Poke Quotes

“Poke gave him life. Ender gave it meaning.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Shadow

“Aw, Poke, you poor, kind, decent, stupid girl. You saved me and I let you down.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Shadow

“I decide that we could always indulge ourselves later. First, I had a soul-eating stone of power to poke with a stick.”
― Lisa Shearin, Magic Lost, Trouble Found

“Poke had never shared out so many raisins, because she had never had so many to share. But the little kids wouldn't understand that. They'd think, Poke gave us garbage, and Achilles gave us raisins. That's because they were stupid.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Shadow

“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

“The mother was holding a baby, had a stroller with what looked like twin girls around three, and had a five-year-old boy who was running around the shelves with a finger shoved up his nose. I considered warning him that if he fell, he would poke his brain out, but it struck me that losing intelligence was not something he was worried about.”
― Eileen Cook, Unraveling Isobel

“I don't care whose son he is. I won't go belly-up like a timid pup. If he's fool enough to take a poke at me, I'll snap the finger clean off that does the poking.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“I think I’ve got the tailor!”
“I’m not a tailor! I’m a criminal! This is a weapon!”
*Poke*
“Ow!”
“This ain’t Cinderella!”
― Georgia Dunn, Take It Away, Tommy!: A Breaking Cat News Adventure