I was supposed to meet Orson Scott Card yesterday and get my book signed. But his flight was delayed so he couldn't make it. Which was pretty sucky.
"I was a strange, exhilarating feeling to be with people who didn't want anything from you except your happiness, who were glad just to have you around." -page 53
"What a laugh, though. To think that one human being could ever really know another.You could get used to each other, get so habituated that you could speak their words right along with them, but you never knew why other people said what they said or did what they did, because they ever even knew themselves. Nobody understands anybody." -page 63
"Whatever people pretend to be, they become." -page 127
"Only it's not selfish, it's what life is for. It's the only thing that brings happiness, ever, to anyone. All the other things- victories, achievements, honors, causes- they bring only momentary flashes of pleasure. But binding yourself to another person and to the children you make together, that's life. And you can't do it if your life is centered on your ambitions. You'll never be happy, It will never be enough, even if you rule the world"
-page186
"No, don;t argue, it doesn't matter. What does matter, is the world's the way it is right now, and we're in a position where, if we move carefully, if we think through and plan everything just right, we can fix this. We can make it better. No regrets. No wishing we could undo the past. We just look to the future and work our zhupas off." -page 436
"'They saved my life," he said. 'They gave me life.'
'That's what good people do,' said Petra. 'And then they die, every one of them. It's a damned shame.'"
-page 439
No comments:
Post a Comment