Orson Scott Card quotes

Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to …Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.

When you really know somebody you can't hate them. Or maybe it's just that you can't really know …When you really know somebody you can't hate them. Or maybe it's just that you can't really know them until you stop hating them.

Hate Understanding

I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not …I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.

People Understanding Truth Love

There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can …There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world.

Change

I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without …I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it.

Pain

Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along―the …Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along―the same person that I am today.

Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its …Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.

Humanity Happiness

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never …Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

Short Silence Words

It's called civilization. Women invented it, and every time you men blow it all to bits, we just …It's called civilization. Women invented it, and every time you men blow it all to bits, we just invent it again.

Women

If you try and lose, then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your …If you try and lose, then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.

Success

Remember, the enemy's gate is …Remember, the enemy's gate is down.

Ender Wiggin isn't a killer. He just …Ender Wiggin isn't a killer. He just wins-thoroughly.






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Ethan Wyeth: 'I hope you're thirsty.' Gideon Wyeth: 'Why?' Ethan: 'Cause your dumb and ugly, but I …Ethan Wyeth: "I hope you're thirsty." Gideon Wyeth: "Why?" Ethan: "Cause your dumb and ugly, but I can do something about thirsty.

Humor