Famous at high school is like being employee of the month at the sanitation department.
Orson Scott Card
Fame, Perspective, Humor, Youth, Relative Success, Social Commentary
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“The only process you've mastered is the process of elimination, and the only reason you've mastered that is because you can do it in the toilet.” Orson Scott Card
Humor, Insult, Competence, Bodily Functions, Sarcasm, Criticism
Orson Scott Card Humor, Insult, Competence, Bodily Functions, Sarcasm, Criticism“Once you understand what people really want, you can't hate them anymore. You can fear them, but you can't hate them, because you can always find the same desires in your own heart.” Orson Scott Card
Understanding, Hate, Fear, Desire, Human Commonality, Emotional Insight
Orson Scott Card Understanding, Hate, Fear, Desire, Human Commonality, Emotional Insight“Maybe knowing about craziness means you don't have to fall for it.” Orson Scott Card
Knowledge, Madness, Self-awareness, Mental Health, Psychological Insight, Personal Growth
Orson Scott Card Knowledge, Madness, Self-awareness, Mental Health, Psychological Insight, Personal Growth“Just because you believe it doesn't make it so.” Orson Scott Card
Belief, Reality, Skepticism, Truth, Perception, Critical Thinking
Orson Scott Card Belief, Reality, Skepticism, Truth, Perception, Critical Thinking“No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that redeems them, at least a little, from their sins.” Orson Scott Card
Humanity, Worth, Understanding, Redemption, Moral Complexity, Empathy
Orson Scott Card Humanity, Worth, Understanding, Redemption, Moral Complexity, Empathy“A duel is just two murders who agree to take turns trying to kill each other.” Orson Scott Card
Violence, Agreement, Morality, Perspective, Social Critique, Dark Humor
Orson Scott Card Violence, Agreement, Morality, Perspective, Social Critique, Dark Humor“You get all the pleasures of the puppeteer.” Orson Scott Card
Control, Manipulation, Pleasure, Power, Puppet Master, Hidden Influence
Orson Scott Card Control, Manipulation, Pleasure, Power, Puppet Master, Hidden Influence“I am a creature of chemicals.” Orson Scott Card
Chemicals, Identity, Biology, Self-perception, Scientific Reductionism, Human Nature
Orson Scott Card Chemicals, Identity, Biology, Self-perception, Scientific Reductionism, Human Nature“Before we are citizens, we are children, and it is as children that we come to understand freedom and authority, liberty and duty.” Orson Scott Card
Childhood, Citizenship, Freedom, Duty, Socialization, Political Philosophy
Orson Scott Card Childhood, Citizenship, Freedom, Duty, Socialization, Political Philosophy“Thank you for this, Peter. For dry eyes and silent weeping. You taught me how to hide anything i felt. More than ever, i need that now.” Orson Scott Card
Emotional Control, Gratitude, Survival, Adaptation, Relationships, Psychological Defense
Orson Scott Card Emotional Control, Gratitude, Survival, Adaptation, Relationships, Psychological Defense“I will never hurt you. I will always help you. If you are hungry Ill give you my food. If you are frightened I am your friend. I love you now. And love does not end.” Orson Scott Card
Love, Commitment, Friendship, Support, Unconditional Love, Emotional Security
Orson Scott Card Love, Commitment, Friendship, Support, Unconditional Love, Emotional Security“How short life is for fools.” Orson Scott Card
Foolishness, Mortality, Wisdom, Life Lessons, Brevity, Consequences
Orson Scott Card Foolishness, Mortality, Wisdom, Life Lessons, Brevity, Consequences“Don't win loyalty, just obedience, and only while the lash is in the room.” Orson Scott Card
Loyalty, Obedience, Leadership, Fear, Power Dynamics, Coercive Control
Orson Scott Card Loyalty, Obedience, Leadership, Fear, Power Dynamics, Coercive Control“I merely observe that all living things are manipulated. As long as there is a will, it is bent and twisted constantly. Only the dead are allowed the luxury of freedom, and then only because they want nothing, and therefore can't be thwarted.” Orson Scott Card
Manipulation, Free Will, Death, Freedom, Desire, Philosophical Observation
Orson Scott Card Manipulation, Free Will, Death, Freedom, Desire, Philosophical Observation“Poke gave him life. Ender gave it meaning.” Orson Scott Card
Life, Meaning, Influence, Purpose, Relationships, Personal Impact
Orson Scott Card Life, Meaning, Influence, Purpose, Relationships, Personal Impact“I always think of books as being like people. Even the dull ones are worthy of decent respect, but you don't have to seek them out and spend time with them.” Orson Scott Card
Books, Respect, People, Reading, Personal Preference, Literary Perspective
Orson Scott Card Books, Respect, People, Reading, Personal Preference, Literary Perspective“She worked her toes into the sand, feeling the tiny delicious pain of the friction of tiny chips of silicon against the tender flesh between her toes. That's life. It hurts, it's dirty, and it feels very, very good.” Orson Scott Card
Life, Pain, Pleasure, Sensation, Sensory Experience, Human Condition
Orson Scott Card Life, Pain, Pleasure, Sensation, Sensory Experience, Human Condition“Thus I began to realize that, as it is, Ender's Game disturbs some people because it challenges their assumptions about reality. In fact, the novel's very clarity may make it more challenging, simply because the story's vision of the world is so relentlessly plain. It was important to her, and to others, to believe that children don't actually think or speak the way the children in Ender's Game think and speak.” Orson Scott Card
Perception, Reality, Assumptions, Childhood, Literary Impact, Social Commentary
Orson Scott Card Perception, Reality, Assumptions, Childhood, Literary Impact, Social Commentary