“Was that tragedy? Or was that comedy? Was there really any difference?” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Bonzo, he pre-cise. He so careful, he piss on a plate and never splash.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Like climbing a cliff, thinking is a perilous activity for those unused to it.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Humor depends on the teller and hearer of the jest standing in the same place.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“You’ve lost faith in yourself? Isn’t that rich? A god who’s become a self-atheist!” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“He was getting to the point that he didn't understand why tax attorneys didn't just kill themselves.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I know you know, and you know that I know that you know. It spirals on from there, so let's just assume… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“My father always said that government is like watching another man piss in your boot. Someone feels better but it certainly isn't… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“As the doctor treated the wound, Mazer said, " I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I suppose this means you can swim after all. Or am I supposed to tow you?" "If you really try," said Loaf,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“He committed the crime of stupidity while under my command," said Citizen. "Oh my," said Rigg. "They're handing out the death penalty… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“You were the one who threatened us with an Inquisitor," the Bishop reminded him. With a smile. The Speaker's smile was just… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“He pulled out a single half-blackened disc of bronze. "Money," he said. "You get it by working, and then you trade it… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Of course, he didn't know anything about these Indonesians, or why they would have been there at this moment to save his… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Whoop-de-do," said Ram. "What?" "I'm celebrating." "Was that irony or loss of mental function?" asked the expendable. "Was that a rhetorical questions,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I want to see the king," I said, after explaining who I was. "Wonderful," said the ancient Nkumai who sat on a… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“You were baptized?" "My sister told me that yes, Father baptized me shortly after birth. My mother was a Protestant of a… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“If you try to look up my skirt, I'll poke needles in your eyes right through your eyelids while you're asleep.' 'I'm… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I hear they whip you for stealing." "Or put you in jail, or sell you into slavery, or kill you, depending on… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I think it's a rule that it's socially acceptable to wet yourself when aliens enter your mind for the first time. If… — 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
