My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer.
Orson Scott Card
Preferences, Literature, Change, Indecision, Reading Habits, Personal Taste
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More Orson Scott Card Quotes
“If only we were wiser or better people, perhaps the gods would explain to us the mad, unbearable things they do.” Orson Scott Card
Wisdom, Morality, Divinity, Suffering, Human Limitations, Theological Questioning
Orson Scott Card Wisdom, Morality, Divinity, Suffering, Human Limitations, Theological Questioning“The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.” Orson Scott Card
Wisdom, Mistakes, Learning, Growth, Self Improvement, Error Correction
Orson Scott Card Wisdom, Mistakes, Learning, Growth, Self Improvement, Error Correction“Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.” Orson Scott Card
Writing, Creativity, Discipline, Time, Productivity, Artistic Process
Orson Scott Card Writing, Creativity, Discipline, Time, Productivity, Artistic Process“A broken clock is right two times a day.” Orson Scott Card
Proverb, Accuracy, Time, Irony, Perspective, Imperfection
Orson Scott Card Proverb, Accuracy, Time, Irony, Perspective, Imperfection“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
Orson Scott Card Fame, Perspective, Humor, Youth, Relative Success, Social Commentary“Please don't disillusion me. I haven't had breakfast yet.” Orson Scott Card
Humor, Disillusionment, Morning, Cynicism, Self Preservation, Emotional State
Orson Scott Card Humor, Disillusionment, Morning, Cynicism, Self Preservation, Emotional State“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“Reasonable argument is impossible when authority becomes the arbiter.” Orson Scott Card
Argument, Authority, Reason, Impossibility, Intellectual Freedom, Power Dynamics
Orson Scott Card Argument, Authority, Reason, Impossibility, Intellectual Freedom, Power Dynamics“I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.” Orson Scott Card
Fatherhood, Legacy, Family, Memory, Parental Love, Self Reflection
Orson Scott Card Fatherhood, Legacy, Family, Memory, Parental Love, Self Reflection“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“Unfortunately, we live in a time when the media are almost a monoculture.” Orson Scott Card
Media, Diversity, Culture, Criticism, Information, Social Commentary
Orson Scott Card Media, Diversity, Culture, Criticism, Information, Social Commentary“All the common people want is to be left alone. All the ordinary soldier wants is to collect his pay and not get killed. That's why the great forces of history can be manipulated by astonishingly small groups of determined people.” Orson Scott Card
History, Manipulation, Power, Ordinary People, Ambition, Social Dynamics
Orson Scott Card History, Manipulation, Power, Ordinary People, Ambition, Social Dynamics“Perhaps I'm hiding from myself. Perhaps I don't want to be what I'm supposed to be. Or perhaps I don't want to keep living the life I already started to live.” Orson Scott Card
Self-discovery, Destiny, Choice, Identity, Personal Growth, Existential Crisis
Orson Scott Card Self-discovery, Destiny, Choice, Identity, Personal Growth, Existential Crisis“Religion is tied to the deepest feelings people have. The love that arises from that stewing pot is the sweetest and strongest, but the hate is the hottest, and the anger is the most violent.” Orson Scott Card
Religion, Emotions, Love, Hate, Anger, Human Nature
Orson Scott Card Religion, Emotions, Love, Hate, Anger, Human Nature“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“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“Two trees – knowledge and life. You eat of the tree of knowledge, and you will surely die. You eat of the tree of life, and you remain a child in the garden forever, undying.” Orson Scott Card
Knowledge, Innocence, Mortality, Choice, Biblical Allusion, Philosophical Dilemma
Orson Scott Card Knowledge, Innocence, Mortality, Choice, Biblical Allusion, Philosophical Dilemma“Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along – the same person that I am today.” Orson Scott Card
Childhood, Identity, Continuity, Personhood, Self-perception, Developmental Psychology
Orson Scott Card Childhood, Identity, Continuity, Personhood, Self-perception, Developmental Psychology“I will love you forever, he thought. I am lying, he thought, and this time he was right.” Orson Scott Card
Love, Deception, Honesty, Self Awareness, Internal Conflict, Emotional Complexity
Orson Scott Card Love, Deception, Honesty, Self Awareness, Internal Conflict, Emotional Complexity“America's intellectual community has never been very bright. Or honest. They're all sheep, following whatever the intellectual fashion of the decade happens to be. Demanding that everyone follow their dicta in lockstep. Everyone has to be open-minded and tolerant of the things they believe, but God forbid they should ever concede, even for a moment, that someone who disagrees with them might have some fingerhold of truth.” Orson Scott Card
Intellectual Criticism, Conformity, Hypocrisy, Close Mindedness, Social Commentary, American Culture
Orson Scott Card Intellectual Criticism, Conformity, Hypocrisy, Close Mindedness, Social Commentary, American Culture