A duel is just two murders who agree to take turns trying to kill each other. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
We're all trying to decide whether your scores up there are a miracle or a mistake." "A habit. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
If the other fellow can't tell you his story, you can never be sure he isn't trying to kill you. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Quim," she said, "don't ever try to teach me about good and evil. I've been there, and you've seen nothing but a… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Only stupid men trying to seem smart need to be with dumb women. Only weak men trying to look strong are attracted… — 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
I don't know a soul who doesn't maintain two separate lists of doctrines the ones that they believe that they believe; and… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Isn't it possible, he wondered, for one person to love another without trying to own each other? Or is that buried so… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The dreamers always seem to think their dream is worth the price that other people will pay. They also delude themselves that… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Where do you draw the line between a humble man who knows his own weaknesses but tries to act out virtues he… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Nobodys life ever goes according to plan. So why do we keep on planning? Because that's how we know who we are.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
And what? What's the other choice? To passively let things happen and then say: "Tut-tut, what at botch that was"? Don't we… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Dona Crista laughed a bit. "Oh, Pip, I'd be glad for you to try. But do believe me, my dear friend, touching… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
So let me tell you what I think about gods. I think a real god is not going to be so scared… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The danger that keeps me just a little frightened with every book I write, however, is that I’ll overreach myself once too… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
To reach out to you when I'm in need, and to try to be here for you when you need me back.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Isn't it possible, he wondered, for one person to love another without trying to own each other? Or is that buried so… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Valentine had long ago observed that in a society that expected chastity and fidelity, like Lusitania, the adolescents who controlled and channeled… — 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
