"In his sleep the voice of the land came to him like whispered lullabies. I did not choose you, said the land. I cannot speak except to those who hear me, and because it is in your nature to hear and listen, I spoke to you and lead you here to save me, save me, save me. Do you know the desert they will make of me? Encased in burning dust or layers of ice, either way I'll be dead. My whole purpose is to thrust life upward out of my soils, and feel the presence of living feet, and hear the songs of birds and the low music of the animals, growling, lowing, chittering, whatever voice they choose. That's what I ask of you, the dance of life, just once to make the man whose mother will teach him to be Quetzalcoatl and save me, save me, save me."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Fantasy authorsScience fiction authors from the United StatesNovelists from the United StatesAcademics from the United StatesPoets from the United States
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
America (1987), reprinted in Gardner Dozois (ed.), The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection, , p. 598
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Orson Scott Card
402 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Orson Scott Card →
Related Quotes
"“Everybody thinks they want to see the truth,” said Tenkswa-Tawa. “That’s one of the lies we tell ourselves.”"
"I was born with more power inside myself than I ever dreamed. But along with it there came no more sense than any oth…"
"That is the ultimate power, to stare death in the face and be unafraid."
"“I see Alvin with a son. That what he want most.” “I see him with a woman,” said Rien. “That is what he miss the most…"
"Arthur had heard Peggy say that she didn't wish for more comfortable furniture, because if the chairs were softer, co…"
"“I don’t plan to die for any cause,” said Jim Bowie. “Nor any man, excepting only myself. I know that ain’t noble, bu…"
"“He’s young,” she said. “We’ve all been guilty of that sin,” said Alvin. “And some never get over it.”"
"La Tia was fearless, but that could mean either that she had no guile or that she had no conscience."
"“I’m a terrible salesman,” he finally said. “I always tell the truth about what I’m selling, and then nobody buys it.”"
"The environment that nutures creative programmers kills management and marketing types - and vice versa."