The most evil creatures dont desire the destruction of everythingthey only desire to exploit it for themselves. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
If desire did not dim the brain, nobody would ever get married, drunk, or fat. ~Val — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Yet if he lost that desire, who would he be ? What would be in his heart then, if she were gone… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“If desire did not dim the brain, nobody would ever get married, drunk, or fat.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
It is the essence of dignity to pretend to desire what you cannot prevent. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“You care. Not the cares of the body. But you have the caring of the soul. It's a different kind of desire,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The story itself, the true story, is the one that the audience members create in their minds, guided and shaped by my… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Your dream is a good one. [. . .] The desire that is the very root of life itself: To grow until… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
But when it comes to human beings, the only type of cause that matters is final cause, the purpose. What a person… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Perhaps you don't desire poetry as much as you would like to have my torchy knowledge of your possible futures, but I… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
She remembered the story from her childhood, about Adam and Eve in the garden, and the talking snake. Even as a little… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“We are contemplating the nature of desire,” said Han Fei-tzu. “Whose desire?” she asked. “And for what?” My desire for your bones… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth:… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Why did he hesitate? He finally admitted to himself that he was like an American child who was almost completely certain about Santa Claus,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I don't know of a soul who doesn't maintain two separate lists of doctrines - the ones they believe they believe; and the ones… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The devil?” Jason heaved the tick over his shoulder like a collier with his sack. “Satan. The adversary. The enemy of the plan of… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“What we've done is make the categories of science fiction and fantasy larger, freer, and more inclusive than any other genre of contemporary literature.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Ender, for the past few months you have been the battle commander of our fleets. This was the Third Invasion. There were no games,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image