With false names, on the right nets, they could be anybody. Old men, middle-aged women, anybody, as long as they were careful… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
An enemy, Ender Wiggin," whispered the old man. "I am your enemy, the first one you've ever had who was smarter than… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
She will look at you as women look at men, and she will judge you as a woman judge men...not on the… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
No matter how sexually attracted a man might be toward other men, or a woman toward other women, and no matter how… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected swineherd every time, no matter how much slaughtering he… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Only stupid men trying to seem smart need to be with dumb women. Only weak men trying to look strong are attracted… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
But Father has also taught him: Treat a man as if he had a fine reputation to protect, and he will usually… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
It is a weak man who blames his failures on the strength of others. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
O my son Absalom,' Bean said softly, knowing for the first time the kind of anguish that could tear such words from… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“[Ruthie] ... if he was a good man, how could he leave me? So he must not be a good man. But… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Doesn't it make you wonder about your own sexual identity, not to mention your sanity, that the two women you love are,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
It has been my experience that the better a man you are, the more folks there are who resent you for it,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Ho said, 'I do not grieve because my feet have been cut off. I grieve because a precious jewel is dubbed a… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Let me be loved like that, by a man who will not replace me with concubines when I'm old and ugly. Let… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Early to bed and early to rise," Mazer intoned, "makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Once you duct-tape a Ziploc bag to a man's chest, there's no going back. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The world is always a democracy in times of flux, and the man with the best voice will win. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Whenever the law gets its hands on you, those who use the law to their own advantage will also turn it against… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
It's called civilization. Women invented it, and every time you men blow it all to bits, we just invent it again. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Asking a man if he could be trusted was like asking an unwed girl if she was a virgin. The question mattered,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Where do you draw the line between a humble man who knows his own weaknesses but tries to act out virtues he… — 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
“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
Whether he likes it or not, [he] cannot remain incognito forever. He has outraged too many wise men and pleased too many… — 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