--- title: "29 Want Quotes By Orson Scott Card" description: "29 Want quotes by Orson Scott Card. Plus more from Orson Scott Card and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/orson-scott-card-134_believe_i-think-it-s-impossible-to-really-unders_644035.png" --- > [I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-think-it-s-impossible-to-really-understand-somebody-what-they-want/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/orson-scott-card-134_believe_i-think-it-s-impossible-to-really-unders_644035.png) > [I didn't want to see you." "They told me." "I was afraid that I'd still love you." "I hoped that you would.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-didn-t-want-to-see-you-they-told-me-i-was-afraid-that-i-d-still/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/728/orson-scott-card-134_fear_i-didn-t-want-to-see-you-they-told-me-i_977593.png) > [An eye for an eye? How Christian of you.' Unbelievers always want other people to act like Christians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/an-eye-for-an-eye-how-christian-of-you-unbelievers-always-want-other/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/orson-scott-card-134_christian_an-eye-for-an-eye-how-christian-of-you-u_3112704.png) > [So I want to ask you a hypothetical question. My favorite kind. Next to rhetorical ones. I can nap equally well through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/so-i-want-to-ask-you-a-hypothetical-question-my-favorite-kind-next-to/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/orson-scott-card-134_hypothetical_so-i-want-to-ask-you-a-hypothetical-ques_1536042.png) > [I want to be the kind of boy you are, thought Bean. But I don’t want to go through what you’ve been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-want-to-be-the-kind-of-boy-you-are-thought-bean-but-i-don-t-want-to/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/058/orson-scott-card-134_bean_i-want-to-be-the-kind-of-boy-you-are-tho_1096925.png) > [“They prayed for it, they want it, but when they got it, they complained.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/they-prayed-for-it-they-want-it-but-when-they-got-it-they-complained/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/orson-scott-card-134_prayed_they-prayed-for-it-they-want-it-but-when_317863.png) > [Isn’t that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/isn-t-that-what-it-means-to-be-civilized-that-you-can-wait-to-get/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/orson-scott-card-134_civilized_isn-t-that-what-it-means-to-be-civilized_3070025.png) > [The old tale of Sleeping Beauty might end happily in French or English, but he was in Russia, and only a fool…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/the-old-tale-of-sleeping-beauty-might-end-happily-in-french-or/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cc/orson-scott-card-134_beauty_the-old-tale-of-sleeping-beauty-might-en_2759723.png) > [The ways of love are strange and hard: The love you want is always barred; The love you have you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/the-ways-of-love-are-strange-and-hard-the-love-you-want-is-always/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/867/orson-scott-card-134_hard-love_the-ways-of-love-are-strange-and-hard-th_1458235.png) > [Perhaps I'm hiding from myself. Perhaps I don't want to be what I'm supposed to be. Or perhaps I don't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/perhaps-i-m-hiding-from-myself-perhaps-i-don-t-want-to-be-what-i-m/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/261/orson-scott-card-134_hiding_perhaps-i-m-hiding-from-myself-perhaps-i_1565100.png) > [Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being happy, that is for those who write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/changing-the-world-is-good-for-those-who-want-their-names-in-books/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50b/orson-scott-card-134_book_changing-the-world-is-good-for-those-who_1328444.png) > [I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-need-you-to-be-clever-bean-i-need-you-to-think-of-solutions-to/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fa/orson-scott-card-134_beans_i-need-you-to-be-clever-bean-i-need-you_2368572.png) > [People love to hear the brag of the local boy, because they want him to be great, but the foreigner must deny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/people-love-to-hear-the-brag-of-the-local-boy-because-they-want-him/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/orson-scott-card-134_boys_people-love-to-hear-the-brag-of-the-loca_59220.png) > [I merely observe that all living things are manipulated. As long as there is a will, it is bent and twisted constantly.