Kyle West > Quotes

“He tried not to look at her long, as if she were the sun; but like the sun, he saw her even without looking." I”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“Life sucks, there’s no way around that. But you never know when the good might come. Maybe it won't, but you shouldn’t count it out. And besides, that’s what makes us human, right? Even if it seems impossible, even when there is no point, we fight to the death with smiles on our faces.”
― Kyle West, Apocalypse

“glowed like diamonds in the sunlight,”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“I don't regret anything. Every scar, every memory, has made me who I am. Without the pain, I wouldn't have learned, or grown. I can't go back to who I was." Anna”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“two people could keep a secret, as long as one of them was dead.”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“We are the sum of our experiences,” Anna said. “No more, no less. But I’d like to believe there’s something more to all of us. That we have the strength to defy our experiences and rise above them, to push back against the world that has treated us so cruelly. To hold out arms and make it a better place to live. Sometimes, all that gets lost in the madness. It all gets overwhelmed. Yet, here we are. Still standing.” Julian and I merely stood, listening. “There are things we’d all rather forget,” Anna went on. “But we can’t. The pain becomes a part of us. There were times where that was all there was. That’s the way the world is. You can see beauty, or you can see ugliness. You can even see both, if you want to. Even without the Radaskim, this world would be a dark place. But even in the ruins, a flower can bloom. Even in a land without the sun.”
― Kyle West, Xenofall

“A man doesn’t do what he wants. He does what he must.”
― Kyle West, Apocalypse

“We are the sum of our experiences,” Anna said. “No more, no less. But I’d like to believe there’s something more to all of us. That we have the strength to defy our experiences and rise above them, to push back against the world that has treated us so cruelly. To hold out arms and make it a better place to live. Sometimes, all that gets lost in the madness. It all gets overwhelmed. Yet, here we are. Still standing.”
― Kyle West, Xenofall

“The Wasteland is a fluid place – things can change rather quickly.”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“There were no more wireless networks to feed that information, no more information clouds to store all human knowledge. The only clouds now were the ones above, angry and red and perpetually blanketing the cold, bare Earth.”
― Kyle West, Revelation

“Your puny weapons will not harm me. If all of what you said is true, then we do not have time.”
― Kyle West, Revelation

“Without honesty, there can be nothing good.”
― Kyle West, Apocalypse

“Next in line was Blake Lightfoot, a portly engineer with receding hair who worked down in Fusion. As he sat, his generous gut pushed against the table, making all three of his chins waggle. I would have never have said this out loud, but I'd always thought his thick glasses made him look like an overfed mole. Lightfoot”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“Maybe I've never felt the sun, and I probably never will, but I also know I don't have to. Being with you was close enough.”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“Without honesty, there can be no dignity. Without honesty, there can be no righteousness. Without honesty, there can be nothing good." I”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“held her face in my hands. "Not always." There was a tightness in my throat as I looked into her eyes, and a desperate need to touch her lips with mine. As I leaned forward, she closed her eyes, and our lips softly brushed. Then, we tasted one another fully and without restraint. After a moment, she pulled away. "Alex...we can't go any further than this." "Of course," I said, surprised at the need in my voice. "I'm just...afraid of getting carried away. Losing control. It would be too easy." She looked into my eyes, touching my face. "Let's just be close...okay?" "Okay." She leaned in to kiss me again, and I realized, as she pulled back to look into my eyes, that I had been wrong earlier. Everything that mattered wasn't over. Khloe mattered. She smiled, and just like that, I realized a fundamental truth.”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“Any society that gives up a little liberty to gain a little security deserves neither, and will lose both.”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“A man doesn't do what he wants. He does what he must." "Yes.”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“It takes courage to open up to a world that isn’t worth opening up to. That courage is part of our humanity, part of our noble defiance – and all we can do is pray that it’s worth it. And I wasn’t going to let the promise of pain stop me from trying.”
― Kyle West, Revelation

“Even if such beauty wasn't meant to be in a world so fallen as ours, that didn't take away from its beauty. It only made it more beautiful.”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“I would have killed for a hot shower. I”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“Without suffering, there can be no victory. But take heart: courage can be found in the unlikeliest of places." "Where”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“we'll make sure you're good”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“muscle. Its shape resembled a gorilla, but who knew what”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“Anyone who denies your right to information only seeks to control you." "This”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“CHAPTER”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“grotesque as it was. Then, I realized...this Behemoth had once been my father. I felt it, even if the Behemoth didn’t. I knew it to be true. As this realization dawned on me, the possibility became greater and greater. “Dad...” There almost seemed to be a gleam of recognition in those haunted white orbs – or had I just imagined it? Whatever”
― Kyle West, Darkness

“A man does not do what he wants,” I said. “He does what he must.”
― Kyle West, Apocalypse

“What made you decide to come after me?" "We all came after you." "But it was your idea." "How did you know that?" She turned away, her smile victorious. "You just told me. I had a feeling, though. I guess that means you like me." "You liked me first." "Maybe," Anna said. "Maybe not." "You're completely smitten," I said. "I can tell.”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

“A man doesn't do what he wants. He does what he must.”
― Kyle West, The Wasteland Chronicles: Omnibus Edition