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Orson Scott Card Quotes

How long before married people answer the dictators thus: Regardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down, so it can be replaced with a government that will respect and support marriage, and help me raise my children in a society where they will expect to marry in their turn Picture Quote #1

Like running the hurdles. Work so hard, jump over every one, fast, high enough but no higher, because you can’t afford to hang in the air. And then, when the race is over, you’re dripping with sweat, either they beat you or you beat them... and then a couple of guys come out and move the hurdles out of the way. Turns out they were nothing. All that work to jump over them, but now they’re gone Picture Quote #1

I have too many secrets. For all these years I’ve been a speaker for the dead, uncovering secrets and helping people to live in the light of truth. Now I no longer tell anyone half of what I know, because if I told the whole truth there would be fear, hatred, brutality, murder, war Picture Quote #1

Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books, not to be indiscriminately enforced against anyone who happens to be caught violating them, but to be used when necessary to send a clear message that those who flagrantly violate society’s regulation of sexual behavior cannot be permitted to remain as acceptable, equal citizens within that society Picture Quote #1

You can’t write a novel all at once, any more than you can swallow a whale in one gulp. You do have to break it up into smaller chunks. But those smaller chunks aren’t good old familiar short stories. Novels aren’t built out of short stories. They are built out of scenes Picture Quote #1

Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life, ender. The best you can do is choose to be controlled by good people, by people who love you Picture Quote #1

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This is how humans are: we question all our beliefs, except for the ones we really believe, and those we never think to question Picture Quote #1

I’m accusing you of violating the laws of nature, he said, irritated at my failure to respond. Nature’s virtue is intact, I reassured him. I just know some different laws Picture Quote #1

I had seen the princess and let her lie there unawakened, because the happily ever after was so damnably much work Picture Quote #1

He understood the tone of voice instinctively, as he always had; it was his greatest gift, to know emotions even better than the person feeling them Picture Quote #1

She thinks she’s kept me. She would have kept me better if she had let me go now Picture Quote #1

I wanted your songs. You wanted my songs more than you wanted my happiness. So you took my happiness, and stole my songs Picture Quote #1

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You are mine, but you are not mine. I am yours, but you hardly know it Picture Quote #1

Many a man isn’t as good as his woman, but I never knew a husband who was better than his wife Picture Quote #1

Justice could be cruel, and crueler yet necessity, but mercy was the cruelest thing of all Picture Quote #1

When he loved his bride it was not a queen he loved, but rather the girl as she might have been if she had not been destroyed in her childhood Picture Quote #1

A dreamer, a good man, a kind man who cared less for his plan than for the people in it Picture Quote #1

She did not send for him until she was afraid; she was not afraid until he undid her work; he did not undo her work until he was past loving her Picture Quote #1

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I was the last to know what was happening to me. Or at least I was the last to know that I knew Picture Quote #1

I want to see the king. Wonderful. I’m glad for you. why are you so glad? Because it’s good for every human being to have an unfulfilled wish. It makes all of life so poignant Picture Quote #1

There must be a special place in hell reserved for you. I’ve been to hell. It’s a better place than this Picture Quote #1

Your father cares as little as we do. It’s just that he tends to despair, while we are full of hope Picture Quote #1

I walked down the hill, forgot philosophy, and joined the human race again. Nobody was particularly glad to see me Picture Quote #1

I immediately felt so comfortable there. Or if not comfortable, at least willing to bear the discomforts because they fit the awkward places in my heart Picture Quote #1

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You are not what you seem. So many people have said that that I’m beginning to think that’s precisely how I do seem. What is it I seem to be that you have now discovered that I’m not? Picture Quote #1

I had never believed I had a soul until then, when it laid bare a hurt more deep than any part of me could bear Picture Quote #1

Heroes and victims are the product of the mood they were in when opportunity came or when circumstances were at their worst Picture Quote #1

For the first time I understood the haunting beauty of the song. It was the song of a killer who longed to die. It was the song of justice yearned for but not yet done Picture Quote #1

People’s beliefs don’t exist in isolation. Everyone’s firmly held beliefs exert an enormous pressure on everyone else Picture Quote #1

You looked so intense. Whatever you were saying, you seemed to mean it, and it wasn’t amusing at all. Started quite a fashion. People keep looking for purpose now. Complicates everything Picture Quote #1

