PACIFIC RIM SENTENCE STARTERS.
‘ when i was a kid, whenever i’d feel small or lonely, i’d look up at the stars. wondered if there was life up there. ‘
‘ tens of thousands of lives were lost. ‘
‘ this was just the beginning. ‘
‘ to fight monsters, we created monsters of our own. ‘
‘ we got really good at it. winning. ‘
‘ hey, kid. don’t get cocky. ‘
‘ please, after you. age before beauty. ‘
‘ you know what i’m thinking. ‘
‘ worry about yourself, kiddo! ‘
‘ suits and ties, flashy smiles. that’s all they are. ‘
‘ bad news: three guys died yesterday. ‘
‘ well, orders are orders. what else am i supposed to do? ‘
‘ took me a while to find you. ‘
‘ i can’t have anyone else in my head again. i’m done. ‘
‘ haven’t you heard? the world is coming to an end. ‘
‘ so where would you rather die? here, or ____? ‘
‘ oh, no, call me ___. only my mother calls me doctor. ‘
‘ he was 2,500 tons of awesome. or awful. you know, whatever you wanna call it. ‘
‘ shut up. i don’t love them, okay? i study them. ‘
‘ things have changed. we’re not an army anymore, we’re the resistance. ‘
‘ i didn’t know it was this bad. ‘
‘ sorry about your brother. ‘
‘ you haven’t told me what i’m doing here yet. ‘
‘ numbers do not lie. politics and poetry, promises, these are lies. numbers are as close as we get to the handwriting of god. ‘
‘ politics and poetry, promises, these are lies. ‘
‘ and this… is the point where he goes completely crazy. ‘
‘ fortune favors the brave, dude. ‘
‘ they won’t give you the equipment, and even if they did, you’d kill yourself. ‘
‘ she’s one of a kind now. ‘
‘ i think you’re unpredictable. ‘
‘ you take risks that endanger yourself and your crew. i don’t think you’re the right man for this mission. ‘
‘ wow. thank you for your honesty. ‘
‘ one day, you’re gonna see that in combat you make decisions. and you have to live with the consequences. ‘
‘ vengeance is like an open wound. ‘
‘ to me, you’re dead weight. you slow me down, i’m gonna drop you like a sack of shit. ‘
‘ i’ve raised him on my own. he’s a smart kid, but i never knew whether to give him a hug or a kick in the ass. ‘
‘ it’s a dialogue, not a fight. ‘
‘ i’m not crazy. you felt it, right? ‘
‘ this is worth fighting for. ‘
‘ if you’re listening to this, well, i’m either alive and i’ve proven what i’ve just done works, in which case, ha ha, i won. or i’m dead and i’d like you to know that it’s all your fault. it really is, you know, you drove me to this. in which case, ha, i also won. sort of. ‘
‘ are you gonna say anything? ‘
‘ like when you blink your eyes over and over and over again and all you really see are like, frames. it was emotion. ‘
‘ i’m okay. just let me control it. ‘
‘ you are a goddamn disgrace. you’re gonna get us all killed. ‘
‘ why don’t you just do us all a favor and disappear? it’s the only thing you’re good at. ‘
‘ so, what, you’re grounding us? ‘
‘ one: don’t you ever touch me again. two: don’t you ever touch me again. ‘
‘ now, you have no idea who the hell i am or where i’ve come from, and i’m not about to tell you my whole life story. ‘
‘ you know, you live in someone else’s head for so long… the hardest part to deal with is the silence. ‘
‘ well, that’s classified. so i couldn’t tell you. even if i wanted to. but it is pretty cool, so i might tell you. i’m gonna tell you. ‘
‘ jesus, we can’t just sit here and watch them die. ‘
‘ let me in, i’m a doctor! ‘
‘ we have a choice here. we either sit and wait, or we take these flare guns and do something really stupid. ‘
‘ as harsh as it sounds, there is no time to celebrate. we lost people. no time to grieve. ‘
‘ how sick are you? and why didn’t you tell me? ‘
‘ i haven’t exactly had a very good day, okay? ‘
‘ we’re gonna own this bad boy! ‘
‘ by jove, we are going to own this thing for sure! ‘
‘ today, at the edge of our hope, at the end of our time, we have chosen not only to believe in ourselves, but in each other. ‘
‘ today we are canceling the apocalypse! ‘
‘ as for you, well, you’re easy. you’re an egotistical jerk with daddy issues. a simple puzzle i solved on day one. ‘
‘ i just don’t want to regret all the things that i never said out loud. ‘
‘ well, my father always said, if you have the shot, you take it. so let’s do this. ‘
‘ all i have to do is fall. anyone can fall. ‘
‘ i can’t find his pulse. i don’t think he’s breathing. ‘
‘ no. don’t go. please. ‘
‘ you’re squeezing me too tight. i couldn’t breathe. ‘
‘ where is my goddamn shoe? ‘