I'm just saying things never get so bad we can't do something to make them better.
Orson Scott Card
Optimism, Action, Improvement, Hope, Resilience, Problem Solving
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“I have lived in the only decades I could have lived in, and hope to live through at least a few more.” Orson Scott Card
Time, Existence, Mortality, Gratitude, Hope, Self Reflection
Orson Scott Card Time, Existence, Mortality, Gratitude, Hope, Self Reflection“One is never too old to be a student of the enemy.” Orson Scott Card
Learning, Enemy, Age, Wisdom, Strategy, Lifelong Education
Orson Scott Card Learning, Enemy, Age, Wisdom, Strategy, Lifelong Education“Remember, the enemy's gate is down.” Orson Scott Card
Perspective, Strategy, Adaptation, Military Tactics, Mental Shift, Problem-solving
Orson Scott Card Perspective, Strategy, Adaptation, Military Tactics, Mental Shift, Problem-solving“I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.” Orson Scott Card
Writing, Motivation, Contempt, Admiration, Creative Drive, Artistic Inspiration
Orson Scott Card Writing, Motivation, Contempt, Admiration, Creative Drive, Artistic Inspiration“I'll have that someday, thought Peter. Someone who'll kiss me good-bye at the door. Or maybe just someone to put a blindfold over my head before they shoot me. Depending on how things turn out.” Orson Scott Card
Ambition, Relationships, Uncertainty, Future, Dark Humor, Personal Aspirations
Orson Scott Card Ambition, Relationships, Uncertainty, Future, Dark Humor, Personal Aspirations“It's all just fictions anyway. We do what we do and then we make up reasons for it afterward but they're never the true reasons, the truth is always just out of reach.” Orson Scott Card
Truth, Rationalization, Human Nature, Self-deception, Philosophy, Psychological Insight
Orson Scott Card Truth, Rationalization, Human Nature, Self-deception, Philosophy, Psychological Insight“Don't we all manipulate people? Even if we openly ask them to make a choice, don't we try to frame it so they'll choose as we think they should?” Orson Scott Card
Manipulation, Choice, Influence, Human Nature, Free Will, Social Dynamics
Orson Scott Card Manipulation, Choice, Influence, Human Nature, Free Will, Social Dynamics“The commercial work of today is the classics of tomorrow.” Orson Scott Card
Art, Commercialism, Future, Perspective, Cultural Value, Artistic Legacy
Orson Scott Card Art, Commercialism, Future, Perspective, Cultural Value, Artistic Legacy“I always tell what I believe. Whether it's true, I'm no more sure than any man.” Orson Scott Card
Belief, Truth, Honesty, Uncertainty, Self Awareness, Human Limitations
Orson Scott Card Belief, Truth, Honesty, Uncertainty, Self Awareness, Human Limitations“From all wise men, O Lord, protect us.” Orson Scott Card
Wisdom, Protection, Irony, Prayer, Human Folly, Skepticism
Orson Scott Card Wisdom, Protection, Irony, Prayer, Human Folly, Skepticism“Let me be loved like that, by a man who will not replace me with concubines when I'm old and ugly. Let me be loved by a man who loves God more than me.” Orson Scott Card
Love, Fidelity, Aging, Religion, Relationships, Personal Desire
Orson Scott Card Love, Fidelity, Aging, Religion, Relationships, Personal Desire“Before we are citizens, he thought, we are children, and it is as children that we come to understand freedom and authority, liberty and duty. I have done my duty. I have bowed to authority. Mostly. And now, like Russia, I can set aside those burdens for a little while and see what happens.” Orson Scott Card
Citizenship, Childhood, Freedom, Authority, Duty, Personal Exploration
Orson Scott Card Citizenship, Childhood, Freedom, Authority, Duty, Personal Exploration“Five chickens do not make a cow.” Orson Scott Card
Logic, Absurdity, Humor, Comparison, Common Sense, Metaphor
Orson Scott Card Logic, Absurdity, Humor, Comparison, Common Sense, Metaphor“A regime that wraps itself in the flag of truth fears truth most of all, for if its story is falsified to the slightest degree, its authority is gone.” Orson Scott Card
Truth, Authority, Propaganda, Politics, Power, Social Control
Orson Scott Card Truth, Authority, Propaganda, Politics, Power, Social Control“All he had to do was watch the game and understand how things worked, and then he could use the system, and even excel.” Orson Scott Card
Observation, Understanding, Strategy, Success, Systemic Knowledge, Personal Advancement
Orson Scott Card Observation, Understanding, Strategy, Success, Systemic Knowledge, Personal Advancement“Everything we do means something, Ender realized. Them laughing. Me not laughing. He toyed with the idea of trying to be like the other boys. But he couldn't think of any jokes, and none of theirs seemed funny. Wherever their laughter came from, Ender couldn't find such a place in himself.” Orson Scott Card
Meaning, Laughter, Difference, Conformity, Self Awareness, Social Isolation
Orson Scott Card Meaning, Laughter, Difference, Conformity, Self Awareness, Social Isolation“So I want to ask you a hypothetical question. My favorite kind. Next to rhetorical ones. I can nap equally well through either kind.” Orson Scott Card
Humor, Questions, Sleep, Sarcasm, Intellectual Discourse, Personal Preference
Orson Scott Card Humor, Questions, Sleep, Sarcasm, Intellectual Discourse, Personal Preference“Where ideas are real and reality is shadow.” Orson Scott Card
Ideas, Reality, Perception, Philosophy, Abstract Thinking, Platonic Idealism
Orson Scott Card Ideas, Reality, Perception, Philosophy, Abstract Thinking, Platonic Idealism