DEAR EVAN HANSEN STARTERS
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“ have you been writing those letters to yourself? ”
“ this is gonna be a good day. ”
“ those letters are important, honey. ”
“ can we try to have an optimistic outlook? ”
“ can we buck up just enough to see the world won’t fall apart? ”
“ we’re not giving up before we’ve tried. ”
“ i’m proud of you already. ”
“ i’m kinda coming up empty. ”
“ does anybody have a map? ”
“ anybody maybe happen to know how the hell to do this? ”
“ this is me just pretending to know. ”
“ i’m making this up as i go. ”
“ you are not missing the first day. ”
“ i already said i’d go tomorrow. ”
“ he’s definitely high. ”
“ i don’t want you going to school high! ”
“ ______ finished the milk! ”
“ it’s a puzzle, it’s a maze. ”
“ each day’s another wrong turn. ”
“ i’ve learned to slam on the break before i even turn the key. ”
“ give them no reason to stare. ”
“ no slipping up if you slip away. ”
“ i got nothing to share. ”
“ i got nothing to say. ”
“ step out of the sun if you keep getting burned. ”
“ on the outside always looking in. ”
“ will i ever be more than i’ve always been? ”
“ i try to speak, but nobody can hear. ”
“ i wait around for an answer to appear. ”
“ is anybody waving back at me? ”
“ we start with stars in our eyes. ”
“ we start believing that we belong. ”
“ every sun doesn’t rise. ”
“ no one tells you where you went wrong. ”
“ when you’re falling in a forest and there’s nobody around, do you ever really crash or even make a sound? ”
“ did i even make a sound? ”
“ will i ever make a sound? ”
“ there’s nowhere else i’d rather be. ”
“ one foot after the other. ”
“ we’ve been way too out of touch. ”
“ things have been crazy. ”
“ it sucks that we don’t talk that much. ”
“ i should tell you that i think of you each night. ”
“ i’m just trying to tell the truth. ”
“ this needs to be perfect. ”
“ life without you has been hard. ”
“ i miss talking about life and other stuff. ”
“ each day’s another fight. ”
“ if i stop smoking pot then everything might be alright. ”
“ i’ll take your advice. ”
“ i’ll try to be more nice. ”
“ all that it takes is a little reinvention. ”
“ it’s easy to change if you give it your attention. ”
“ all you gotta do is just believe you can be who you wanna be. ”
“ just try to take deep breaths. ”
“ you’ll be obsessed with all my forest expertise. ”
“ dude, i’m proud of you. ”
“ just keep pushing through. ”
“ thanks for every note you send. ”
“ i’m just glad to be your friend. ”
“ our friendship goes beyond your average kind of bond. ”
“ no, not because we’re gay. ”
“ we’re close, but not that way. ”
“ the only man that i love is my dad. ”
“ you’re getting better every day. ”
“ i’m getting better every day. ”
“ we’re getting better every day. ”
“ why should i play this game of pretend? ”
“ oh, don’t the tears just pour? ”
“ i could give in to all of the gloom. ”
“ why should i have a heavy heart? ”
“ why should i start to break in pieces? ”
“ why should i go and fall apart for you? ”
“ why should i play the grieving girl? ”
“ i will sing no requiem. ”
“ i gave you the world, you threw it away. ”
“ i hear your voice, i feel you near. ”
“ i know that you are still here. ”
“ why should i say i’ll keep you with me? ”
“ when the villains fall, the kingdoms never weep. ”
“ no one mourns at all. ”
“ don’t tell me that i didn’t have it right. ”
“ don’t tell me that it wasn’t black and white. ”
“ after all you’ve put me through. ”
“ don’t say it wasn’t true. ”
“ you were not the monster that i knew. ”
“ i cannot play the grieving girl. ”
“ he thought you were awesome. ”
“ there’s nothing like your smile. ”
“ you never knew how wonderful that smile could make someone feel. ”
“ whenever you get bored you scribble stars on the cuffs of your jeans. ”
“ you still fill out the quizzes that they put in those teen magazines. ”
“ he kept it all inside his head. ”
“ though he wanted to, he couldn’t talk to you. ”
“ she’s everything to me. ”
“ we’re a million worlds apart. ”
“ i don’t know how i would even start. ”
“ did he say anything else? ”
“ it looked pretty cool when you put indigo streaks in your hair. ”
“ he wondered how you learned to dance like all the rest of the world isn’t there. ”
“ what do you do when there’s this great divide? ”
“ he just seemed so far away. ”
“ what do you do when the distance is too wide? ”
“ it’s like i don’t know anything. ”
“ how do you say i love you? ”
“ guys like you and me we’re just the losers. ”
“ no one seems to care. ”
“ keep them thinking of me. ”
“ make me more than an abandoned memory. ”
“ someone will see that you are there. ”
“ no one deserves to be forgotten. ”
“ no one deserves to fade away. ”
“ no one should come and go. ”
“ no one deserves to disappear. ”
“ you’ve always been that barely-in-the-background kind of guy. ”
“ you can’t escape the feeling that the world’s passed you by. ”
“ if you never get around to doing some remarkable thing, that doesn’t mean that you’re not worth remembering. ”
“ think of the people who need to know. ”
“ you need to show them. ”
“ all you want it for somebody to find you. ”
“ all you need is for somebody to find you. ”
