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

“It was the middle of the night, but the long hallway ahead was washed in brilliant sunlight. Sunslight, I thought, correcting myself. I would never get over the fact that Zilvaren had two su— What in all the gods’ names… The smuggler was standing frozen in the middle of the hall with his hands outstretched, knees bent, ass sticking out like he’d shit himself. “Why the fuck are your eyes closed?” I demanded. Carrion cracked one eye open, looking up at me. As soon as he realized we were on the other side of the door, he exhaled, standing up straight, brushing himself off. “I don’t know! It was weird, not being able to see anything. Closing them helped.” He was the strangest male. “Okay. Sure. That makes perfect sense,” I said.”
― Callie Hart, Brimstone

“Seriously. Can’t you tell when someone’s joking, Fisher?”
― Callie Hart, Brimstone