They Who Fell Quotes

“They think there’s a meaning to life out there someplace just waiting for them to find it, but there ain’t. There’s only whatever meaning you make up for yourself.”
― Kevin Kneupper, They Who Fell

“sloth is one of the sins with the most to commend it.”
― Kevin Kneupper, They Who Fell

“What you did and didn’t do is of no import,” said Nefta. “It’s what you do now that matters.”
― Kevin Kneupper, They Who Fell

“I watched over every one of them. Century after century, helping them with their struggles with little nudges, protecting them from their follies where I could. It isn’t an easy job, mind you. You’ve a tendency to do as you please regardless of the consequences, your kind. You’re certainly no exception.”
― Kevin Kneupper, They Who Fell

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― Kevin Kneupper, They Who Fell

“He didn’t have the experience, didn’t have the athleticism, and didn’t have the talent for it. But inside he still fantasized about being one of them.”
― Kevin Kneupper, They Who Fell

“But in times of disorder and lawlessness, attention can be a dangerous thing.”
― Kevin Kneupper, They Who Fell

“They were going to the center of it all, the home of the Vichies and the source of the betrayal that had paralyzed the world after the Fall. They were going to the font of the nation’s corruption, a place stained by sin and steeped in treachery. They were going to a den of lies, packed with cowardly parasites who survived by whoring their allegiances to the highest bidder. They were going to Washington, D.C.”
― Kevin Kneupper, They Who Fell

“Only exceedingly stupid politicians wanted the title so badly as to take that risk, but then, there had always been a surplus of exceedingly stupid politicians.”
― Kevin Kneupper, They Who Fell

“the elderly learn to own their faults, which makes them easier for others to bear.”
― Kevin Kneupper, They Who Fell