Human nature Quotes by Orson Scott Card

10 Human nature quotes by Orson Scott Card

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Card’s speculative lens on what makes us tick appears in ten brief reflections, each offering a clear, sometimes unsettling view of our innate drives.

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“Because human nature never changes.”

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“Is it some law of human nature that you inevitably become whatever your first commander was?”

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“Oh, people get used to so many things," said Vadesh, "if only they give them selves a chance.”

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“Of course they accused Marcão of having done it without provocation—that’s the way of torturers of every age, to put the blame…

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That was interesting, to find that it wasn't hunger that caused children to become bullies on the street. The bulliness was already…

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“Why else do we read fiction, anyway? Not to be impressed by somebody's dazzling language - or at least I hope that's…

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I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind…

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“Why else do we read anyway? I think most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because…

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So from then on, he looked at all his choices and said, What would a good person do, and then did it.…

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“But in the military you don't get trusted positions just because of your ability. You also have to attract the notice of…

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“You underestimate yourself.”

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We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.

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“Why did he hesitate? He finally admitted to himself that he was like an American child who was almost completely certain about Santa Claus,…

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“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…

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Good people do not let others suffer needlessly.

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“The devil?” Jason heaved the tick over his shoulder like a collier with his sack. “Satan. The adversary. The enemy of the plan of…

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“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.…

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Where ideas are real and reality is shadow.

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“Ender, for the past few months you have been the battle commander of our fleets. This was the Third Invasion. There were no games,…

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Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be.

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Knowledge is just opinion that you trust enough to act upon.

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“Of course they accused Marcão of having done it without provocation—that’s the way of torturers of every age, to put the blame on the…

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“Civilization is only a pretense; in the crisis, we become mere apes again, forgetting the rational biped of our pretensions and becoming instead the…

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“Where did this whole thing begin? If what we think of as reality is just a pattern that somebody brought Outside, and the universe…

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