PERSON OF INTEREST SENTENCE STARTERS
“ i guess you could call me a concerned third party. ”
“ you know, you could’ve done me a favour and let those guys land a couple more punches. ”
“ i know what it’s like to want to get out of a place so bad you’d be willing to do almost anything. ”
“ i gave him a choice, and he chose wrong. ”
“ we have more in common than you might think: the world thinks we’re both dead, for starters. ”
“ if you stay and we continue to do this, sooner or later, both of us will probably wind up dead. ”
“ i prefer not to work with a man whose reference is a dead marine. ”
“ i know what happens when you take a life ––– you lose a part of yourself… not everything, just… the part that matters the most. i lost that part of myself a long time ago… i’m not sure if i can find it… i’m not sure it matters anymore. ”
“ they took everything i had. “
“ foreign background, boring life, a job involving travel… spycraft 101. this is an alias. i’ve used dozens of them. i think [ name ] is a cover. ”
“ had to run two lights getting here just to make sure my own people weren’t trailing me. ”
“ i know what it’s like to live inside a lie ––– i’ve lived there for so long, it feels like there’s no way out.”
“ i looked for an ‘i’m-sorry-i-got-you-shot’ card, but they were all out. ”
“ people who say they have nothing to hide almost always do. “
“ why is it that every time you call me these days, i know to bring a firearm ? ”
“ every room i go in, i always look for the exits. i was a soldier, can’t turn it off… so trust me when i tell you, you only have one way out of this. ”
“ y’know, i thought about dying but realised i couldn’t afford it on a detective’s salary. ”
“ that tall drink of water? i’ve got a christmas list of ways to dispose of him. ”
“ are you gonna shoot again, or just talk me to death ? ”
“ you don’t get to choose who or what i die for. i made that choice a long time ago. “
