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Orson Scott Card Quotes

Peter, you’re twelve years old. I’m ten. They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice Picture Quote #1

We don’t read novels to have an experience like life. Heck, we’re living lives, complete with all the incompleteness. We turn to fiction to have an author assure us that it means something Picture Quote #1

You know how writers are... they create themselves as they create their work. Or perhaps they create their work in order to create themselves Picture Quote #1

Personal humiliation was painful. Humiliation of one’s family was much worse. Humiliation of one’s social status was agony to bear. But humiliation of one’s nation was the most excruciating of human miseries Picture Quote #1

Perhaps every writer who thoroughly creates a fictional world will inevitably create a mirror of his own time and yet also create a world that no one else but him has ever visited Picture Quote #1

We’re like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive Picture Quote #1

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I always think of books as being like people. Even the dull ones are worthy of decent respect, but you don’t have to seek them out and spend time with them Picture Quote #1

A duel is just two murders who agree to take turns trying to kill each other Picture Quote #1

I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves Picture Quote #1

It’s as if every conversation with a woman was a test, and men always failed it, because they always lacked the key to the code and so they never quite understood what the conversation was really about Picture Quote #1

It was all your genes that made us geniuses, mom. said peter. we sure didn’t get any from dad. I heard that. father said, not looking up from the news that was being displayed on the table while he ate it would’ve been wasted if you hadn’t Picture Quote #1

For it is in the millions of small melodies that the truth of history is always found, for history only matters because of the effects we see or imagine in the lives of the ordinary people who are caught up in, or give shape to, the great events Picture Quote #1

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It’s what I was born for, isn’t it? If I don’t go, why am I alive? Picture Quote #1

Faith doesn’t mean you never doubt. It only means you never act upon your doubts Picture Quote #1

Good people aren’t good because they never cause harm to others. They’re good because they treat others the best way they know how, with the understanding that they have Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

What else should you be? Human beings didn’t evolve brains in order to lie around on lakes. Killing’s the first thing we learned. And a good thing we did, or we’d be dead, and the tigers would own the earth Picture Quote #1

If you did not in your own mind distinguish between useful and erroneous information, then you were not learning at all, you were merely replacing ignorance with false belief, which was no improvement Picture Quote #1

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I think you don’t grow up until you stop worrying about other people’s purposes or lack of them and find the purposes you believe in for yourself Picture Quote #1

Isn’t that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want? Picture Quote #1

Parents always make their worst mistakes with their oldest children. That’s when parents know the least and care the most, so they’re more likely to be wrong and also more likely to insist that they’re right Picture Quote #1

The only process you’ve mastered is the process of elimination, and the only reason you’ve mastered that is because you can do it in the toilet Picture Quote #1

We thought we were the only thinking beings in the universe, until we met you, but never did we dream that thought could arise from the lonely animals who cannot dream each other’s dreams Picture Quote #1

For children love is a feeling; for adults, it is a decision. Children wait to learn if their love is true by seeing how long it lasts; adults make their love true by never wavering from their commitment Picture Quote #1

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It is possible to have words come to your mind, and still refrain from speaking them aloud Picture Quote #1

Nobody ever completely means what they say. Even when they think they’re telling the truth, there’s always something hidden behind their words Picture Quote #1

I’ve had your tears with mine, and you’ve had mine with yours. I think that’s more intimate even than a kiss Picture Quote #1

Everyone dies. Everyone leaves. What matters is the things you build together before they go. What matters is the part of them that continues in you when they’re gone Picture Quote #1

A regime that wraps itself in the flag of truth fears truth most of all, for if its story is falsified to the slightest degree, its authority is gone Picture Quote #1

Because if you can’t kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one will ever save you Picture Quote #1

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Peter, you’re twelve years old. I’m ten. They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice (Orson Scott Card Quotes) We don’t read novels to have an experience like life. Heck, we’re living lives, complete with all the incompleteness. We turn to fiction to have an author assure us that it means something (Orson Scott Card Quotes) You know how writers are... they create themselves as they create their work. Or perhaps they create their work in order to create themselves (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Personal humiliation was painful. Humiliation of one’s family was much worse. Humiliation of one’s social status was agony to bear. But humiliation of one’s nation was the most excruciating of human miseries (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Perhaps every writer who thoroughly creates a fictional world will inevitably create a mirror of his own time and yet also create a world that no one else but him has ever visited (Orson Scott Card Quotes) We’re like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive (Orson Scott Card Quotes) I always think of books as being like people. Even the dull ones are worthy of decent respect, but you don’t have to seek them out and spend time with them (Orson Scott Card Quotes) A duel is just two murders who agree to take turns trying to kill each other (Orson Scott Card Quotes) I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves (Orson Scott Card Quotes) It’s as if every conversation with a woman was a test, and men always failed it, because they always lacked the key to the code and so they never quite understood what the conversation was really about (Orson Scott Card Quotes) It was all your genes that made us geniuses, mom. said peter. we sure didn’t get any from dad. I heard that. father said, not looking up from the news that was being displayed on the table while he ate it would’ve been wasted if you hadn’t (Orson Scott Card Quotes) For it is in the millions of small melodies that the truth of history is always found, for history only matters because of the effects we see or imagine in the lives of the ordinary people who are caught up in, or give shape to, the great events (Orson Scott Card Quotes) It’s what I was born for, isn’t it? If I don’t go, why am I alive? (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Faith doesn’t mean you never doubt. It only means you never act upon your doubts (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Good people aren’t good because they never cause harm to others. They’re good because they treat others the best way they know how, with the understanding that they have (Orson Scott Card 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 Quotes) What else should you be? Human beings didn’t evolve brains in order to lie around on lakes. Killing’s the first thing we learned. And a good thing we did, or we’d be dead, and the tigers would own the earth (Orson Scott Card Quotes) If you did not in your own mind distinguish between useful and erroneous information, then you were not learning at all, you were merely replacing ignorance with false belief, which was no improvement (Orson Scott Card Quotes) I think you don’t grow up until you stop worrying about other people’s purposes or lack of them and find the purposes you believe in for yourself (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Isn’t that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want? (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Parents always make their worst mistakes with their oldest children. That’s when parents know the least and care the most, so they’re more likely to be wrong and also more likely to insist that they’re right (Orson Scott Card Quotes) The only process you’ve mastered is the process of elimination, and the only reason you’ve mastered that is because you can do it in the toilet (Orson Scott Card Quotes) We thought we were the only thinking beings in the universe, until we met you, but never did we dream that thought could arise from the lonely animals who cannot dream each other’s dreams (Orson Scott Card Quotes) For children love is a feeling; for adults, it is a decision. Children wait to learn if their love is true by seeing how long it lasts; adults make their love true by never wavering from their commitment (Orson Scott Card Quotes) It is possible to have words come to your mind, and still refrain from speaking them aloud (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Nobody ever completely means what they say. Even when they think they’re telling the truth, there’s always something hidden behind their words (Orson Scott Card Quotes) I’ve had your tears with mine, and you’ve had mine with yours. I think that’s more intimate even than a kiss (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Everyone dies. Everyone leaves. What matters is the things you build together before they go. What matters is the part of them that continues in you when they’re gone (Orson Scott Card Quotes) A regime that wraps itself in the flag of truth fears truth most of all, for if its story is falsified to the slightest degree, its authority is gone (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Because if you can’t kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one will ever save you (Orson Scott Card Quotes)

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