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-merely-observe-that-all-living-things-are-manipulated-as-long-as/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/orson-scott-card-134_bent_i-merely-observe-that-all-living-things_2337077.png) > [People above you, they never want to share power with you. Why you look to them? They give you nothing. People below…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/people-above-you-they-never-want-to-share-power-with-you-why-you-look/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e96/orson-scott-card-134_causes_people-above-you-they-never-want-to-shar_2647521.png) > [If I wanted to doubt, then I could doubt endlessly, but at some point a person has to stop questioning and act,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/if-i-wanted-to-doubt-then-i-could-doubt-endlessly-but-at-some-point-a/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aef/orson-scott-card-134_being-true_if-i-wanted-to-doubt-then-i-could-doubt_629743.jpg) > [But when it comes to human beings, the only type of cause that matters is final cause, the purpose. What a person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/but-when-it-comes-to-human-beings-the-only-type-of-cause-that-matters/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/orson-scott-card-134_causes_but-when-it-comes-to-human-beings-the-on_3139928.jpg) > [...You believe that the kind of story you want to tell might be best received by the science fiction and fantasy audience.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/you-believe-that-the-kind-of-story-you-want-to-tell-might-be-best/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3f/orson-scott-card-134_audience_you-believe-that-the-kind-of-story-you-w_187396.png) > [What am I now, Alai?" "Still good." "At what?" "At--anything. There's a million soldiers who'd follow you to the end of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/what-am-i-now-alai-still-good-at-what-at-anything-there-s-a-million/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d7/orson-scott-card-134_ender_what-am-i-now-alai-still-good-at-what-at_728079.png) > [In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/in-the-moment-when-i-truly-understand-my-enemy-understand-him-well-2/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/orson-scott-card-134_believe_in-the-moment-when-i-truly-understand-my_713722.jpg) > [You want to beat Peter?" she asked "No," he answered "Beat the buggers. Then come home and see who notices Peter Wiggen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/you-want-to-beat-peter-she-asked-no-he-answered-beat-the-buggers-then/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/orson-scott-card-134_beats_you-want-to-beat-peter-she-asked-no-he-a_1654047.jpg) > [The problem with elections is that anybody who wants an office badly enough to run for it probably shouldn’t have it. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/the-problem-with-elections-is-that-anybody-who-wants-an-office-badly/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/orson-scott-card-134_children_the-problem-with-elections-is-that-anybo_792517.jpg) > [So let me tell you what I think about gods. I think a real god is not going to be so scared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/so-let-me-tell-you-what-i-think-about-gods-i-think-a-real-god-is-not/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/orson-scott-card-134_angry_so-let-me-tell-you-what-i-think-about-go_3152870.png) > [“If God created our will, then he's responsible for every choice we make... So-- as I recall, the official philosophical answer is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/if-god-created-our-will-then-he-s-responsible-for-every-choice-we/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/orson-scott-card-134_causal_if-god-created-our-will-then-he-s-respon_796328.jpg) > [You want to make me the best soldier possible. Go down and look at the standings. Look at the all-time standings. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/you-want-to-make-me-the-best-soldier-possible-go-down-and-look-at-the/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d8/orson-scott-card-134_all-time_you-want-to-make-me-the-best-soldier-pos_1716826.jpg) > [Mazer, i don't want to keep dreaming these things. I'm afraid to sleep. I keep thinking of things i don't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/mazer-i-don-t-want-to-keep-dreaming-these-things-i-m-afraid-to-sleep/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec5/orson-scott-card-134_dream_mazer-i-don-t-want-to-keep-dreaming-thes_3044347.jpg) > [All the common people want is to be left alone. All the ordinary soldier wants is to collect his pay and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/all-the-common-people-want-is-to-be-left-alone-all-the-ordinary/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ca/orson-scott-card-134_common_all-the-common-people-want-is-to-be-left_1567642.png) > [To reach out to you when I'm in need, and to try to be here for you when you need me back.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/to-reach-out-to-you-when-i-m-in-need-and-to-try-to-be-here-for-you/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/orson-scott-card-134_beauty_to-reach-out-to-you-when-i-m-in-need-and_3181597.jpg) > [If I wanted to doubt, then I could doubt endlessly ... but at some point a person has to stop questioning and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/if-i-wanted-to-doubt-then-i-could-doubt-endlessly-but-at-some-point-a-2/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebc/orson-scott-card-134_being-true_if-i-wanted-to-doubt-then-i-could-doubt_1864931.png) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Orson Scott Card > [“You underestimate yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/you-underestimate-yourself/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/we-re-like-the-wicked-witch-we-promise-gingerbread-then-eat-the/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [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:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-think-that-most-of-us-anyway-read-these-stories-that-we-know-are/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Why