Reaper Man Quotes

“Lord, what can the harvest hope for, if not for the care of the reaper man?”

“He lay back and smiled. It was never too late to have a good life. (p. 311)”

“Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real. (p. 236)”

“Mothers like her exist everywhere, and apparently nothing can be done about them. (p. 313)”

“Wikipedia: Reaper Man”

“Windle shook his head sadly. Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind. (p. 262)”

“There is no hope but us. There is no mercy but us. There is no justice. There is just us. (p. 322)”

“"It's not old Windle. Old Windle was a lot older!"
"Older? Older than dead?" (p. 34)”

“Then there was a silence. It was the particularly wary silence of something making no noise. (p. 124)”

“Every day took an age to go by, which was odd, because days plural went past like a stampede. (p. 13)”

“A crown? His voice shook with rage. I never wore a crown!
You never wanted to rule. (p. 281)”

“"I suppose there's not some kind of magic you don't know about?"
"If there is, we don't know about it." (p. 93)”

“He said that there was death and taxes, and taxes was worse, because at least death didn't happen to you every year. (p. 182)”

“With any luck, they'd have best of both worlds. Not just feeling...but knowing.
Always best to have both worlds. (p. 317)”

“What's the good of having mastery over cosmic balance and knowing the secrets of fate if you can't blow something up? (p. 305)”

“"Oh. Hallo, Modo."
"I ‘eard you was took dead, Mr. Poons."
"Er. Yes. I was."
"See you got over it, then." (p. 39)”

“It was, as he was wonderfully well placed to know, merely putting off the inevitable. But wasn't that what living was all about? (p. 277)”

“"But how can a city be alive? It's only made up of dead parts!" said Ludmilla.
"So're people. Take it from me. I know." (p. 226)”

“There was never anything to be gained from observing what humans said to one another—language was just there to hide their thoughts. (p. 319)”

“The senior wizards know that the proper purpose of magic is to form a social pyramid with the wizards on top of it, eating big dinners. (p. 189)”