74 Quotes by Sylvain Neuvel

I killed god and I feel empty inside.

It's like a choice, but with fewer options.

There is decency in this world. We just need to look for it. Given enough time, I have absolutely no doubt it will flourish again. Then, maybe. I said we're not ready now, not yet. That's not pessimism. I can't make the forest grow faster because I want it to. I can't will it to grow. It takes time. I'd hoped it could happen in my lifetime but I don't think it can. All I can do is to plant some seeds, take care of the seedlings and hope someone else does it after I am gone.

Once you throw religion into the mix, it's easy to lose sight of reality.

You can't look at this thing and not know it was built to intimidate. Anyone who came face-to-face with this thing was meant to be awed and terrified at the same time. Form follows function.That the life is recognizable in its expression. That form ever follows function. That is the law.

I suppose no one ever thinks that they're close minded.

Muslims are bad because they are, that’s all. Why would you need a reason? It’s one thing to let your child go blind because you read on Facebook that the measles vaccine would make him autistic, it’s another to ship him off to a work camp because he inherited his grandmother’s genes instead of Grandpa’s. Our entire race is trying to lobotomize itself. It’s as moronic and repulsive as someone cutting off their own legs.

I wish I knew where this journey will take us, but I don't. All I know is that this is bigger than me, my self-doubt, or any crisis of conscience. I now truly realize how profoundly insignificant I am compared to all this. Why does that make me feel so much better?

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