“History's got no bows on it, only frayed ends of ribbons and knots that can't be untied.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
In all my study of history, I have never found a time or place I would rather have lived than now. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The great forces of history were real, after a fashion. But when you examined them closely, those great forces always came down… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
You killed more people than anybody in history." "Be the best at whatever you do, that's what my mother always told me. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The society whose citizens are willing to stand and fight is the one with the best chance of surviving long enough for… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“We do what we must to earn our place in the community, but we live for the hours at home. For each… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Val," said Mother, "goodness trumps greatness any day." "Not in the history books," said Valentine. "Then the wrong people are writing history,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“But shouldn't they still act like children? They aren't normal. They act like--history. Napoleon and Wellington. Caesar and Brutus.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“We're going to make him the best military commander in history. And then put the fate of the world on his shoulders.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
This is what historians usually do, quibble about cause and effect when the point is, there are times when the world is… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Why should I worry about uncreating so much of human history? Why should I care that it will be worse than forgotten,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
For it is in the millions of small melodies that the truth of history is always found, for history only matters because… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The prospect of sharing the rest of their lives held no dread for them. . . every word and movement between them… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
All the common people want is to be left alone. All the ordinary soldier wants is to collect his pay and not… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Oh, Val," said Father. "All you have to do is live your life, and everyone around you will be happier." "No greatness,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
And if you're going to criticize me for not finishing the whole thing and tying it up in a bow for you,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
As history shows us, when colonization is voluntary, people will self-select better than any testing system. It’s like those foolish attempts to… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“You think you’re annoyed because of Plikt’s arrogance, but that isn’t so. Plikt is not arrogant; she is merely precise. You are… — 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
