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Orson Scott Card
“In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I al...
“No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and ...
“There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world.”
“Home is anywhere that you know all your friends and all your enemies.”
“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 fault.”
“It's called civilization. Women invented it, and every time you men blow it all to bits, we just invent it again.”
“Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something. Maybe humanity needs ...
“We don't read novels to have an experience like life. Heck, we're living lives, complete with all the incompleteness. W...
“Ethan Wyeth: I hope you're thirsty."Gideon Wyeth:"Why?"Ethan: "Cause your dumb and ugly, but I can do something about t...
“Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.”
“Music isn't just a pleasure, a transient satisfaction. It's a need, a deep hunger; and when the music is right, it's jo...
“When you have wisdom that another person knows that he needs, you give it freely. But when the other person doesn't yet...
“I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way the...
“I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it.”
“You know how writers are... they create themselves as they create their work. Or perhaps they create their work in orde...
