“So this is love, he said to himself, trying to examine his own overwhelming feelings with the rational fragment of his mind.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I've learned much, Father, and this above all: that no station in life is above any other, if it's occupied by someone… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Be proud, Bonito, pretty boy. You can go home and tell your father, Yes, I beat up Ender Wiggin, who was barely… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“No," said Ender. "I don't know about souls. I just know that while we're alive, in these bodies, we can only do… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
You killed more people than anybody in history." "Be the best at whatever you do, that's what my mother always told me. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“(Rigg) had often complained that all these languages were useless, and Father had only said, "A man who speaks but one language… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“My father once told me that there are no gods; only the cruel manipulations of evil people who pretended that their power… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Oh, you're willing to concede God's existence, but that's not what I meant. I mean believe in him the way a mother… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I think you can’t possibly know the truth about somebody unless you love them. I think the Speaker loved Father. Marcão, I… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Oh, Val," said Father. "All you have to do is live your life, and everyone around you will be happier." "No greatness,… — 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