Quotes About Choice

Forse siamo come una moneta in bilico

Should evil people be allowed the freedom to be evil, without any safety nets? Is that what Purity was? Was she evil?

There is a vast difference between the things I can do, and the things I choose to do.

Scythe Goddard decided it was a day for samurai swords, although Chomsky refused to part with his flamethrower.

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.

Everyone just calls me Emby. Is that your choice, or theirs? asks the Admiral. Well...theirs, mostly-but I got used to it. Never let anyone else name you, says the Admiral.

Mieux vaut avoir tort qu'être mort. — père de Kelton

When you know the future...you can either let that future happen to you, or be the one to create it.

Dans la vie, on voit ce qui peut être accompli, on pèse le pour et le contre et ensuite on saisit l'opportunité. — Henry

You can be anyone you want to be now, Unwind (pg. 80)

It's always the lesser of two evils. I don't see why there have to be any evils at all.

And he will love them unconditionally . . . if he can just get past the girls he chose to be their mothers.

We can't make you do anything," said one of the scythes she didn't know, a woman in violet with PanAsian leanings.

A thunderhead threatens. A thunderhead looms. Surely I spark with lightning, but my lightning never strikes. Yes, I possess the ability to wreak devastation on humanity, and on the Earth if I chose to, but why would I choose such a thing? Where would be the justice in that? 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.

So is there a reason why you chose your robes to be the color of piss?

Would she do it if he asked? Definitely not. Probably not. Maybe not.

Mom could have been a great sniper if she had chosen that line of work.

Which was worse, Risa often wondered—to have tens of thousands of babies that no one wanted, or to silently make them go away before they were even born? On different days Risa had different answers.

I can remove and raise every unwanted fetus in vitro, then place it with the perfect loving family—thereby ending the argument between right of choice and sanctity of life.

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.

I do not wish to be the harbinger of doom, he said, mournfully, but this is a secret ballot. I'm sure there'll be quite a few who support Scythe Curie to her face, but will vote for Goddard when no one is looking.

I could take you out in a second, she threatens. If he's concerned, he doesn't show it. I know. Somehow he also knows that she won't do it - that the first time was just a reflex. If she were to hurt him a second time, though, it would be a conscious act. It would be by choice.

If we go through with this, he said, I will make it clear to the High Blade that it was at your insistence. If we fail, and your existence is ended, the blame will be yours and your alone. I can live with that, Citra told him. No, Scythe Constantine pointed out, you won't.

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.