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How long before married people answer the dictators thus: Regardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down, so it can be replaced with a government that will respect and support marriage, and help me raise my children in a society where they will expect to marry in their turn (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Like running the hurdles. Work so hard, jump over every one, fast, high enough but no higher, because you can’t afford to hang in the air. And then, when the race is over, you’re dripping with sweat, either they beat you or you beat them... and then a couple of guys come out and move the hurdles out of the way. Turns out they were nothing. All that work to jump over them, but now they’re gone (Orson Scott Card Quotes) I have too many secrets. For all these years I’ve been a speaker for the dead, uncovering secrets and helping people to live in the light of truth. Now I no longer tell anyone half of what I know, because if I told the whole truth there would be fear, hatred, brutality, murder, war (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books, not to be indiscriminately enforced against anyone who happens to be caught violating them, but to be used when necessary to send a clear message that those who flagrantly violate society’s regulation of sexual behavior cannot be permitted to remain as acceptable, equal citizens within that society (Orson Scott Card Quotes) You can’t write a novel all at once, any more than you can swallow a whale in one gulp. You do have to break it up into smaller chunks. But those smaller chunks aren’t good old familiar short stories. Novels aren’t built out of short stories. They are built out of scenes (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life, ender. The best you can do is choose to be controlled by good people, by people who love you (Orson Scott Card Quotes) This is how humans are: we question all our beliefs, except for the ones we really believe, and those we never think to question (Orson Scott Card Quotes) I’m accusing you of violating the laws of nature, he said, irritated at my failure to respond. Nature’s virtue is intact, I reassured him. I just know some different laws (Orson Scott Card Quotes) I had seen the princess and let her lie there unawakened, because the happily ever after was so damnably much work (Orson Scott Card Quotes) He understood the tone of voice instinctively, as he always had; it was his greatest gift, to know emotions even better than the person feeling them (Orson Scott Card Quotes) She thinks she’s kept me. She would have kept me better if she had let me go now (Orson Scott Card Quotes) I wanted your songs. You wanted my songs more than you wanted my happiness. So you took my happiness, and stole my songs (Orson Scott Card Quotes) You are mine, but you are not mine. I am yours, but you hardly know it (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Many a man isn’t as good as his woman, but I never knew a husband who was better than his wife (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Justice could be cruel, and crueler yet necessity, but mercy was the cruelest thing of all (Orson Scott Card Quotes) When he loved his bride it was not a queen he loved, but rather the girl as she might have been if she had not been destroyed in her childhood (Orson Scott Card Quotes) A dreamer, a good man, a kind man who cared less for his plan than for the people in it (Orson Scott Card Quotes) She did not send for him until she was afraid; she was not afraid until he undid her work; he did not undo her work until he was past loving her (Orson Scott Card Quotes) I was the last to know what was happening to me. Or at least I was the last to know that I knew (Orson Scott Card Quotes) I want to see the king. Wonderful. I’m glad for you. why are you so glad? Because it’s good for every human being to have an unfulfilled wish. It makes all of life so poignant (Orson Scott Card Quotes) There must be a special place in hell reserved for you. I’ve been to hell. It’s a better place than this (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Your father cares as little as we do. It’s just that he tends to despair, while we are full of hope (Orson Scott Card Quotes) I walked down the hill, forgot philosophy, and joined the human race again. Nobody was particularly glad to see me (Orson Scott Card Quotes) I immediately felt so comfortable there. Or if not comfortable, at least willing to bear the discomforts because they fit the awkward places in my heart (Orson Scott Card Quotes) You are not what you seem. So many people have said that that I’m beginning to think that’s precisely how I do seem. What is it I seem to be that you have now discovered that I’m not? (Orson Scott Card Quotes) I had never believed I had a soul until then, when it laid bare a hurt more deep than any part of me could bear (Orson Scott Card Quotes) Heroes and victims are the product of the mood they were in when opportunity came or when circumstances were at their worst (Orson Scott Card Quotes) For the first time I understood the haunting beauty of the song. It was the song of a killer who longed to die. It was the song of justice yearned for but not yet done (Orson Scott Card Quotes) People’s beliefs don’t exist in isolation. Everyone’s firmly held beliefs exert an enormous pressure on everyone else (Orson Scott Card Quotes) You looked so intense. Whatever you were saying, you seemed to mean it, and it wasn’t amusing at all. Started quite a fashion. People keep looking for purpose now. Complicates everything (Orson Scott Card Quotes)

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