No, the hurts of the mind were too strange, too invisible, too magical to hope for the same kind of tolerance and help from even the best of people. It frightens me, thought DeAnne. Why should I expect others to be better than I am?
Orson Scott Card
Mental Health, Empathy, Understanding, Human Limitations, Self-reflection, Social Expectations
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“I have never resisted the lord in my life, and I never will. But I'm not so hungry for dialogue with him that I have to make up his part as well as my own.” Orson Scott Card
Faith, Resistance, Dialogue, God, Religious Devotion, Spiritual Independence
Orson Scott Card Faith, Resistance, Dialogue, God, Religious Devotion, Spiritual Independence“We may be young, but we're not powerless. We play by their rules long enough, and it becomes our game.” Orson Scott Card
Youth, Power, Rules, Adaptation, Strategic Patience, Generational Shift
Orson Scott Card Youth, Power, Rules, Adaptation, Strategic Patience, Generational Shift“One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.” Orson Scott Card
Mind, Questions, Self-awareness, Creativity, Intellectual Growth, Cognitive Limitations
Orson Scott Card Mind, Questions, Self-awareness, Creativity, Intellectual Growth, Cognitive Limitations“If there's a problem, you fix it. You don't set up fences around it and make rules about how it should be fixed. You fix it.” Orson Scott Card
Problem Solving, Action, Bureaucracy, Efficiency, Responsibility, Pragmatism
Orson Scott Card Problem Solving, Action, Bureaucracy, Efficiency, Responsibility, Pragmatism“Why else do we read fiction, anyway? Not to be impressed by somebody's dazzling language – or at least I hope that's not our reason. I think that most of us 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-story.” Orson Scott Card
Fiction, Truth, Human Nature, Identity, Self-discovery, Literary Purpose
Orson Scott Card Fiction, Truth, Human Nature, Identity, Self-discovery, Literary Purpose“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“There is no harder job than parenting. There is no human relationship with such potential for great achievement and awful destructiveness, and despite all the experts who write about it, no one has the slightest idea whether any decision will be right or best or even not-horrible for any particular child. It is a job that simply cannot be done right.” Orson Scott Card
Parenting, Responsibility, Uncertainty, Potential, Child Rearing, Human Relationships
Orson Scott Card Parenting, Responsibility, Uncertainty, Potential, Child Rearing, Human Relationships“Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.” Orson Scott Card
Literature, Prank, Intellect, Criticism, Cultural Commentary, Literary Skepticism
Orson Scott Card Literature, Prank, Intellect, Criticism, Cultural Commentary, Literary Skepticism“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“If he did not speak his tale, it grew dank and musty, it shrank inside him, while with the telling the tale stayed fresh and virtuous.” Orson Scott Card
Storytelling, Expression, Memory, Psychology, Communication, Personal Growth
Orson Scott Card Storytelling, Expression, Memory, Psychology, Communication, Personal Growth“Oh, Pipo, I'd be glad for you to try. But do believe me, my dear friend, touching her heart is like bathing in ice" I imagine. I imagine it feels like bathing in ice to the person touching her. But how does it feel to her? Cold as she is, it must surely burn like fire.” Orson Scott Card
Love, Coldness, Perception, Empathy, Emotional Barriers, Paradoxical Feelings
Orson Scott Card Love, Coldness, Perception, Empathy, Emotional Barriers, Paradoxical Feelings“It is the downfall of evil, that it never sees far enough ahead.” Orson Scott Card
Evil, Foresight, Downfall, Consequences, Moral Failure, Short Sightedness
Orson Scott Card Evil, Foresight, Downfall, Consequences, Moral Failure, Short Sightedness“If you can cheat, so can I. I won't let you beat me unfairly – I'll beat you unfairly first.” Orson Scott Card
Fairness, Competition, Morality, Strategy, Retaliation, Justification
Orson Scott Card Fairness, Competition, Morality, Strategy, Retaliation, Justification“Debased men, but they all had something in common: They showed a keen regard for virtue, and tried to dress themselves in that costume. Hypocrisy, for all its bad reputation, at least showed a decent respect for goodness.” Orson Scott Card
Hypocrisy, Virtue, Morality, Appearances, Human Nature, Social Commentary
Orson Scott Card Hypocrisy, Virtue, Morality, Appearances, Human Nature, Social Commentary“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“And then he thought: Is this how idiots rationalize their stupidity to themselves?” Orson Scott Card
Rationalization, Stupidity, Self Awareness, Introspection, Cognitive Dissonance, Mental Gymnastics
Orson Scott Card Rationalization, Stupidity, Self Awareness, Introspection, Cognitive Dissonance, Mental Gymnastics“The funny thing was, you see, that Mike Fink didn't think of himself as a murderer. He thought of life as a contest, and dying was what happened to those who came out second best, but it wasn't the same as murder, it was a fair fight.” Orson Scott Card
Murder, Contest, Perspective, Morality, Self-perception, Ethical Relativism
Orson Scott Card Murder, Contest, Perspective, Morality, Self-perception, Ethical Relativism“Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.” Orson Scott Card
Controversy, Homosexuality, Law, Conservatism, Social Issues, Political Stance
Orson Scott Card Controversy, Homosexuality, Law, Conservatism, Social Issues, Political Stance