One Foot in the Fade Quotes

“we make that choice in a hundred little decisions every day, when we put our own life, and our own comforts, over everyone else. We all live our lives off the blood of other people; they’re usually just far enough away from us that we can convince ourselves that it isn’t the case. We put enough businessmen, enough dollars, enough days and years between our actions and their effect to pretend that they aren’t connected. That we don’t have a choice. But it’s always a choice. We know it deep down, and – unless anybody calls us out – we’ll go on and on letting others suffer, just so we can have one more beer in the sun.”
― Luke Arnold, One Foot in the Fade

“real friendship, I think: to be the person you are when you’re alone, but in front of someone else. Just as free. Just as messy. The kind of friend where you don’t have to stress over every little thing you say, because one little fuck-up in front of them won’t make them think any worse of you.”
― Luke Arnold, One Foot in the Fade

“Fetch: You think about death?
Khay: Yeah. I'm terrified of it. Not because of the pain or what I think is waiting on the other side. I just don't want this to end. That's why I joined the Genie in the first place. I love every minute of being here. Being me. Curse or no curse, pre or post-Coda, I just... if I stop and just feel, I... I can become overwhelmed. On nothing. On the fact that we're here. That any of this exists.”
― Luke Arnold, One Foot in the Fade

“That’s one of alcohol’s cruelest effects: being unable to remember moments that can be our most defining in the eyes of others.”
― Luke Arnold, One Foot in the Fade

“I was always better when it was one on one. In groups, I felt like the others had some connection that I wasn’t really a part of, no matter how much time we spent together.”
― Luke Arnold, One Foot in the Fade