Father Quote by Orson Scott Card

Oh, Val," said Father. "All you have to do is live your life, and everyone around you will be happier." "No greatness, then." "Val,"…

— Orson Scott Card

“Val," said Mother, "goodness trumps greatness any day." "Not in the history books," said Valentine. "Then the wrong people are writing history, aren't they?"…

— Orson Scott Card

“Rigg," said Father, "you're so smart and so dumb at the same time that it almost takes my breath awway”

— Orson Scott Card

“How many times are you two going to have to save me from myself before this whole drama runs its course?” asked Peter. “I…

— Orson Scott Card

I've never thought in terms of 'men do this' and 'women do that.'

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I’ve always thought of myself as shy,

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“My mother said my father had a drop of dragon blood.” “Two drops. That, or a cock six feet long.”

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“We should have a funeral," he said. Pan held his hands clasped in a tent on his lap, and he bowed his head. He…

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I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.

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I used to feel like I was drowning. So I stopped trying to swim.

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Once I stopped trying to always do everything my way, and once I asked for God's help, things have truly gone a different direction.

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As a youngster, that's how it was: you tried to express yourself out on the pitch as much as you can. Maybe I stopped…

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I have failed at times, but I never stopped trying.

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He'd stopped trying to bring her back. She only came back when she felt like it anyway, in dreams and lies and broken-down deja-vu.

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I stopped trying to think about how the UFC operates. It's like trying to understand a woman.

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