74 Quotes by Sylvain Neuvel

You have to understand that this flies in the face of everything we know about American civilizations.

We’re not the greatest thing in the universe, certainly not the smartest. Seems logical there’d be a great many things in it we can’t comprehend.

I’ve crossed that line we’re not supposed to cross. I died. And I’m still here. I cheated death. I took away God’s power.I killed God and I feel empty inside.

Perhaps, deep down inside that rugged shell of yours, there is a little girl desperately waiting for her Prince Charming to propose.”“Of course there is. Only until now, I'd been pretty successful at keeping that little brat's mouth shut.”“What will your answer be if he asks?”“You're funny. He can't ask. I'll find a way to be bitchy enough for the next forty years so that perfect moment never comes.”“You seem to have a good handle on that little girl after all.

I came to realize that good and evil were out of my reach, that time was the only thing I had any control over. I could buy time, create intervals. I could not truly make the world a better place, but I could make part of it a better place for a short while.

I mean, how could anyone start something like this and not know how it turns out?

Can you keep an open mind? Are you willing to challenge what you know to be true?

I suppose that’s why people are disenchanted with politics. They expect whoever they elect to change their lives.

Irony is not one of my favorite modes of communication, but I can still recognize it.