Jor: fredligare? hah. Det är ju Napoleon vi snackar om.
Olhado öser ut sitt hjärta för Enders syster Valentine.
Från Xenocide, av Orson Scott Card:
"So you're a career father", said Valentine.
"Who works at the brick factory to feed and clothe the family. Not a brickmaker who also has kids. Lini also feels the same way."
"Lini?"
"Jaqueline. My wife. She followed her own road to the same place. We do what we must to earn our place in the community, but we live for the hours at home. For each other, for the children. It will never get me written up in the history books."
"You'd be surprised", said Valentine.
"It's a boring life, to read about", said Olhado. "Not to live, though."
Jag tror nog att Card har rätt i att man blir lyckligare av att leva för andra, än för att leva för ett namn man kanske aldrig kommer att få.