“Is it some law of human nature that you inevitably become whatever your first commander was?” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“They did not wait so eagerly for each new transmission from the ansible; the names that were famous on earth meant little… — 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
Home is where the people who live there need me to come home to them, and worry about me when I'm gone.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
What else should you be? Human beings didn't evolve brains in order to lie around on lakes. Killing's the first thing we… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Which of them, then, was more detestable? The one who was loathsome by nature, or the one who wanted to be loathsome… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“he could feel the earth beneath, all the deep stone of it, cool and hard near the surface of the earth, but… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“It isn’t the world at stake, Ender. Just us. Just humankind. As far as the rest of the earth is concerned, we… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I don't know what's going on in the world," he said. "Everything seemed so reasonable and scientific until I discovered my son… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“We are contemplating the nature of desire,” said Han Fei-tzu. “Whose desire?” she asked. “And for what?” My desire for your bones… — 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
