Quotes About Scythe

It had all seemed as inevitable as sunset. Instead it was the beauty of the sun glinting upon the scythe.

And each time I witness a cruel act by a corrupt scythe, I seed the clouds somewhere in the world, and bring a lamentation of rain. Because rain is the closest thing I have to tears. —The Thunderhead

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.

If we gleaned every asshole," Scythe Volta had once told Rowan, "there'd be virtually no one left.

He had been in Citra's embrace, the two of them cloaked in the robes of founding scythes Prometheus and Cleopatra, as Endura sank beneath the Atlantic. But those robes did not stay on for long.

anyone's pocket. "I should like to be on a scythe committee one day," Rowan said. Citra looked at him oddly. "Why are you talking like Faraday?" Rowan shrugged. "When in Rome . . ." "We're not in Rome," she reminded him. "If we were, we'd have a much cooler place for conclave.

A scent, a sound, an errant shadow too minor to register consciously might be enough to make a well-trained scythe's neck hairs bristle.

But Morrison put up his hands in instant surrender. Leave me out of this, he said. I'm not going up against Scythe Anastasia.

In the mortal age, death could not be bargained with. It had to be the same for scythes.

Suffice it to say that Goddard is the most recent in a long line of scythes who look up into the night sky and see not the stars, but the darkness between them.

You'd make a good scythe. Citra recoiled. I'd never want to be one. That, he said, is the first requirement

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.

I should like to be on a scythe committee one day," Rowan said. Citra looked at him oddly. "Why are you talking like Faraday?" Rowan shrugged. "When in Rome…

Yet each time the new scythes are bejeweled, I still rejoice, because it allows me, if only for a few glorious moments, to believe that we will all choose to live forever.

The thought of a scythe having milk and cookies before bed bordered on absurd to Citra.

Hope in the shadow of fear is the world's most powerful motivator. -Scythe (QUEEN CITRA #STAN)

Ice layered the marble steps leading up to the Capitol, making the stairs treacherous. More than one scythe slipped, spraining an ankle or breaking an arm.

And you, Rowan, will complete your training in the capable hands of Honorable Scythe Goddard.

Rowan did. And so did Esme. "Scythe Volta is always cranky after a gleaning," Esme leaned over to tell Rowan. "Don't stare at him, or he'll throw something at you.

Citra wondered if all Chilargentine scythes wore robes that seemed not just handmade, but lovingly made. The woman spoke in Spanic and Scythe Curie responded in kind. "I didn't know you spoke Spanic

It means I chose wisely," Scythe Faraday told her. "If you do not cry yourself to sleep on a regular basis, you are not compassionate enough to be a scythe.

A scythe's journal is traditionally made of lambskin parchment and kid leather." "I assume you mean 'kid' as in 'goat,'" Rowan said, "and not 'kid' as in 'kid.

There was an odd justice to it. Not so much live-by-the-blade/die-by-the-blade; it was more becoming the blade, and losing oneself. Scythe Faraday had once told him and Citra that they were called scythes rather than reapers, because they were not the ones who killed; they were merely the tool that society used to bring fair-handed death to the world. But once you're the weapon, you're nothing more than a tool for someone else to wield.

Good morning," Citra said groggily—then realized it sounded far too weak for a scythe. Even one who was currently incognito. She cleared her throat and spoke with more confidence. "Good morning," Anastasia said.