Sickness and healing are in every heart; death and deliverance in every hand.
Orson Scott Card
Duality, Human Nature, Mortality, Hope, Suffering, Redemption
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More Orson Scott Card Quotes
“The best thing about my job, though, is stopping at the end of the day and rejoining the human universe.” Orson Scott Card
Work, Balance, Humanity, Connection, Social Interaction, Daily Rhythm
Orson Scott Card Work, Balance, Humanity, Connection, Social Interaction, Daily Rhythm“Human beings didn't evolve brains in order to lie around on lakes. Killing's the first thing we learned.” Orson Scott Card
Evolution, Violence, Instinct, Survival, Human Nature, Primal Behavior
Orson Scott Card Evolution, Violence, Instinct, Survival, Human Nature, Primal Behavior“Human beings do metamorphose. They change their identity constantly. However, each new identity thrives on the delusion that it was always in possession of the body it has just conquered.” Orson Scott Card
Metamorphosis, Identity, Change, Delusion, Psychological Evolution, Self-perception
Orson Scott Card Metamorphosis, Identity, Change, Delusion, Psychological Evolution, Self-perception“If you did not in your own mind distinguish between useful and erroneous information, then you were not learning at all, you were merely replacing ignorance with false belief, which was no improvement.” Orson Scott Card
Learning, Information, Ignorance, Belief, Critical Thinking, False Knowledge
Orson Scott Card Learning, Information, Ignorance, Belief, Critical Thinking, False Knowledge“The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing multiple explanations for everything. If you do that, all the other things will come; if you don't, there's no hope for you.” Orson Scott Card
Writing, Experience, Questioning, Invention, Creative Process, Intellectual Curiosity
Orson Scott Card Writing, Experience, Questioning, Invention, Creative Process, Intellectual Curiosity“From now on the enemy is more clever than you. From now on the enemy is stronger than you. From now on you are always about to lose.” Orson Scott Card
Challenge, Adversity, Preparation, Mindset, Strategy, Psychological Warfare
Orson Scott Card Challenge, Adversity, Preparation, Mindset, Strategy, Psychological Warfare“Science Fiction has rivets, fantasy has trees.” Orson Scott Card
Genre, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Distinction, Metaphorical Description, Creative Writing
Orson Scott Card Genre, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Distinction, Metaphorical Description, Creative Writing“I looked for perfection, and I found something better.” Orson Scott Card
Perfection, Discovery, Acceptance, Expectations, Pleasant Surprise, Perspective Shift
Orson Scott Card Perfection, Discovery, Acceptance, Expectations, Pleasant Surprise, Perspective Shift“Ender understood more than she said. Manipulation of gravity was one thing; deception by the officers was another; but the most important message was this: the adults are the enemy, not the other armies. They do not tell us the truth.” Orson Scott Card
Understanding, Deception, Authority, Truth, Perception, Youth Vs Adults
Orson Scott Card Understanding, Deception, Authority, Truth, Perception, Youth Vs Adults“It's called civilization. Women invented it, and every time you men blow it all to bits, we just invent it again.” Orson Scott Card
Civilization, Gender, History, Resilience, Social Commentary, Feminist Perspective
Orson Scott Card Civilization, Gender, History, Resilience, Social Commentary, Feminist Perspective“Peter, why do I get the idea that you are thinking of this as a golden opportunity for Peter Wiggin?" "For both of us, Val." "Peter, you're twelve years old. I'm ten. They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice." "But we don't think like other children, do we, Val? We don't talk like other children. And above all, we don't write like other children." "For a discussion that began with death threats, Peter, we've strayed from the topic, I think.” Orson Scott Card
Ambition, Youth, Intelligence, Manipulation, Sibling Dynamics, Precocious Children
Orson Scott Card Ambition, Youth, Intelligence, Manipulation, Sibling Dynamics, Precocious Children“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“We have to go. I'm almost happy here.” Orson Scott Card
Departure, Contentment, Duty, Conflict, Bittersweet, Personal Sacrifice
Orson Scott Card Departure, Contentment, Duty, Conflict, Bittersweet, Personal Sacrifice“His vices were the vices of his time and culture, but his virtues transcended the milieu of his life.” Orson Scott Card
Virtue, Vice, Culture, Transcendence, Morality, Historical Context
Orson Scott Card Virtue, Vice, Culture, Transcendence, Morality, Historical Context“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“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“That is the tragedy of language, my friend. Those who know each other only through symbolic representations are forced to imagine each other. And because their imagination is imperfect, they are often wrong.” Orson Scott Card
Language, Communication, Misunderstanding, Imagination, Symbolic Interaction, Perceptual Limitations
Orson Scott Card Language, Communication, Misunderstanding, Imagination, Symbolic Interaction, Perceptual Limitations“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