…I had seen the princess and let her lie there unawakened, because the happily ever after was so damnably much work.
Orson Scott CardTags: princess give-up sleeping-beauty too-hard lost-opportunity
Those eyes had seen people weep, and had cared, and had hurt them again anyway. It’s a look that no human eyes should ever have.
Orson Scott CardTags: pain expression hurt tears eyes description prior-restraint
I steal," Winkle said, with a smile that said I’m joking and a glint in his eye that said I’m not.
Orson Scott CardTags: description not-kidding the-bully-and-the-beast
They’re so brave," she said.
"They’re all dead."
"Only a coward would think of that," she said scornfully.
Tags: death bravery heroes cowards the-bully-and-the-beast
And then the queen wept with all her heart. Not for the cruel and greedy man who had warred and killed and savaged everywhere he could. But for the boy who had somehow turned into that man, the boy whose gentle hand had comforted her childhood hurts, the boy whose frightened voice had cried out to her at the end of his life, as if he wondered why he had gotten lost inside himself, as if he realized that it was too, too late to get out again.
Orson Scott CardTags: growing-up lost death greed grief cruelty regret lost-innocence the-end saddest-thing too-late the-princess-and-the-bear
The memory of the pain did not destroy the reality of the pleasure; grief did not obliterate joy.
Orson Scott CardTags: inspirational pain reality joy pleasure memory grief memories past-and-present
She [Queen Isabella] will look at you as women look at men. She will judge you as women judge men. Not on the strength of their arguments, and not on their cleverness, or their prowess in battle, but rather on the force of their character; the intesity of their passion, their strength of soul, their compassion, and, ah, this above all...their conversation.
Orson Scott CardYou made them hate me." Said Ender
"So? What will you do about it? Crawl in a corner? Start kissing their little backsides so they'll love you again? There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you. I told them you were the best. Now you damn well better be." -Graff
Tags: inspirational love hate best
I could become a businessman and run some big corporation, I'd scramble and maneuver until I was at the top of everything and what would I have? Nothing.
Orson Scott CardCould you possibly be a little more incoherent?" asked Olivenko. "There are bits of this I'm almost understanding, and I'm sure that's not what you have in mind.
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