That was great. They’re calling him Buttwatcher now. Just “Watcher” in front of the teachers, but everybody knows what he’s watching.
Orson Scott CardStichwörter: buttwatcher
A weak King must be what other Kings have been; a strong King is himself, and from then on the meaning of the name of King is changed.
Orson Scott CardStichwörter: leadership asineth
You’ve lost faith in yourself? Isn’t that rich? A god who’s become a self-atheist!
Orson Scott CardStichwörter: humor
Love is finding that the things you like best about yourself are not in you at all, but in the person who completes you
Orson Scott CardI just don't know if people actually perceive which events are miracles and which are not. There are no doubt many miracles claimed which were not miracles at all. There are also probably many miracles that no one recognized when they occurred.
Orson Scott CardStichwörter: miro xenocide quim
What am I now, Alai?"
"Still good."
"At what?"
"At--anything. There's a million soldiers who'd follow you to the end of the universe."
"I don't want to go to the end of the universe."
"So where do you want to go? They'll follow you."
I want to go home, thought Ender, but I don't know where it is.
It [seed of doubt] made Ender listen to what people meant, instead of what they said. It made him wise.
Orson Scott CardIt [seed of doubt] made Ender listen more carefully to what people meant, instead of what they said. It made him wise." (Ender's Game, page 111)
Orson Scott CardI want to see the king," I said, after explaining who I was.
"Wonderful," said the ancient Nkumai who sat on a cushion near the corner pole of the house. "I'm glad for you."
That was all, and apparently he meant to say no more. "Why are you so glad?" I asked.
"Because it's good for every human being to have an unfulfilled wish. It makes all of life so poignant.
Stichwörter: humor wishes unfulfilled
Ah, I am the judge of dreams, and you are the judge of love. Well, I find you guilty of dreaming good dreams, and sentence you to a lifetime of working and suffering for the sake of your dreams. I only hope that someday you won't declare me innocent of the crime of loving you.
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