“ i didn’t realise ______ meant this much to people. ”
“ oh, ______, this is wonderful! ”
“ have you ever felt like nobody was there? ”
“ have you ever felt forgotten in the middle of nowhere? ”
“ have you ever felt like you could disappear? ”
“ let that lonely feeling wash away. ”
“ maybe there’s a reason to believe you’ll be okay. ”
“ when you don’t feel strong enough to stand, you can reach out your hand. ”
“ someone will come running. ”
“ i know they’ll take you home. ”
“ you’ll reach up and you’ll rise again. ”
“ lift your head and look around. ”
“ someone put a video of your speech online. ”
“ your speech is everywhere. ”
“ i don’t understand- what happened? ”
“ there’s a place where we don’t have to feel unknown. ”
“ i can’t stop watching this video. ”
“ every time that you call out, you’re a little less alone. ”
“ this will make your day. ”
“ thank you, ______, for doing what you're doing. ”
“ it's so easy to feel alone. ”
“ the morning is breaking. ”
“ this glove’s really cool, wow. ”
“ i bought this glove a thousand years ago. ”
“ i thought we might play catch. ”
“ you can’t catch anything with it that stiff. ”
“ if you’re in the market for professional advice, then today could be a lucky day for you. ”
“ it just takes a little patience. ”
“ it takes a little time. ”
“ you might not think it’s worth it. ”
“ you can’t take any shortcuts. ”
“ you gotta stick it out. ”
“ it’s the hard way, but it’s the right way. ”
“ with something like this, you gotta be ready to put in the work, make the commitment. ”
“ everyone around you thinks you’re crazy. ”
“ everyone around you lets things go. ”
“ you’re trying to do what’s best. ”
“ ______ was really lucky to have a dad who cared so much about taking care of stuff. ”
“ i don’t need you to sell me on reasons to want you. ”
“ i don’t need you to search for the proof. ”
“ you don’t have to convince me. ”
“ you don’t have to be scared you’re not enough. ”
“ what we’ve got going is good. ”
“ i don’t need more reminders of all that’s been broken. ”
“ i don’t need you to fix what i’d rather forget. ”
“ clear the slate and start over. ”
“ try to quiet the noises in your head. ”
“ i never thought there’d be someone like you who would want me. ”
“ that’s all that i’ve wanted for longer than you could possibly know. ”
“ it’s not so impossible. ”
“ nobody else but the two of us here. ”
“ you’re saying it’s possible. ”
“ we can just watch the whole world disappear. ”
“ you’re the only one i still know how to see. ”
“ so you’ve found a place where the grass is greener. ”
“ are they giving you a world i could never provide? ”
“ i hope you’re proud of your big decision. ”
“ i hope it’s all that you want and more. ”
“ you say what you need to say so that you get to walk away. ”
“ it would kill you to stay trapped when you’ve got something new. ”
“ i’m sorry you had it rough. ”
“ i’m sorry i’m not enough. ”
“ thank god they rescued you. ”
“ you got what you always wanted. ”
“ you got your dream come true. ”
“ you did what you had to do. ”
“ does it cross your mind to be slightly sorry? ”
“ do you even care that you might be wrong? ”
“ i hope you had a blast while you dragged me along. ”
“ you say what you need to say, and you play who you need to play. ”
“ if somebody’s in your way, crush them and leave them behind. ”
“ go ahead, you can cut me loose. ”
“ i’ll shut my mouth and i’ll let you go. ”
“ i’ll just sit back while you run the show. ”
“ all i need is some time to think. ”
“ the boat is about to sink. ”
“ tell me, how could i change the story? ”
“ i never meant to make it such a mess. ”
“ i never thought that it would go this far. ”
“ there’s nothing i can say. ”
“ i guess i thought i could be part of this. ”
“ i never had this kind of thing before. ”
“ i never had that perfect girl who somehow could see the good part of me. ”
“ i never had the dad who stuck it out. ”
“ mom was all that she had to be. ”
“ nothing can make sense of all these things i’ve done. ”
“ sometimes, you see everything you wanted. ”
“ you want to believe it’s true. so you make it true. ”
“ this was just a sad invention. ”
“ it wasn’t real, i know. ”
“ i guess i couldn’t let that go. ”
“ i guess i couldn’t give that up. ”
“ i guess i wanted to believe. ”
“ if i just believe, then i don’t have to see what’s really there. ”
“ i’d rather pretend i’m something better than these broken parts. ”
“ pretend i’m something other than this mess that i am. ”
“ i don’t have to look at it. ”
“ no one gets to look at it. ”
“ no one can really see. ”
“ what if everyone saw? ”
“ what if everyone knew? ”
“ all i ever do is run. ”
“ i told you not to come outside. ”
“ you saw that truck and you smiled so wide. ”
“ a real life truck in your driveway. ”
“ it’s just me and my little guy. ”
“ the house felt so big. ”
“ that night, i tucked you into bed. ”
“ i knew there would be moments that i’d miss. ”
“ i knew there would be space i couldn’t fill. ”
“ i knew i’d come up short a billion different ways. ”
“ your mom isn’t going anywhere. ”
“ your mom is staying right here. ”
“ no matter what. i’ll be here. ”
“ today, at least you’re you. and that’s enough. ”
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