did he hesitate? He finally admitted to himself that he was like an American child who was almost completely certain about Santa Claus,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/why-did-he-hesitate-he-finally-admitted-to-himself-that-he-was-like/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-don-t-know-of-a-soul-who-doesn-t-maintain-two-separate-lists-of/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [Good people do not let others suffer needlessly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/good-people-do-not-let-others-suffer-needlessly/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“The devil?” Jason heaved the tick over his shoulder like a collier with his sack. “Satan. The adversary. The enemy of the plan of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/the-devil-jason-heaved-the-tick-over-his-shoulder-like-a-collier-with/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/what-we-ve-done-is-make-the-categories-of-science-fiction-and-fantasy/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [Where ideas are real and reality is shadow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/where-ideas-are-real-and-reality-is-shadow/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Ender, for the past few months you have been the battle commander of our fleets. This was the Third Invasion. There were no games,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/ender-for-the-past-few-months-you-have-been-the-battle-commander-of/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/science-fiction-is-about-what-could-be-but-isn-t-fantasy-is-about/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [Knowledge is just opinion that you trust enough to act upon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/knowledge-is-just-opinion-that-you-trust-enough-to-act-upon/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Of course they accused Marcão of having done it without provocation—that’s the way of torturers of every age, to put the blame on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/of-course-they-accused-marc-o-of-having-done-it-without-provocation/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Civilization is only a pretense; in the crisis, we become mere apes again, forgetting the rational biped of our pretensions and becoming instead the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/civilization-is-only-a-pretense-in-the-crisis-we-become-mere-apes/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Where did this whole thing begin? If what we think of as reality is just a pattern that somebody brought Outside, and the universe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/where-did-this-whole-thing-begin-if-what-we-think-of-as-reality-is/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/orson-scott-card/#itemlist", "name": "29 Want Quotes By Orson Scott Card", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Orson Scott Card" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-think-it-s-impossible-to-really-understand-somebody-what-they-want/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/orson-scott-card-134_believe_i-think-it-s-impossible-to-really-unders_644035.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/orson-scott-card-134_believe_i-think-it-s-impossible-to-really-unders_644035.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/orson-scott-card-134_believe_i-think-it-s-impossible-to-really-unders_644035.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them…” — Orson Scott Card", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I didn't want to see you.\" \"They told me.\" \"I was afraid that I'd still love you.\" \"I hoped that you would.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Orson Scott Card" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-didn-t-want-to-see-you-they-told-me-i-was-afraid-that-i-d-still/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/728/orson-scott-card-134_fear_i-didn-t-want-to-see-you-they-told-me-i_977593.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/728/orson-scott-card-134_fear_i-didn-t-want-to-see-you-they-told-me-i_977593.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/728/orson-scott-card-134_fear_i-didn-t-want-to-see-you-they-told-me-i_977593.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I didn't want to see you.\" \"They told me.\" \"I was afraid that I'd still love you.\" \"I hoped that you would.” — Orson Scott Card", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An eye for an eye? 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My whole life keeps playing out as if i were a recorder and someone else wanted to watch the most terrible parts of my life", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Orson Scott Card" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/mazer-i-don-t-want-to-keep-dreaming-these-things-i-m-afraid-to-sleep/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec5/orson-scott-card-134_dream_mazer-i-don-t-want-to-keep-dreaming-thes_3044347.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec5/orson-scott-card-134_dream_mazer-i-don-t-want-to-keep-dreaming-thes_3044347.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec5/orson-scott-card-134_dream_mazer-i-don-t-want-to-keep-dreaming-thes_3044347.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Mazer, i don't want to keep dreaming these things. I'm afraid to sleep. 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