Humanity is innocent; humanity is guilty, and both states are undeniably true.
From the very beginning, I wanted the book to express understanding and compassion for humanity, and the struggle that fills the human condition. We have the capacity for great deeds, as well as terrible ones. We have all been guilty of both at some point in our lives. With this observation by Scythe Curie in the first journal entry we read, I wanted to make it clear that there is no judgment. Scythes are not (or aren’t meant to be) agents of wrath and vengeance, punishing us for our wrongdoings. Scythe Curie recognizes that we are still the children we once were; scared, willful, loving, hopeful, naïve, and occasionally intolerable. The things that make us human extend to both ends of the spectrums between right and wrong, good and evil, brave and cowardly. A good scythe must embrace all aspects of humanity. I opened with this journal entry, because it sets the philosophical tone of the book. Throughout the book I try to pause for a breath when I can, to really give readers things to think about—things that will hopefully resonate with them.
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