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81 " The sanctity of the law . . . and the wisdom to know when it must be broken. "
― Neal Shusterman , Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)
82 " You see through the facade of the world, Citra Terranova. You'd make a good scythe." Citra recoiled. "I'd never want to be one.""That", he said, "is the first requirement. "
83 " Is it A-flat or G-sharp? "
84 " Shouldn’t those who were born to expect death be the sole subjects of gleaning?” went the popular wisdom. But it was bigotry masquerading as wisdom. Selfishness posing as enlightenment. "
85 " Numbness was a mere purgatory of gray. No, there was a much worse place. Darkness masquerading as enlightenment. It was a place of royal blue studded with diamonds that glistened like stars. "
86 " We are not the same beings we once were. So then, if we are no longer human, what are we? "
87 " Of course, the politicians, dictators, and warmongers weren’t happy, but their voices, which had always seemed so loud and intimidating, were suddenly insignificant. The emperor not only had no clothes, turns out he had no testicles either. The "
88 " Had she lived, who knows what she might have done. Perhaps she could have changed the world and redeemed her family name. I choose to be Scythe Anastasia. I vow to become the change that might have been. "
89 " Have we ever had an enemy worse than ourselves? "
90 " Wars were fought over the different interpretations of the same doctrine. "
91 " We could have been called reapers," Goddard said, "but our founders saw fit to call us scythes - because we are the weapons in mankind's immortal hand. You are a fine weapon, Rowan, sharp, and precise. And when you strike, you are glorious to behold. "
92 " Would the Thunderhead grieve our passing, I wonder? And if so, would it grieve as the child who has lost a parent, or as the parent who could not save a petulant child from its own poor choices? "
93 " Which is worse - to be despised, or to be ignored? — From the gleaning journal of H.S. Curie "
94 " My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort or joy. It is that we all still die a little inside every time we witness the death of another. For only the pain of empathy will keep us human. "
95 " He was afraid, but fear meant he was still alive. "
96 " For those who will be gleaned, do we not, at the very least owe them a spectacular end "
97 " Being made to suffer pain frees us to feel the joy of being human. "
98 " The very idea of schooling used to be about learning so that we could improve our lives and the world. But a perfect world needs no improvement. Like most everything else we do, grade school through the highest of universities, is just a way to keep us busy. "
99 " Is it not the job of the gardener to shape the tree as much as possible? And shouldn't branches that begin to reach unreasonably high be the first to be pruned? "
100 " Death makes the world kin. "