Quotes About Sacrifice

I will do everything in my power to save them from themselves, but if I am unsuccessful, at least I can take some comfort in the fact that I would then be free.

The world is a flower I hold in my palm. I would end my own existence rather than crush it.

Thou shalt kill.

There's a very old expression, Scythe Goddard told him. 'To be painless is to be gainless.

Si existieran mas donantes de organos, la desconexion jamas hubiera existido.

I am, by definition, pure justice, pure loyalty. This world is a flower I hold in my palm. I would end my own existence rather than crush it.

It began the night we died on the Kamikaze.

partake of this body

Of course, if more people had been organ donors, unwinding never would have happened . . . but people like to keep what's theirs, even after they're dead. It didn't take long for ethics to be crushed by greed.

it occurs to me that all scarecrows look as if they've been crucified.

Is it so strange to want to give of yourself totally and completely? If that is what's in Miracolina's heart, why should it be denied her?

Honey, I'd never take an unwound part for myself. But when they told me the only way to save my boy's life was to basically gut him and replace all his internal organs with someone else's, I didn't even hesitate. So my conscience will ache for the rest of my life, but that's a small price to pay for having my son still on this earth.

Czy ludzie mogli zrobi? co? takiego? Czy mogliby?my walczy? ze sob? o te ratuj?ce ?ycie maszyny, zamieniaj?c je w sterty bezu?ytecznego metalu? Czy mogliby?my tak mocno pragn?? wody, ?e byliby?my gotowi zniszczy? urz?dzenia zdolne j? dla nas wytworzy? - tylko po to, ?eby otrzyma? pierwszy ?yk?

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.

As scythes, it is not what we want that matters—all that matters is what the world needs us to be. As your High Blade, I will hold us to the highest ideals, so that we can be proud of who, and what, we are.

You know the real reason unwinding keeps going strong, Miss Risa Ward? It isn't because of the parts we want for ourselves--it's because of the things we're willing to do to save our children. Imagine that. We're willing to sacrifice the children we don't love for the ones we do. And we call ourselves civilized!

This time there was no delay between explosion and sound. The ends of her hair singed. Shrapnel shredded the palm leaves around her. She hit the ground, and Faraday dove on top of her to protect her. Another explosion, along with heat that she thought would ignite their flesh Ã¢â'¬Â¦ but then it faded, resolving into twangs of dying metal and the acrid smell of burning insulation. When they looked

Be my son or my daughter for a year, and I will give you power over life and death.

I won't steal from her. I would never hurt one person's chances to help another—even if that other person was someone I cared about.

This won't do," said Scythe Curie, and took Citra up into her arms, carrying her.

The way Miracolina sees it, if someone would rather blow themselves up than be tithed, well, that's like stealing from the collection plate, isn't it? It's just plain wrong.

Your name means 'silver,' but sadly, as an Unwind, I suspect you'll be worth little more than brass." And then something Divan had said when they first sat down comes back to him. Divan spoke of the six Unwinds that Argent provided. Argent is the sixth. Divan does not do anything by mistake.

Faith is an unfortunate casualty of immortality.

Il n'y a de grand parmi les hommes que le poète, le prêtre et le soldat; l'homme qui chante, l'homme qui bénit, l'homme qui sacrifie et se sacrifie. Le reste est fait pour le fouet.