January 3rd, 2009
I’ve learned much
“I’ve learned much father, and this above all: that no station in life is above any other, if it’s occupied by someone with a good heart.”
-Orson Scott Card
Prentice Alvin
Prentice Alvin
Archive for the ‘Book Quotes’ Category
January 2nd, 2009
Good eatin’
“Madam, your generosity guarantees you will go to heaven. But it’s the flavor of tonight’s potatoes that assures you will be asked to cook there.”
-Orson Scott Card
Heartfire
Heartfire
January 2nd, 2009
My hands
“I have in my hands the best of men, and under my thumb… the worst of them.”
-Orson Scott Card
Alvin Journeyman
Alvin Journeyman
December 30th, 2008
What is easy…
“Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.”
-J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Movie
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Movie
December 29th, 2008
Truth
“The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
-J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
December 28th, 2008
Motives
“For Napoleon well knew that just as evil, weak, and fearful men saw their own base motives in other people’s actions, so also the virtuous tended to assume the noblest of motives in other people’s acts. Why else were so many awful lairs so successful at bilking others. If good people weren’t so trusting of bad ones the human race would have died out long ago.”
-Orson Scott Card
Alvin Journeyman
Alvin Journeyman
December 23rd, 2008
Government
“My father always said that government is like watching another man piss in your boot. Someone feels better, but it certainly isn’t you.”
-Orson Scott Card
Heartfire
Heartfire
December 22nd, 2008
In the beginning…
“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.”
-Douglas Adams
The Hitcher’s Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitcher’s Guide to the Galaxy
December 2nd, 2008
That’s all I know…
“Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not. Time takes it all. Time bears it away. And in the end, there is only darkness. Sometimes we find others in that darkness and sometimes we lose them there again.”
“That’s all I know.”
-Steven King
The Green Mile
The Green Mile
