Bean could see the hunger in their eyes. Not the regular hunger, for food, but the real hunger, the deep hunger, for… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“What could go wrong... Doing some stupid impulsive thing that caused the death of drowthers was practically a family tradition.” — orson scott card Copy Share Image
That's how it goes within a family. You think you know each other so well, and so you don't bother hardly getting… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Bean sighed inwardly. It never failed. Whenever he had any conversation with Ender, it turned into an argument.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Firequencher raised his hand. "I've been staying out of family conversations. Do I get credit for that? — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Personal humiliation was painful. Humiliation of one's family was much worse. Humiliation of one's social status was agony to bear. But humiliation… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Achilles might be a good papa to the family, but he was also a killer, and he never forgives. Poke knew that, though. Bean warned her, and she knew it, but she chose Achilles for their papa anyway. Chose him and then died for it. She was like that Jesus that Helga preached about in her kitchen while they ate.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share
“It's not enough just to laugh at good fortune and say, 'Enough already.' You have to really mean it -- that you… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“He lay in bed staring upward into the darkness. On the bunk above him, he could hear Peter turning and tossing restlessly. Then Peter slid off the bunk and walked out of the room. Ender heard the hushing sound of the toilet clearing; then Peter stood silhouetted in the doorway. He thinks I'm asleep. He's going to kill me. Peter… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share
“I saw what Andrew did in our family. I saw that he came in and listened and watched and understood who we were, each individual one of us. He tried to discover our need and then supply it. He took responsibility for other people and it didn't seem to matter to him how much it cost him. And in the… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share
“Will we be extinguished? What difference does it make then, the ones of us who had plans, what does it matter the… — 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: the mythic truth about human nature in general, the particular truth about those life-communities that define our own identity, and the most specific truth of all: our own self-story. Fiction, because it is not about someone… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share
“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
