Orson Scott Card Quotes
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Most of the things people say they remember they only imagine anyways.
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Here's my throat. I carry no weapon. You could have killed me at any time, even when I knew you were my enemy. Why did you need to deceive me into trusting you first? Were you afraid that death wouldn't bother me enough, unless I felt betrayed?
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Evil people naturally assume that you will use that power exactly as they would use it.
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What is this thing between women, like men are a joke that women all told each other long ago but men never get it.
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It was his father who had shrunk, who no longer had the power of the giant, of the god, to enfold him and keep him safe.
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Adolescents never understand that the best way to avoid notice is to behave normally.
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Knowing was better than not knowing. But not by much.
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More than likely, mother would simply go enigmatic on him, give him one of her inscrutable smiles, and tell him that if he didn't already understand, he never would.
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La Tia was fearless, but that could mean either that she had no guile or that she had no conscience.
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When you have enough money the law is a reed that will always bend your way.
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People's beliefs don't exist in isolation. Everyone's firmly held beliefs exert an enormous pressure on everyone else.
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Sometimes it felt to him as though he’s spent most of his life traveling, and never quite got to anywhere that mattered. Then again, that might be as good a description of what life was supposed to be as anyone ever thought of. The only real destination was death, and our lives consisted of finding the most circuitous and pleasant path to get there.
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'He’s young,' she said.'We’ve all been guilty of that sin,' said Alvin. 'And some never get over it.'
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She never seemed to get near the edge. She lived on other people's edges. And when they fell off, she'd admire how pretty they looked as they fell.
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I’m neutral on lying, seeing as how there’s times when the truth just hurts people.
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You aren't the kind of guy who takes the law into his own hands. You left the law in other hands and it screwed you over pretty badly.
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Having never been in control of his own life, his idea of freedom was simply to break free.
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I think if you left grownups to do what they really actually wanted most in the world to do, every single one of them would lie down and take a nap for the rest of their life. I know this because that's what every grownup does as soon as they're alone.
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Once he had been so formidable that he was surrounded by enemies. Now even his enemies has lost interest in him. What clearer sign of failure could you find than that?
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All children are manipulators.
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'You must be a prophet right enough,' said Alvin Junior, 'cause I can’t understand a thing you said.'
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God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever exist if we as individuals are the result of some external cause.
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When we intended to enjoy being cruel, we must transform our victim into either a beast or a god.
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How could you tell, when utter honesty and cynical manipulation would each account completely for the things she said and did?