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The difference between science...

The difference between science fiction and fantasy is simply this: science fiction has rivets and fantasy has trees.

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That was interesting, to find ...

That was interesting, to find that it wasn't hunger that caused children to become bullies on the street. The bulliness was already in the child, and whatever the stakes were, they would find a way to act as they needed to act. Intelligence and education, which all these children had, apparently didn't make any important difference in human nature.

Orson Scott Card 529 quotes

I'm not a liar, sir,' she said...

I'm not a liar, sir,' she said. ''No, I'm sure you sincerely become whatever it is you're pretending to be.

Orson Scott Card 529 quotes

Maybe she couldn't know who sh...

Maybe she couldn't know who she was today. Maybe it was enough to know that she was no longer who she was before.

Orson Scott Card 529 quotes

If the other fellow can't tell...

If the other fellow can't tell you his story, you can never be sure he isn't trying to kill you.

Orson Scott Card 529 quotes

He would always speak the lang...

He would always speak the language of the heart with an awkward foreign accent.

Orson Scott Card 529 quotes

Death is not a tragedy to the ...

Death is not a tragedy to the one who dies; to have wasted the life before that death, that is the tragedy.

Orson Scott Card 529 quotes

The essence of training is to ...

The essence of training is to allow error without consequence.

Orson Scott Card 529 quotes

Soldiers can sometimes make de...

Soldiers can sometimes make decisions that are smarter than the orders they've been given.

Orson Scott Card 529 quotes

But Father has also taught him...

But Father has also taught him: Treat a man as if he had a fine reputation to protect, and he will usually endeavor to deserve it.

Orson Scott Card 529 quotes

When you walk on the face of a...

When you walk on the face of a world, then forgiveness comes.

Orson Scott Card 529 quotes

I carry the seeds of death wit...

I carry the seeds of death within me and plant them wherever I linger long enough to love.

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So I want to ask you a hypothe...

So I want to ask you a hypothetical question. My favorite kind. Next to rhetorical ones. I can nap equally well through either kind.

Orson Scott Card 529 quotes

There was no doubt now in Ende...

There was no doubt now in Ender's mind. There was no help for him. Whatever he faced, now and forever, no on ewould save him from it. Peter might be scum, but Peter had been right, always right; the power to cause pain is the only power that matters, the power to kill and destroy, because if you can't kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one will ever save you.

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From now on the enemy is more ...

From now on the enemy is more clever than you. From now on the enemy is stronger than you. From now on you are always about to lose.

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A weak King must be what other...

A weak King must be what other Kings have been; a strong King is himself, and from then on the meaning of the name of King is changed.

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So the whole war is because we...

So the whole war is because we can't talk to each other.

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Satanic Verses is a despicable...

Satanic Verses is a despicable book that could not have been written by a person who wished to behave decently and responsibly.

Orson Scott Card 529 quotes

I taught you everything you kn...

I taught you everything you know. But I didn't teach you everything I know.

Orson Scott Card 529 quotes

The selective voluntary blindn...

The selective voluntary blindness of human beings allows them to ignore the moral consequences of their choices. It has been one of the species' most valuable traits, in terms of the survival of any particular human community.

Orson Scott Card 529 quotes

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