Bean Quotes

“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.”
― Orson Scott Card, Shadow Puppets

“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.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Shadow

“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.”
― Orson Scott Card, Shadow Puppets

“What kind of rescue is this, where you toss the prisoner a knife and stand and wait to see what happens?”
― Orson Scott Card, Shadow Puppets

“You honor our humble abode,' said Bean.
'I do, don't I,' said Peter with a smile.”
― 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”
― Janet Frame, Scented Gardens for the Blind

“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?”
― Orson Scott Card, 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.”
― Orson Scott Card, Shadow of the Hegemon

“Don't be one of the scurrying, struggling ants.
Be the shoe.”
― Orson Scott Card