The rush of hot blood into the heart…
Tweet The rush of hot blood into the heart is the darkest magic, and it must be tamed. – Dorabella Toscano, A Young Man with Prospects by Orson Scott Card
First rule of survival
Tweet Just because you trust someone’s motives doesn’t mean you can trust them to do it right. – Petra Arkanian, p.145, Chapter 9: Conception, Shadow Puppets by Orson Scott Card
If desire did not dim the brain…
Tweet If desire did not dim the brain, nobody would ever get married, drunk, or fat. – Valentine in a message to Ender, p.218, Chapter 15, Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card
No one’s life is nothing
Tweet No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one’s life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that redeems them, at least a little, from their sins.” – Ender Wiggin, Chapter 8: Dona Ivanova, page 131, Speaker for the [...]
Reading list
Tweet Currently reading: Unlimited Power by Anthony Robbins (borrowed) PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice by Matt Zandstra (e-book) Learning Python by Mark Lutz (e-book) Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card Planning to read (I already have a copy of each): Xenocide by Orson Scott Card Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card [...]
