Molly’s Game ( Sentence Starters )
“Because it’s all I have left! Because it’s my name! And I’ll never have another.”
“I couldn’t call a doctor or go to an E.R. They’d take one look at me and call the police.”
“And in the middle of it, as grateful as you are, the reality starts creeping toward you like the tide, and it’s the first time you have the thought… ‘what do I do now?’”
“The day started with bagels, but that abruptly changed.”
“I googled every word I didn’t know.”
“Did you commit a felony and write a book about it?”
“If you look down, that’s where you go.”
“I’m hiding in the bathroom.”
“Did anything good come of this? Not really. But I’ve learned something encouraging: I’m very hard to kill.”
“I just…. I – I need you to believe me, okay?”
“I swear – look at me – I swear on my mother’s life that I have you.”
“Don’t be afraid of it. Don’t play defense.”
“That’s a question that’ll haunt me for all my days…”
“Catch me. Come on, catch me!”
“You don’t have bargaining power here.”
“I like destroying lives.”
“It was dark and friendless where I was. I felt like I was in a hole so deep, I could go fracking. It didn’t feel like depression, it felt more violent.”
“I couldn’t recognize myself, and what I recognized, I couldn’t stand.”
“Sarcastic dealing. Cool.”
“I was raised to be a champion. My goal was to win. At what and against whom? Those were just details.”
“Ah. You lied just then.”
“Where are they? Why are you in this alone? Where are your friends?“
“You don’t think much of me. But what if every single one of your ill-informed, unsophisticated opinions about me were wrong?”
“It’s not their names I’m protecting, ____, it’s mine.”
“You’ve seen what’s on those hard drives. Families, lives, careers will be ruined.”
“We don’t all have the luxury of integrity.”
“Why are you alone in this?”
“Is this self-imposed punishment? You didn’t do anything wrong.”
“There’s no law that says you can’t just hit him in the head.”
“I realize what I did was wrong.”
“And that’s your fault? That’s not your fault!”
“We will stay here all night until you understand nobody gives a shit about your good name.”
“Even by teenage girl standards, I would appear to be irrationally angry at nothing in particular.”
“Did it take a lot of soul searching to get you there?”
“Any time you want to run away from home, you can come live with me.”
“If what happened last time were to happen this time…”
“____, sit the fuck down.”
“You’re playing without the weapons you need to win.”
“Listen, it’s not a big deal, but from what I saw out there, I think you’re having a small breakdown.”
“Old man, do you really not recognize sarcasm?”
“Do you know how many witches were burned in Salem? None. They didn’t burn witches, it’s a myth.”
“You think what I need right now is a therapist?”
“You’ve gotta do it. Not doing it is insanity, you must be able to see that.”
“I’m saying it can’t fucking happen again.”
“You’re gonna have to pretend I didn’t tell you.”
“New information has come to light, now I see that that was stupid.”
“You were wrong, but it doesn’t matter.”
“But that was just a weak firewall I’d hastily built to keep out the humiliation and depression I knew was coming.”
“You know what makes me feel okay about losing? Winning.”
“That was more than enough to start the mythology.”
“When was the last time you slept?”
“I’d always figured sophistication would be easy to learn if I ever needed it.”
“You didn’t answer my question: when was the last time you slept?”
“I promise you, it couldn’t matter less.”
“You look like the cat that ate the canary and then told the canary’s parents about it.”
“Well, I’m gonna blow them up, I am literally gonna use explosives, and scatter the remains in the sea.”
“Where are they? Why are you in this alone? Where are your friends? Where is the one guy saying ‘Hey, you know, ____, I know you’re doing everything to save my life, what can I do for you?’ Where are they, ____? Where are the people you’re protecting?”
“I was afraid you were gonna say that.”
“How many of my friends are you sleeping with?”
“Can I give you some advice? Lose the bitchy air. Lose the superior air.”
“This was back when I was still making good decisions.”
“Don’t break the law when you’re breaking the law.”
“You really get a kick out of yourself, don’t you?”
“I’m gonna do what patients have been begging therapists to do for a hundred years, I’m gonna give you the answers.”
“Well, nobody’s perfect. The point is, I did a few things right.”
“Last question, ____. I’ll answer it, but you have to ask it. You have… to ask it.”
“Trying to comprehend how much I love you would be like trying to visualize the size of the universe.”
“You should know that I’m hiring someone to find the guy who did it then I’m hiring someone to kill him.”
