February 4th, 2009
Who we are
“It is our choices…that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
-J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets
January 21st, 2009
Identity
“Perhaps it’s impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.”
-Orson Scott Card
Ender’s Game
Ender’s Game
January 12th, 2009
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
January 10th, 2009
The job called parenting
“What I understand now is this: there is no harder job than parenting. There is no human relationship with such potential for great achievement and awful destructiveness. And despite all the experts who write about it, no one has the slightest idea whether any decision will be right or best or even ‘not horrible’ for any particular child.”
“It is a job that simply cannot be done right.”
-Orson Scott Card
Ender in Exile
Ender in Exile
January 4th, 2009
Truth
“He was going to tell, if not the truth, then at least a true reporting of somebody else’s truth.”
-Orson Scott Card
Alvin Journeyman
Alvin Journeyman
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
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
