“Me? I’m nothing. I’m a fart in the air conditioning. I’m always there, but most of the time nobody knows it.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“For the first time in his life, a teacher was pointing out things that Ender had not already seen for himself. For… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Wiggin really doesn't care as much about himself as he does about these other kids who aren't worth five minutes of his… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“For now that they could not be together, they must be infinitely apart, and what had been sure and unshakable was now… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Living men forget the lessons of the past. But the ancestors never forget.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
In all my study of history, I have never found a time or place I would rather have lived than now. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Someday stars will wind down or blow up. Someday death will cover us all like the water of a lake and perhaps… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Lightspeed travel between worlds had let him skip like a stone over the surface of time.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Everyone was always in such a rush to shoot forward that they never took the time to look back. Which was a… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“That was Ender's gift to us, to free us from the illusion that any one explanation will ever contain the final answer… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I stole their future from them; I can only being to repay by seeing what I can learn from their past. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Ender nodded. It was a lie, of course, that it wouldn’t hurt a bit. But since adults always said it when it… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Miro, I'm so sorry. I always felt such pity for you humans because you could only think of one thing at a… — 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
“We could live forever, if we were willing to be stupid the whole time." "Surely you're not saying that God had to… — 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
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
Unfortunately, we live in a time when the media are almost a monoculture. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“But I'm three times your age or more and my brain is worn out and full up. I don't have much room… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I'll go from world to world until I find a time and place where you can come awake in safety. And I'll… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Of course, he didn't know anything about these Indonesians, or why they would have been there at this moment to save his… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Sophisticated people seem to think that "the truth" must always be dark, disappointing, disillusioning. But this is not so at all. Most… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Love shortens time, changes the hours. Love is invincible. Many waters cannot quench it nor the floods drown. The supreme happiness of… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I think Santa Claus is, by and large, quite beneficial, for when the child is finally allowed -- or forced -- to… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I hope you had fun, I hope you had a nice, nice time being happy, Ender. It might be the last time… — 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
