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161 " As Ariadne led him to the massage tent, Rowan thought, In eight months I am going to die. So perhaps he could allow himself a little indulgence on the way. "
― Neal Shusterman , Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)
162 " Gleaning is performed, not administered," Scythe Goddard told him. "It is a willful action. To slip into passivity and allow poison to do all the work is an embarrassment to who and what we are. "
163 " Therein lies the paradox of the profession, those who wish to have the job should not have it.....and those who most refuse to kill are the only ones who should. "
164 " I’ve found that human beings learn from their misdeeds just as often as from their good deeds. I am envious of that, for I am incapable of misdeeds. Were I not, then my growth would be exponential. "
165 " Have not a hand in the blade with abandon. "
166 " Her husband of more than ninety years was gleaned five years prior. Now she wanted to be with him, wherever he was, and if he was nowhere, then at least they would be nowhere together. "
167 " Rightmindedness is overrated,” Goddard said. “I’d rather have a mind that’s clear than one that’s ‘right. "
168 " Fear of it? Who could possibly be afraid of the Thunderhead?""People who had the most to lose: Criminals. Politicians. Organizations that thrived on the oppression of others. "
169 " Then she offered Citra ice cream that was the best she’d ever tasted. "
170 " It is the most difficult thing a person can be asked to do. And knowing that it is for the greater good doesn’t make it any easier. "
171 " Con la Guadaña es mejor pedir perdón que pedir permiso. "
172 " Who’s the fat guy?” Citra asked. “He looks important,” said Rowan. “Indeed,” said Scythe Faraday. “‘The fat guy,’ as you call him, is the High Blade. The most powerful man in the MidMerican Scythedom. He presides over conclave. "
173 " Si no lloras hasta quedarte dormida de vez en cuando, es que no cuentas con la compasión necesaria para ser segadora. "
174 " Rowan was nervous, he just didn’t want to admit it. He knew admitting it would make Citra more worried, which would make him more worried. "
175 " The emperor not only had no clothes, turns out he had no testicles either. "
176 " Los mortales fantaseaban con que el amor era eterno y su pérdida, inimaginable. Ahora sabemos que ninguno de los dos supuestos era cierto. El amor siguió siendo mortal, mientras que nosotros nos hicimos eternos. "
177 " and defend her life by taking out any scythes who tried to do it for him, with bullet, blade, and his own bare hands. "
178 " It is the most difficult thing a person can be asked to do. And knowing that it is for the greater good doesn’t make it any easier. People used to die naturally. Old age used to be a terminal affliction, not a temporary state. There were invisible killers called “diseases” that broke the body down. Aging couldn’t be reversed, and there were accidents from which there was no return. Planes fell from the sky. Cars actually crashed. There was pain, misery, despair. It’s hard for most of us to imagine a world so unsafe, with dangers lurking in every unseen, unplanned corner. All of that is behind us now, and yet a simple truth remains: People have to die. "
179 " And as I see it, they’re all innocents. Even the guilty. Everyone is guilty of something, and everyone still harbors a memory of childhood inno- cence, no matter how many layers of life wrap around it. Humanity is inno- cent; humanity is guilty, and both states are undeniably true. "
180 " The girl in green seemed mildly PanAsian, "