Love is finding that the things you like best about yourself are not in you at all, but in the person who completes you.
Orson Scott Card
Love, Self Discovery, Relationships, Completion, Personal Growth, Romantic Philosophy
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More Orson Scott Card Quotes
“The story itself, the true story, is the one that the audience members create in their minds, guided and shaped by my text, but then transformed, elucidated, expanded, edited, and clarified by their own experience, their own desires, their own hopes and fears.” Orson Scott Card
Storytelling, Interpretation, Audience, Creativity, Personal Experience, Literary Theory
Orson Scott Card Storytelling, Interpretation, Audience, Creativity, Personal Experience, Literary Theory“The only teacher that's worth anything to you is your enemy.” Orson Scott Card
Learning, Adversity, Growth, Enemies, Self Improvement, Unconventional Wisdom
Orson Scott Card Learning, Adversity, Growth, Enemies, Self Improvement, Unconventional Wisdom“Why else do we read anyway? I think most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth: The mythic truth about human nature in general, the particular truth about those life-communities that define our own identity, and the most specific truth of all: our own self-real world. Fiction, because it is not about somebody who actually lived in the real world, always has the possibility of being about oneself.” Orson Scott Card
Reading, Truth, Fiction, Identity, Self Discovery, Human Nature
Orson Scott Card Reading, Truth, Fiction, Identity, Self Discovery, Human Nature“Lack of truthfulness doesn't weaken a story if you can get enough people to believe the lie.” Orson Scott Card
Truth, Belief, Storytelling, Manipulation, Mass Psychology, Power Of Narrative
Orson Scott Card Truth, Belief, Storytelling, Manipulation, Mass Psychology, Power Of Narrative“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“Working is hard and distracts from having fun.” Orson Scott Card
Work, Fun, Priorities, Laziness, Distraction, Life Balance
Orson Scott Card Work, Fun, Priorities, Laziness, Distraction, Life Balance“People always go. Always. They always believe they can make a better life than in the old world.” Orson Scott Card
Migration, Hope, Change, Ambition, Human Nature, Pursuit Of Happiness
Orson Scott Card Migration, Hope, Change, Ambition, Human Nature, Pursuit Of Happiness“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“If you had any brains, you'd be in a real career, like selling life insurance.” Orson Scott Card
Career, Intelligence, Sarcasm, Societal Expectations, Ambition, Life Choices
Orson Scott Card Career, Intelligence, Sarcasm, Societal Expectations, Ambition, Life Choices“That is the Earth, he thought. Not a globe thousands of kilometers around, but a forest with a shining lake, a house hidden at the crest of the hill, high in the trees, a grassy slope leading upward from the water, fish leaping and birds strafing to take the bugs that lived at the border between water and sky. Earth was the constant noise of crickets and winds and birds. And the voice of one girl, who spoke to him out of his far-off childhood.” Orson Scott Card
Earth, Perspective, Nature, Memory, Childhood Nostalgia, Sensory Experience
Orson Scott Card Earth, Perspective, Nature, Memory, Childhood Nostalgia, Sensory Experience“Whenever the law gets its hands on you, those who use the law to their own advantage will also turn it against you. Don't put your trust in the laws of men, Alvin. They were designed by strong men to improve their power over weaker ones.” Orson Scott Card
Law, Power, Justice, Corruption, Social Criticism, Advice
Orson Scott Card Law, Power, Justice, Corruption, Social Criticism, Advice“Faith doesn't mean you never doubt. It only means you never act upon your doubts.” Orson Scott Card
Faith, Doubt, Action, Belief, Conviction, Religious Philosophy
Orson Scott Card Faith, Doubt, Action, Belief, Conviction, Religious Philosophy“In a way she actually preferred Peter to other people because of this. He always acted out of intelligent self-interest.” Orson Scott Card
Preference, Intelligence, Self Interest, Human Nature, Relationships, Pragmatism
Orson Scott Card Preference, Intelligence, Self Interest, Human Nature, Relationships, Pragmatism“My own feeling is that human happiness is a very random thing, and bestows itself willy-nilly, and there's not much deserving about the matter.” Orson Scott Card
Happiness, Randomness, Fate, Deserving, Life Philosophy, Human Condition
Orson Scott Card Happiness, Randomness, Fate, Deserving, Life Philosophy, Human Condition“That's why he hates you, because you didn't suffer when he tried to punish you.” Orson Scott Card
Hatred, Suffering, Punishment, Resilience, Psychological Insight, Interpersonal Dynamics
Orson Scott Card Hatred, Suffering, Punishment, Resilience, Psychological Insight, Interpersonal Dynamics“Panem et Circenses translates into 'Bread and Circuses.' The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power.” Orson Scott Card
Politics, Society, Control, Entertainment, Responsibility, Historical Reference
Orson Scott Card Politics, Society, Control, Entertainment, Responsibility, Historical Reference“If you lay a hand on me I'll ram your testicles so far up inside your abdomen it'll take a heart surgeon to get them out.” Orson Scott Card
Threat, Violence, Self Defense, Humor, Graphic Language, Female Empowerment
Orson Scott Card Threat, Violence, Self Defense, Humor, Graphic Language, Female Empowerment“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