Argument gives ideas (Practice)

I was outside of Kamppi, Helsinki when I saw a grafitti where somebody had written:

"Love is free

but everything costs"

For some reason I found that sentence really inspiring.

I loved the structure of that sentence and decided to utilize the idea for inspiration.

One would write a claim, for example "Summer is coming." (jep, summer, not Winter)
Then one would continue that claim with a "but" and something negative/ an other statement.

For example: "Summer is coming, but I won't be here to see it."
Then one can start thinking about the why, the what and the when. Why was the first statement made? Why won't I/you be there? What is this about?.... And then you can start writing a story about it, or a poem.

I rather liked this idea.

Other (rather random) examples:

Claim 1: 
Everybody loves books.
There is nothing out there.
Feelings get hurt all the time.
Cooking is not as easy as it seems.

Claim 2 or a negative comment: 
... but she didn't know that.
... but I am just lost.
... but nowadays nobody cares.
... but I can't even try.

Let's combine these:

Everybody loves books, but she didn't know that.

OR

Everybody loves books, but I am just lost.

OR

Everybody loves books, but nowadays nobody cares.

OR

Everybody loves books, but I can't even try.


There is nothing out there, but she didn't know that.

OR

There is nothing out there, but I am just lost.

OR

There is nothing out there, but nowadays nobody cares.

OR

There is nothing out there, but I can't even try.


Feelings get hurt all the time, but she didn't know that.

OR

Feelings get hurt all the time, but I am just lost.

OR

Feelings get hurt all the time, but nowadays nobody cares.

OR

Feelings get hurt all the time, but I can't even try.


Cooking is not as easy as it seems, but she didn't know that.

OR

Cooking is not as easy as it seems, but I am just lost.

OR

Cooking is not as easy as it seems, but nowadays nobody cares.

OR

Cooking is not as easy as it seems, but I can't even try.

I won't comment how smart these became, but did you get ideas from any of these? I got plenty :)

Kim A. Dreamreich