Quotes About Control

But... don't we get a say? Actually, said Cirrus, no.

The headmaster's tie turns into a noose again, preventing blood from getting to his face

unwinding is, by law, painless.

His broken body wanted to hurt, but it was forbidden to. He remembered thinking, in his opiate-induced delirium, how sad it must be for a body to want something so badly and to be completely denied.

You were not given permission to have talent," the captain tells me.

It's out of my hands. Then put it back in your hands!

A scythe doesn't have to follow through on a threat for it to be effective.

And, like the Thunderhead, we love humanity. But we know not to coddle it. Humanity must accept the consequences of its own actions. We cannot - should not - protect it from itself.

I can't help what I have any more than you can help what you don't

The ending of human life used to be in the hands of nature. But we stole it. Now we have a monopoly on death. We are its sole distributor.

Have a mint," she said. "No thanks," Mitch told her. "I SAID, HAVE A MINT." And Mitch, like a weak mind manipulated by the Force, obeyed.

You'll find in life, Caden, that many decisions are made by morons in high places.

There is a fine line between freedom and permission. The former is necessary. The latter is dangerous--perhaps the most dangerous thing the species that created me has ever faced.

But Sykora was the same as always: bureaucratic and managerial. The undisputed master of petty projects.

Suddenly it was obvious to Connor why they don't teach it. Once education was restructured and corporatized, they didn't want kids knowing how close they came to toppling the government. They didn't want kids to know how much power they really had.

Maybe it kills bad scythes,' Munira suggested. 'No,' said Rowan, 'that would be me.

Have not a hand in the blade with abandon.

And if you call me moron one more time, I'll blow your brains out." Trace turns to him and smiles. "Then you can land this plane . . . moron.

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.

Her eyes were on the brink of tears. If she blinked, they would fall— but Scythe Curie kept them pooled on her lower lashes, too proud to be seen weeping in conclave.

Don't you see? They get into your head! That's where they live! Everything is a manipulation with them. They didn't hire you for your skills, Raj – they hired you because they know what I like – who I'd like! They probably have a database on all my boyfriends, and every kid I ever had a crush on growing up. And I'll bet they have one for you, too.

Silence was all it took to turn servitude into superiority. The servant became the master, and the world became all about pleasing the Thunderhead.

The scythedom was cursed with idiots.

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