The old tale of Sleeping Beauty might end happily in French or English, but he was in Russia, and only a fool… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something. Maybe humanity needs me—to find out… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
It was just him and me. He fought with honor. If it weren't for his honor, he and the others would have… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
We were all fated to die, and so it is good that at least we can be sure our deaths today might… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
As he thought of it, though, he could not imagine what “just living” might actually be. He had never done it in… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Nature can't evolve a species that hasn't the will to survive. Individuals might be bred to sacrifice themselves, but the race as… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
There was no doubt now in Ender's mind. There was no help for him. Whatever he faced, now and forever, no on… — 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 you give orders and explain nothing, you might get obedience, but you'll get no creativity. If you tell them your purpose,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
...You believe that the kind of story you want to tell might be best received by the science fiction and fantasy audience.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
America's intellectual community has never been very bright. Or honest. They're all sheep, following whatever the intellectual fashion of the decade happens… — 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
