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“Because these fools always look up for power. People above you, they never want to share power with you. Why you look to them? They give you nothing. People below you, you give them hope, you give them respect, they give you power, cause they don't think they have any, so they don't mind giving it up.”

People Hope Power Respect Bean

Book:Ender's Shadow

Source: Ender's Shadow

“A man without a heart‬ is like a bean without a fart.‬ ‭”

Heart Fart Bean

Book:We're Off

Source: We're Off

“Achilles might be a good papa to the family, but he was also a killer, and he never forgives. Poke knew that, though. Bean warned her, and she knew it, but she chose Achilles for their papa anyway. Chose him and then died for it. She was like that Jesus that Helga preached about in her kitchen while they ate. She died for her people. And Achilles, he was like God. He made people pay for their sins no matter what they did. The important thing is, stay on the good side of God. That's what Helga teaches, isn't it? Stay right with God. I'll stay right with Achilles. I'll honor my papa, that's for sure, so I can stay alive until I'm old enough to go out on my own.”

God Jesus Survival Forgiveness Murder Metaphor Poke Bean Achilles De Flandres

Book:Ender's Shadow

Source: Ender's Shadow

“Besides," said Suriyawong. "This was not a rescue operation." "What was it, target practice? Chinese skeet?" "An offer of transportation to an invited guest of the Hegemon," said Suriyawong. "And the loan of a knife." Achilles held up the bloody thing, dangling it from the point. "Yours?" he asked. "Unless you want to clean it," said Suriyawong. Achillese handed it to him. Suriyawong took out his cleaning kit and wiped down the blade, then began to polish it. "You wanted me to die," said Achilles quietly. "I expected you to solve your own problems," said Suriyawong.”

Justice Betrayal Achilles Own Payback Comeuppance Just Desserts Bean Owned Achilles De Flandres Suriyawong Enderverse Pwn Julian Delphinki Osc Pwned Shadow Saga

Book:Shadow Puppets

Source: Shadow Puppets

“You honor our humble abode,' said Bean. 'I do, don't I,' said Peter with a smile.”

Funny Weird Conceited Bean Peter Wiggin

Author:Orson Scott Card

“It is my trade," he said. "I work for the bean family, and every day there are deaths among the beans, mostly from thirst. They shrivel and die, they go blind in their one black eye, and I put them in one of these tiny coffins. Beans, you know, are beautifully shaped, like a new church, like modern architecture, like a planned city”

Church Architecture City Beans Coffins Coffin Bean

Book:Scented Gardens for the Blind

Source: Scented Gardens for the Blind

“In the end it was only Peter who had something he could say from the heart. "Am I the only one here who sees something of himself in the man who's lying inside this box?" No one had an answer for him, either yes or no.”

Shadow Peter Achilles Ender Orson Scott Card Bean Card Achilles De Flandres Orson Wiggin

Book:Shadow Puppets

Source: Shadow Puppets

“But what kind of race is it, when the racers never let go of each other's hands, and the winner pulls the loser laughing over the finish line?”

Book:Shadow Puppets

Source: Shadow Puppets

“And were you punished? No. Why? Because you were rich." "Money and talent aren't the same thing." "That’s because you can inherit money that was earned by your ancestors," said Sister Carlotta. "And everybody recognizes the value of money, while only select groups recognize the value of talent.”

Money Talent Privilege 2000 Bean Sister Carlotta

Book:Shadow of the Hegemon

Source: Shadow of the Hegemon

“How much time? Not as much as I had yesterday.”

Time Bean 2005 Tempus Fugit

Book:Shadow of the Giant

Source: Shadow of the Giant

“I would carry some of it if I could, Bean said silently. Like I did today, you can turn it over to me and I’ll do it, if I can. You don’t have to do this alone. Only even as he thought this, Bean knew it wasn’t true. If it could be done, Ender was the one who would have to do it. All those months when Bean refused to see Ender, hid from him, it was because he couldn’t bear to face the fact that Ender was what Bean only wished to be — the kind of person on whom you could put all your hopes, who could carry all your fears, and he would not let you down, would not betray you. I want to be the kind of boy you are, thought Bean. But I don’t want to go through what you’ve been through to get there.”

Friendship Trust Admiration Bean

Book:Ender's Shadow

Source: Ender's Shadow