Petra Quotes

“Ender understood more than she said. Manipulation of gravity was one thing; deception by the officers was another; but the most important message was this: the adults are the enemy, not the other armies. They do not tell us the truth.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game

“If you are delighted to be in ancient ruins, you are either a curious historian or a romantic person!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Yes, the wind came up--" Mrs. Sharpe began. She paused.
"And changed us all," Petra said softly.”
― Blue Balliett, The Calder Game

“He was discovered with his feet stuck to the ceiling in the bathroom with his head stuffed in the toilet...”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game

“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

“Petra is a brilliant display of man's artistry in turning barren rock into a majestic wonder.”
― Edward Dawson

“Death simply is. It steals your breath and leaves you for another, giving you not a second thought. Like an absent father, like an emotionless lover, Death does not discriminate its victims, neither loving nor hating. And yet those left alive remain, never quite finding the lost pieces of their souls that Death casually snags along the way.”
― Deidre Huesmann, The Witchling and the Huntswoman

“Nobody knows how old Petra is, but it was a thriving city when Abraham left Ur of the Chaldees, and for a full five thousand years it has had but that one entrance, through a gorge that narrows finally until only one loaded camel at a time can pass. Army after army down the centuries have tried to storm the place, and failed, so that even the invincible Alexander and the Romans had to fall back on the arts of friendship to obtain the key. We, the last invaders, came as friends, if only Grim could persuade the tyrant to believe it.

The sun rose over the city just as we reached the narrowest part of the gut, Grim leading, and its first rays showed that we were using the bed of a watercourse for a road. Exactly in front of us, glimpsed through a twelve-foot gap between cliffs six hundred feet high, was a sight worth going twice that distance, running twice that risk, to see—a rose-red temple front, carved out of the solid valley wall and glistening in the opalescent hues of morning.

Not even Burkhardt, who was the first civilized man to see the place in a thousand years, described that temple properly; because you can’t. It is huge—majestic—silent—empty—aglow with all the prism colors in the morning sun. And it seems to think.”
― Talbot Mundy, The Lion of Petra

“I am Graceful Gracious Grace
Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans”
― Petra Hermans

“A difference is between a poet, a thinker, a philosopher, a writer, an ethicist, an author, a professional or human.”
― Petra Hermans

“I never shared my vision. I never did.”
― Petra Hermans

“Leksi stopped into front of the house and helped her down from the horse. Her legs was shaky and sore from the long hours in the saddle, and she had to hold on to him for a few moments until she was steady, I could carry you over the threshold if you like; Leksi offered, teasing.”
― Tanya Bird, The King's Obsession

“That sent chills over him, but he still had no desire to touch her.

Nipping his ear hard, she pulled back with a curse and slammed her fists into his chest. "What is wrong with you?"

Fang looked at her blankly, wishing he had an answer. Instead, he could only think of one thing.

"Parvo”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Bad Moon Rising

“Was I really taking dating advice from Baba Yaga?”
― Elizabeth Bear, The Best of Elizabeth Bear

“How is it that you never hear how much your friends hate your lover until you get rid of him or her?”
― Elizabeth Bear, The Best of Elizabeth Bear