It is not the rituals of worship that please the gods.
Orson Scott CardI'll obey you now," said Runnel.
Brick laughed. "Except when you think I'm wrong.
The stone loves you. Don't you see it? Hasn't it shown you its love all your life?
Orson Scott CardIt's all just fictions anyway. We do what we do and then we make up reasons for it afterward but they're never the true reasons, the truth is always just out of reach.
Orson Scott CardThat's life. It hurts, it's dirty, and it feels very, very good.
Orson Scott CardWill we be extinguished? What difference does it make then, the ones of us who had plans, what does it matter the work we’ve done? The children we’ve raised? He looked pointedly at Olhado. “What will it matter then, that you have such a big happy family, if you’re all erased in one instant by that … bomb?
“Not one moment of my life with my family has been wasted,” said Olhado quietly.
“But the point of it is to go on, isn’t it? To connect with the future?”
“That’s one part, yes,” said Olhado. “But part of the purpose of it is now, is the moment. And part of it is the web of connections. Links from soul to soul. If the purpose of life was just to continue into the future, then none of it would have meaning, because it would be all anticipation and preparation. There’s fruition, Grego. There’s the happiness we’ve already had. The happiness of each moment. The end of our lives, even if there’s no forward continuation, no progeny at all, the end of our lives doesn’t erase the beginning.
¿Lo ves? Eso es lo que hacen los historiadores, hacen juegos con la causa y el efecto, cuando el asunto es que hay períodos en los que el mundo cambia, y la voz precisa en el lugar preciso puede mover al mundo
Orson Scott CardRemember, I'm the only person her who's paid to be nice to you. But not too nice. Give me any lip and I'll break your face. OK?
Orson Scott CardStichwörter: science violence funny-and-random
Tú no eres una promesa. Tú eres una amenaza
Orson Scott CardBut I fear that I also underestimate the stupidity of the rest of mankind. Are we absolutely sure that we ought to win this war?
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