don’t expect a girl to share all her secrets, do you, ____? “
“ my purpose here is none of your consider. consider me a means to an end. “
“ something about you doesn’t sit right. “
“ i can only imagine what they’d do with a child in a place like this. “
“ well, you don’t seem any worse for wear. “
“ if you won’t do it, i will. just give me the word. “
“ i wasn’t yours, ____. yet you had to have me, didn’t you? “
“ you were never one to own up to your own errors, were you? “
“ you’re not sorry. but you’re about to be. “
“ if you ask me, some things are best kept in dreams. “
“ it wasn’t my fault. i didn’t do anything! “
“ leave me alone! can’t you just leave me alone? “
“ i’m sorry… i never should have left. i never should have left you there. “
“ just having a bit of a laugh, ____. “
“ that’s a right fairy tale you’ve dreamed up, ____. but if you’re lying, we can just as well kill you tomorrow. “
“ down here, we’ve got nothing but time. “
“ what are you, huh? and how did you know exactly what to tell ____? “
“ i do believe one can change things, but after all the bother, one wishes they had not. “
“ i need to go back. to fix what i broke. “
“ there are rules. even for one such as you. “
“ you’re trading omniscience and croissants for death and mildew. “
“ we all have our crosses to bear. “
“ there is a thin line between a martyr and a fool. “
“ i… i’m never leaving here, am i? “
“ you decided to come here, ____. you know what that meant. “
“ only option, as i see it, is to trust yourself. “
“ just because your father did something one way doesn’t mean you have to. “
“ from here on, it’s only going to get worse. “
“ knowing isn’t the same as being ready. “
“ it all made sense, but now it’s just a jumble. “
“ ____, you’re—you’re bleeding. “
“ we’d all be better off, ____, if we could just leave well enough alone. “
“ once i could see everything. every possible moment, and now… “
“ think nothing of it. this is the last favor you’ll get. “
“ i’ve seen all this happen before. i’ve seen it, everything that will happen. and now… now… i only see darkness. “
“ i must confess, i’m becoming a little bit skeptical. “
“ people aren’t designed to see what you’ve seen. and that you’re just plain old flesh and blood… well, be grateful you’ve got things this well held together. “
“ never underestimate the fallibility of the egomaniac. “
“ i’m not you, ____.some war hero. i’m not even me anymore. “
“ ____, you there? i miss you. you were the only one who ever… you were my only friend. “
“ i think… ____ would miss you. “
“ i should’ve just left you there to die. i should’ve just… “
“ i will never escape it. exploited. exploiting. “
“ me, ____, you. it’s like a wheel of blood, spinning round and round. “
“ men like you mistake an ounce of empathy for a pound of science. “
“ for all the endless worlds, for all the infinite possibilities, did i ever have a choice? did you? “
“ all these infinite universes… and yet we end up just going down the same paths. “
“ the old pass their damage to the young. “
“ i’m not going to break any cycle. if i’m lucky, maybe i can dent it… just a little. “
“ i don’t claim to understand what you are. but you are special. “
“ they’ll underestimate you, ____. they always do. “
“ i suppose we all deserve this… one way or another. “
“ i sent myself here for a reason. didn’t i? “
“ if i were less acquainted with the vicissitudes of genius, i suspect i would question your sanity. “
“ i know so little of you, but i imagine the more i learned, the more exceptional i would find you. “
“ you’re one of a kind in this world, or others. “
“ your misguided sense of altruism sends you to your doom. “
“ you’ve been down two weeks, ____. fucking doctors. better off hiring a million monkeys. “
“ what, you’ll put a hole in my head and take away my memories? you want to make me forget all this? you want to make me not care anymore? go ahead. you’ll be doing me a favor. “
“ you’re a regular hero, aren’t you? “
“ if i was so smart, if i saw so much, why just send myself to the slaughter? “
“ all of this for nothing. why did i do it? why? “
“ you have to decide. to take a leap of faith. “
“ of all things i know, i know this. it is in your power to be a different man. “
“ the memories of what we’ve done fade only with the dimming of all lights. “
“ this is it? all of the pain and all of the death for this? “
“ you know what? they said i was a rube. but they were wrong. i’m not the rube, ____. you are. “
“ we both know what happens next. let’s just get it over with. “