O Ceifador (Scythe, #1)

“My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort or joy. It is that we all still die a little inside every time we witness the death of another.”

Living forever sounds like a dream until you see the boredom. People jump off buildings just to feel a spark of sensation.

“We must, by law, regret the fatalities we cause.”

Citra and Rowan are forced to compete for a job they both hate. It shows how the best people for power are usually the ones who don't want it.

“The index of world hunger was reduced to zero. Along with the index of every other human problem.”

The Thunderhead is a perfect AI that solved every human problem. It makes you realize that total safety might just be a different kind of prison.

“Death must exist for life to have any meaning.”

Scythe Faraday keeps a diary of every person he kills. He refuses to let their deaths become just another statistic in a database.