“And it came down to this: In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“...He found himself filled with joy, for now his existence had a meaning. He had a future, because he was part of… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“It was the waiting and watching that cost the most. For during that time he had to endure.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Still not dead,” she said. She had greeted him with these words each time she woke during the past few days. At… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Ender knew that at this moment he might be able to walk out of the room and end the battle. The way… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Speculative fiction by definition is geared toward an audience that wants strangeness, an audience that wants to spend time in worlds that… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
For he loved her, as you can only love someone who is an echo of yourself at your time of deepest sorrow. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“[No single] explanation will ever contain the final answer for all time, for all hearers. There is always, ALWAYS more to learn.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I'm neutral on lying, seeing as how there's times when the truth just hurts people. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The prospect of sharing the rest of their lives held no dread for them. . . every word and movement between them… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Come with us!” shouted one of the Indonesians. Bean thought this was probably a good idea. Since the assassination attempt had included… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I think that a good person can sometimes do wrong out of ignorance or weakness or wrong thinking, but when hard times… — 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
The lives of all people flow through time, and, regardless of how brutal one moment may be, how filled with grief or… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Will we be extinguished? What difference does it make then, the ones of us who had plans, what does it matter the… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Every time, I've won because I could understand the way my enemy though. From what they did. I could tell what they… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“What good were the rules of time when the rules of magic contradicted them.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I have to win this now, and for all time, or I’ll fight it every day and it will get worse and… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
If you asked me to marry you all over again today I'd say yes, said Valentine. And if I had only met… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I always think of books as being like people. Even the dull ones are worthy of decent respect, but you don't have… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
He’d undone all he could. You can be sorry, and you can be forgiven, but you can’t call back the futures that… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
This is what historians usually do, quibble about cause and effect when the point is, there are times when the world is… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
His vices were the vices of his time and culture, but his virtues transcended the milieu of his life. — 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
