“there some great wisdom to be gained by calibrating exactly how worthless a mind I have?” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
If only we were wiser or better people, perhaps the gods would explain to us the mad, unbearable things they do. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Sometime or other everybody wishes everybody would go away. Sometimes I'll wish you would go away. What I'm telling you now is… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
When you have wisdom that another person knows that he needs, you give it freely. But when the other person doesn't yet… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“you have wisdom that another person knows that he needs, you give it freely. But when the other person doesn’t yet know… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“But now, well, he keeps telling me that solitude is the foundation of true wisdom, that all the brilliant thoughts in this… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Fatherhood to us was an act of passion, soon forgot; but not to Orem ap Avonap. Never guessing that the blond and… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“«Linkeree does what he likes. He likes to be alone and think his own thoughts. No one is hurt by it.» Sara… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Perhaps you don't desire poetry as much as you would like to have my torchy knowledge of your possible futures, but I… — 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
