Quotes from Orson Scott Card

We've decided that your birthday present will be a car, said Marion. Danny was touched. But the thing I can't figure out is, why would I need a new car? You can't very well gate a girl to the movies, Danny, Leslie replied. I think you're overlooking the biggest point here, said Danny. I don't need a CAR so I can date. I need a GIRL.

the only people who ever prize purity of ignorance are those who profit from a monopoly on knowledge.

Only a fool closes the door when the wolf is already inside the barn.

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... As chairman emeritus of the extreme right-wing National Organization for Marriage

Those eyes had seen people weep, and had cared, and had hurt them again anyway. It's a look that no human eyes should ever have.

The memory of the pain did not destroy the reality of the pleasure; grief did not obliterate joy.

What kind of rescue is this, where you toss the prisoner a knife and stand and wait to see what happens?

We're an ecological disaster. Exactly, said the expendable.

I'm not one to despise other people for their sins. I haven't found one yet, that I didn't say to myself, I've done worse than this.

I'm just saying things never get so bad we can't do something to make them better.

Ruthie] ... if he was a good man, how could he leave me? So he must not be a good man. But if he isn't good, then why does it hurt so much to lose him?

So he believed. Believed, but the seed of doubt was there, and it stayed, and every now and then sent out a little root. It changed everything, to have that seed growing. It made Ender listen more carefully to what people meant, instead of what they said. It made him wise.

Lo ves? Eso es lo que hacen los historiadores, hacen juegos con la causa y el efecto, cuando el asunto es que hay períodos en los que el mundo cambia, y la voz precisa en el lugar preciso puede mover al mundo

Sophisticated people seem to think that the truth must always be dark, disappointing, disillusioning. But this is not so at all. Most of the time, darkness, disappointment, and disillusionment are the illusion. Truth is neutral. Our decisions determine what darkens and what lightens our lives.

imagine. I imagine it feels like bathing in ice to the person touching her. But how does it feel to her? Cold as she is, it must surely burn like fire.

In the end it was only Peter who had something he could say from the heart. Am I the only one here who sees something of himself in the man who's lying inside this box? No one had an answer for him, either yes or no.

it made him want to sing hymns he'd never even heard before

If only we could stand outside our lives and look at what we do, we might repair so many injuries before they're done.

As the proverb said, "Think in the morning, Act in the noon, Eat in the evening, Sleep in the night." Too late for thinking now. Too early for eating.

Love and serve the sources of your strength.

You accomplish exactly as much as the people who serve you decide you'll accomplish, and nothing more.

Then he was done. He pulled away, rolled onto his back. "I'm sorry," he said. "You're welcome," she said. She believed in answering what people meant, not what they said.

Another oral exam, huh?' Peter said. 'Shut up, Peter,' said Valentine. 'You should relax and enjoy it,' said Peter. 'It could be worse.' 'I don't know how.' 'It could be an anal exam.

He could just look at people and listen to them and suddenly he'd know things about them.