One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“For the first time, Ender had found a living mind he could admire.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
It is possible to have words come to your mind, and still refrain from speaking them aloud. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The only true vision comes not from God but from the inmost recesses of the human mind. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Twisted and perverse are the ways of the human mind," Jane intoned. "Pinocchio was such a dolt to try to become a… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“He felt like part of himself had been taken away, an inward prop that was holding up his courage and confidence.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“...he would have been lost except he started out lost and when you start out completely lost, it's hard to get loster.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“No one with him to tell him he must eat, he must go practice, he must sleep. Freedom. The trouble was, he… — 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
It's the problem with age. You have all these rusty arguments, and no quarrel to use them in. My brain is a… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
People above you, they never want to share power with you. Why you look to them? They give you nothing. People below… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The story itself, the true story, is the one that the audience members create in their minds, guided and shaped by my… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I cut the wood however I like, but it's the grain that decides the strength and shape of it. You can add… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Never mind that the story had turned out to be lies and foolishness—there was always folks stupid enough to say, Where there's… — 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
If you did not in your own mind distinguish between useful and erroneous information, then you were not learning at all, you… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
But when it comes to human beings, the only type of cause that matters is final cause, the purpose. What a person… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The tribe is whatever we believe it is. If we say the tribe is all the Little Ones in the forest, and… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Writer’s block is my unconscious mind telling me that something I’ve just written is either unbelievable or unimportant to me, and I… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
At first he thought he felt bad because he was afraid of leading an army, but it wasn't true. He knew he'd… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The criminal misuse of time was pointing out the mistakes. Catching them―noticing them―that was essential. If you did not in your own… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Not just the listeners, either. Miro had to be fair—he was as impatient with himself as they were. When he thought of… — 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
Are you all right, Sir?" asked Hezekiah. "Just fighting over old battles in my mind," said John. "It's the problem with age.… — 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
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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share
“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… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share
“Civilization is only a pretense; in the crisis, we become mere apes again, forgetting the rational biped of our pretensions and becoming instead the… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share
“Where did this whole thing begin? If what we think of as reality is just a pattern that somebody brought Outside, and the universe… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share
![“Whether he likes it or not, [he] cannot remain incognito forever. He has outraged too many wise men and pleased too many fools to hide behind his too-appropriate order to assume leadership of the forces of stupidity he has marshalled, or his enemies will unmask him in order to better understand…” quote by Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c8/orson-scott-card-134_appropriate_whether-he-likes-it-or-not-he-cannot-rem_2167820.png)
