--- title: "8 Said Peter Quotes By Orson Scott Card" description: "8 Said Peter quotes by Orson Scott Card. Plus more from Orson Scott Card and more Said Peter sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/orson-scott-card-134_john-paul_peter-was-waiting-at-the-shuttle-entranc_116746.png" --- > [“Peter was waiting at the shuttle entrance. “Cut it rather fine, didn’t we?” he said. “Is it eighteen hundred?” asked Theresa. “A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/peter-was-waiting-at-the-shuttle-entrance-cut-it-rather-fine-didn-t/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/orson-scott-card-134_john-paul_peter-was-waiting-at-the-shuttle-entranc_116746.png) > [“How many times are you two going to have to save me from myself before this whole drama runs its course?” asked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/how-many-times-are-you-two-going-to-have-to-save-me-from-myself/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/230/orson-scott-card-134_father_how-many-times-are-you-two-going-to-have_118951.jpg) > [it was all your genes that made us geniuses, mom. said peter. we sure didn't get any from dad. i heard that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/it-was-all-your-genes-that-made-us-geniuses-mom-said-peter-we-sure/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e9/orson-scott-card-134_dad_it-was-all-your-genes-that-made-us-geniu_704787.jpg) > [“Unless he’s really clever,” said Theresa. “Smarter than us?” said Peter. He and John Paul looked at each other. Then both of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/unless-he-s-really-clever-said-theresa-smarter-than-us-said-peter-he/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/orson-scott-card-134_john-paul_unless-he-s-really-clever-said-theresa-s_1005199.png) > [“You honor our humble abode,' said Bean. 'I do, don't I,' said Peter with a smile.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/you-honor-our-humble-abode-said-bean-i-do-don-t-i-said-peter-with-a/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/orson-scott-card-134_bean_you-honor-our-humble-abode-said-bean-i-d_1639796.png) > [“Petra looked at him as if he were an annoying child. “You really are dim,” she said. “I know he’s dangerous,” said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/petra-looked-at-him-as-if-he-were-an-annoying-child-you-really-are/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/356/orson-scott-card-134_children_petra-looked-at-him-as-if-he-were-an-ann_1661041.jpg) > [“Another oral exam, huh?' Peter said. 'Shut up, Peter,' said Valentine. 'You should relax and enjoy it,' said Peter. 'It could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/another-oral-exam-huh-peter-said-shut-up-peter-said-valentine-you/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fa/orson-scott-card-134_humour_another-oral-exam-huh-peter-said-shut-up_1690264.png) > [“That's the problem with Peter," said Theresa. "Only the one?" said Peter.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/that-s-the-problem-with-peter-said-theresa-only-the-one-said-peter/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc3/orson-scott-card-134_said-peter_that-s-the-problem-with-peter-said-there_1828804.png) ## More by Orson Scott Card > [“You underestimate yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/you-underestimate-yourself/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/we-re-like-the-wicked-witch-we-promise-gingerbread-then-eat-the/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-think-that-most-of-us-anyway-read-these-stories-that-we-know-are/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Why did he hesitate? He finally admitted to himself that he was like an American child who was almost completely certain about Santa Claus,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/why-did-he-hesitate-he-finally-admitted-to-himself-that-he-was-like/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“I don't know of a soul who doesn't maintain two separate lists of doctrines - the ones they believe they believe; and the ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-don-t-know-of-a-soul-who-doesn-t-maintain-two-separate-lists-of/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [Good people do not let others suffer needlessly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/good-people-do-not-let-others-suffer-needlessly/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“The devil?” Jason heaved the tick over his shoulder like a collier with his sack. “Satan. The adversary. The enemy of the plan of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/the-devil-jason-heaved-the-tick-over-his-shoulder-like-a-collier-with/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“What we've done is make the categories of science fiction and fantasy larger, freer, and more inclusive than any other genre of contemporary literature.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/what-we-ve-done-is-make-the-categories-of-science-fiction-and-fantasy/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [Where ideas are real and reality is shadow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/where-ideas-are-real-and-reality-is-shadow/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Ender, for the past few months you have been the battle commander of our fleets. This was the Third Invasion. There were no games,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/ender-for-the-past-few-months-you-have-been-the-battle-commander-of/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/science-fiction-is-about-what-could-be-but-isn-t-fantasy-is-about/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [Knowledge is just opinion that you trust enough to act upon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/knowledge-is-just-opinion-that-you-trust-enough-to-act-upon/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Of course they accused Marcão of having done it without provocation—that’s the way of torturers of every age, to put the blame on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/of-course-they-accused-marc-o-of-having-done-it-without-provocation/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Civilization is only a pretense; in the crisis, we become mere apes again, forgetting the rational biped of our pretensions and becoming instead the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/civilization-is-only-a-pretense-in-the-crisis-we-become-mere-apes/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Where did this whole thing begin? If what we think of as reality is just a pattern that somebody brought Outside, and the universe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/where-did-this-whole-thing-begin-if-what-we-think-of-as-reality-is/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said-peter/orson-scott-card/#itemlist", "name": "8 Said Peter Quotes By Orson Scott Card", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Peter was waiting at the shuttle entrance. “Cut it rather fine, didn’t we?” he said. “Is it eighteen hundred?” asked Theresa. “A minute before,” said Peter. “Then we’re early,” said Theresa. She sailed past him, too, and on into the airlock. 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