Carrion Quotes

“These wisest men of all ages should be scrutinized closely. Were they all perhaps shaky on their legs? Tottery? Decadent? Late? Could it be that wisdom appears on earth as a Raven, attracted by a little whiff of carrion?”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“The looters comes with the carrion crows after every battle.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

“Slay not the crow for all that he does is feed on man's woes.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“Mr Tench went out to look for his ether cylinder, into the blazing Mexican sun and the bleaching dust. A few vultures looked down from the roof with shabby indifference: he wasn't carrion yet.”
― Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory

“We hoped for the best, for a wild life free on the wing; keep calm and carrion, friend.”
― Katie Fallon, Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved Bird