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Orson Scott Card Quotes

It’s the teachers, they’re the enemy. They get us to fight each other, to hate each other Picture Quote #1

Don’t win loyalty, just obedience, and only while the lash is in the room Picture Quote #1

You can’t answer what I said, so you’re going to talk about my saying it Picture Quote #1

You accomplish exactly as much as the people who serve you decide you’ll accomplish and nothing more Picture Quote #1

There’s always hope... even when there isn’t faith. And sometimes, without hope or faith, there must be charity Picture Quote #1

Human beings do metamorphose. They change their identity constantly. However, each new identity thrives on the delusion that it was always in possession of the body it has just conquered Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes you have to trust people enough to let them succeed and love them enough to let them fail Picture Quote #1

When there aren’t any smart decisions, I suppose you just have to pick the stupid decision you like best Picture Quote #1

You take a step, then another. That’s the journey. But to take a step with your eyes open is not a journey at all, it’s a remaking of your own mind Picture Quote #1

Before we are citizens, we are children, and it is as children that we come to understand freedom and authority, liberty and duty Picture Quote #1

When have you ever seen someone who had no doubts who was also correct about anything? Picture Quote #1

... All these readers have placed themselves inside this story, not as spectators, but as participants, and so have looked at the world, not with my eyes only, but also with their own Picture Quote #1

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The difference between science fiction and fantasy … is simply this: science fiction has rivets and fantasy has trees Picture Quote #1

Maybe we’re the fools, for thinking we know things. Maybe humans are the only ones who can deal with the fact that nothing can ever be known at all Picture Quote #1

I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing classes, but I really didn’t expect it to be a career because I didn’t believe there was a way to make money as a playwright without being lucky and I didn’t feel particularly lucky Picture Quote #1

To reach out to you when I’m in need, and to try to be here for you when you need me back. And to feel such tenderness when I look at you that I want to stand between you and all the world: and yet also to lift you up and carry you above the strong currents of life; and at the same time, I would be glad to stand always like this, at a distance, watching you, the beauty of you Picture Quote #1

She will look at you as women look at men, and she will judge you as a woman judge men... not on the strength of their arguments, and not in their cleverness or prowess in battle, but rather on the force of their character, the intensity of their passion, their strength of soul, their compassion, and... ah, this above all... their conversation Picture Quote #1

The story itself, the true story, is the one that the audience members create in their minds, guided and shaped by my text, but then transformed, elucidated, expanded, edited, and clarified by their own experience, their own desires, their own hopes and fears Picture Quote #1

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If you give orders and explain nothing, you might get obedience, but you’ll get no creativity. If you tell them your purpose, then when your original plan is shown to be faulty, they’ll find another way to achieve your goal. Explaining to your men doesn’t weaken their respect for you, it proves your respect for them Picture Quote #1

Americans love to pick up, move on, start over. But instead of being somebody fresh and new, they become somebody lonely and lost, or, far too often these days, they become nobody at all, a machine for satisfying hunger, without loyalty or honor or duty Picture Quote #1

I be crazy too, little buddy, but at least when I be craziest, I be floating all alone in space and the crazy, she float out of me, she soak into the walls, and she don’t come out till there be battles and little boys bump into the walls and squish out de crazy Picture Quote #1

It is easy to say that you can adopt the whole human race as your children, but it is not the same as living in a home with a child and shaping all you do to help him learn to be happy and whole and good. Don’t live your life without ever holding a child in your arms, on your lap, in your home, and feeling a child’s arms around you and hearing his voice in your ear and seeing his smile, given to you because you put it into your heart Picture Quote #1

That’s what so many people didn’t understand about life. The real world is the one within the walls of homes; the outside world, of careers and politics and money and fame, that was the fake world, where nothing lasted, and things were real only to the extent they harmed or helped people inside their homes Picture Quote #1

Someone’s sent a loving note in lines of returning geese and as the moon fills my western chamber as petals dance over the flowing stream again I think of you the two of us living a sadness apart a hurt that can’t be removed yet when my gaze comes down my heart stays up Picture Quote #1

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When you hear a true story, there is a part of you that responds to it regardless of art, regardless of evidence. Let it be the most obvious fabrication and you will still believe whatever truth is in it, because you can not deny truth no matter how shabbily it is dressed Picture Quote #1

Ender nodded. It was a lie, of course, that it wouldn’t hurt a bit. But since adults always said it when it was going to hurt, he could count on that statement as an accurate prediction of the future. Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth Picture Quote #1

Ah, I am the judge of dreams, and you are the judge of love. Well, I find you guilty of dreaming good dreams, and sentence you to a lifetime of working and suffering for the sake of your dreams. I only hope that someday you won’t declare me innocent of the crime of loving you Picture Quote #1

Humans invent an imaginary lover and put that mask over the face of the body in their bed. That is the tragedy of language my friend. Those who know each other only through symbolic representations are forced to imagine each other. And because their imagination is imperfect, they are often wrong Picture Quote #1

People above you, they never want to share power with you. Why you look to them? They give you nothing. People below you, you give them hope, you give them respect, they give you power, cause they don’t think they have any, so they don’t mind giving it up Picture Quote #1

At first he thought he felt bad because he was afraid of leading an army, but it wasn’t true. He knew he’d make a good commander. He felt himself wanting to cry. He hadn’t cried since the first few days of homesickness after he got here. He tried to put a name on the feeling that put a lump in his throat and made him sob silently, however much he tried to hold it down. He bit down on his hand to stop the feeling, to replace it with pain. It didn’t help Picture Quote #1

