Claudio Sánchez > Quotes

“Your time has come to pick the road you walk in this tale.”
― Claudio Sanchez

“In short, for the murders of those I court, I bless the hour that holds your fall.”
― Claudio Sanchez

“I don’t know what’s right. I don’t know what’s wrong,” she said with a shrug. “I don’t think anyone knows for sure. They may think they know; they may even convince themselves of it. But sometimes you can’t be sure until much, much later when you see how it all worked it out. You just have to do the best you can and hope that it all works out.”
― Claudio Sánchez, Year of the Black Rainbow

“It is never too late to do what is right.”
― Claudio Sánchez, Year of the Black Rainbow

“One does not need to be able to know the future; one only needs to be conversant with the past in order to guide the present, and the future will attend to itself”
― Claudio Sánchez, Year of the Black Rainbow

“so it was hard to believe that establishing once and for all that there was no God could ever be done definitively. But if it were possible…would Leonard even mind at this point? Would he truly care if he and Pearl—if Man—meant nothing in the scheme of the universe?”
― Claudio Sánchez, Year of the Black Rainbow

“Pearl…every night I pray to God that you can rest. Seeing what this has done to you….it hurts me more than any man can bear. I’d give you anything—everything—if only I knew you’d take it.”
― Claudio Sánchez, Year of the Black Rainbow

“He looked upward toward the night sky and said, “Honestly…was this the best you could do? Truly? Create creatures willing to work themselves into a state where they toss aside all reason? If the answer is yes, then what does that say about you? If the answer is no, then why didn’t you put some more effort into it?”
― Claudio Sánchez, Year of the Black Rainbow