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It’s the teachers, they’re the enemy. They get us to fight each other, to hate each other (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Don’t win loyalty, just obedience, and only while the lash is in the room (Orson Scott Card Quotes) You can’t answer what I said, so you’re going to talk about my saying it (Orson Scott Card Quotes) You accomplish exactly as much as the people who serve you decide you’ll accomplish and nothing more (Orson Scott Card Quotes) There’s always hope... even when there isn’t faith. And sometimes, without hope or faith, there must be charity (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Human beings do metamorphose. They change their identity constantly. However, each new identity thrives on the delusion that it was always in possession of the body it has just conquered (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Sometimes you have to trust people enough to let them succeed and love them enough to let them fail (Orson Scott Card Quotes) When there aren’t any smart decisions, I suppose you just have to pick the stupid decision you like best (Orson Scott Card Quotes) You take a step, then another. That’s the journey. But to take a step with your eyes open is not a journey at all, it’s a remaking of your own mind (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Before we are citizens, we are children, and it is as children that we come to understand freedom and authority, liberty and duty (Orson Scott Card Quotes) When have you ever seen someone who had no doubts who was also correct about anything? (Orson Scott Card Quotes) ... All these readers have placed themselves inside this story, not as spectators, but as participants, and so have looked at the world, not with my eyes only, but also with their own (Orson Scott Card Quotes) The difference between science fiction and fantasy … is simply this: science fiction has rivets and fantasy has trees (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Maybe we’re the fools, for thinking we know things. Maybe humans are the only ones who can deal with the fact that nothing can ever be known at all (Orson Scott Card Quotes) I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing classes, but I really didn’t expect it to be a career because I didn’t believe there was a way to make money as a playwright without being lucky and I didn’t feel particularly lucky (Orson Scott Card Quotes) To reach out to you when I’m in need, and to try to be here for you when you need me back. And to feel such tenderness when I look at you that I want to stand between you and all the world: and yet also to lift you up and carry you above the strong currents of life; and at the same time, I would be glad to stand always like this, at a distance, watching you, the beauty of you (Orson Scott Card Quotes) She will look at you as women look at men, and she will judge you as a woman judge men... not on the strength of their arguments, and not in their cleverness or prowess in battle, but rather on the force of their character, the intensity of their passion, their strength of soul, their compassion, and... ah, this above all... their conversation (Orson Scott Card Quotes) The story itself, the true story, is the one that the audience members create in their minds, guided and shaped by my text, but then transformed, elucidated, expanded, edited, and clarified by their own experience, their own desires, their own hopes and fears (Orson Scott Card Quotes) If you give orders and explain nothing, you might get obedience, but you’ll get no creativity. If you tell them your purpose, then when your original plan is shown to be faulty, they’ll find another way to achieve your goal. Explaining to your men doesn’t weaken their respect for you, it proves your respect for them (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Americans love to pick up, move on, start over. But instead of being somebody fresh and new, they become somebody lonely and lost, or, far too often these days, they become nobody at all, a machine for satisfying hunger, without loyalty or honor or duty (Orson Scott Card Quotes) I be crazy too, little buddy, but at least when I be craziest, I be floating all alone in space and the crazy, she float out of me, she soak into the walls, and she don’t come out till there be battles and little boys bump into the walls and squish out de crazy (Orson Scott Card Quotes) It is easy to say that you can adopt the whole human race as your children, but it is not the same as living in a home with a child and shaping all you do to help him learn to be happy and whole and good. Don’t live your life without ever holding a child in your arms, on your lap, in your home, and feeling a child’s arms around you and hearing his voice in your ear and seeing his smile, given to you because you put it into your heart (Orson Scott Card Quotes) That’s what so many people didn’t understand about life. The real world is the one within the walls of homes; the outside world, of careers and politics and money and fame, that was the fake world, where nothing lasted, and things were real only to the extent they harmed or helped people inside their homes (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Someone’s sent a loving note in lines of returning geese and as the moon fills my western chamber as petals dance over the flowing stream again I think of you the two of us living a sadness apart a hurt that can’t be removed yet when my gaze comes down my heart stays up (Orson Scott Card Quotes) When you hear a true story, there is a part of you that responds to it regardless of art, regardless of evidence. Let it be the most obvious fabrication and you will still believe whatever truth is in it, because you can not deny truth no matter how shabbily it is dressed (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Ender nodded. It was a lie, of course, that it wouldn’t hurt a bit. But since adults always said it when it was going to hurt, he could count on that statement as an accurate prediction of the future. Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Ah, I am the judge of dreams, and you are the judge of love. Well, I find you guilty of dreaming good dreams, and sentence you to a lifetime of working and suffering for the sake of your dreams. I only hope that someday you won’t declare me innocent of the crime of loving you (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Humans invent an imaginary lover and put that mask over the face of the body in their bed. That is the tragedy of language my friend. Those who know each other only through symbolic representations are forced to imagine each other. And because their imagination is imperfect, they are often wrong (Orson Scott Card Quotes) People above you, they never want to share power with you. Why you look to them? They give you nothing. People below you, you give them hope, you give them respect, they give you power, cause they don’t think they have any, so they don’t mind giving it up (Orson Scott Card Quotes) At first he thought he felt bad because he was afraid of leading an army, but it wasn’t true. He knew he’d make a good commander. He felt himself wanting to cry. He hadn’t cried since the first few days of homesickness after he got here. He tried to put a name on the feeling that put a lump in his throat and made him sob silently, however much he tried to hold it down. He bit down on his hand to stop the feeling, to replace it with pain. It didn’t help (Orson Scott Card Quotes)

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