Take me home, he said silently to Graff. In my dream you said you loved me. Take me home.
Orson Scott Card
Longing, Home, Love, Dreams, Childhood, Emotional Need
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More Orson Scott Card Quotes
“Before we are citizens, we are children, and it is as children that we come to understand freedom and authority, liberty and duty.” Orson Scott Card
Childhood, Citizenship, Freedom, Duty, Socialization, Political Philosophy
Orson Scott Card Childhood, Citizenship, Freedom, Duty, Socialization, Political Philosophy“I've had your tears with mine, and you've had mine with yours. I think that's more intimate even than a kiss.” Orson Scott Card
Intimacy, Empathy, Emotion, Relationships, Connection, Vulnerability
Orson Scott Card Intimacy, Empathy, Emotion, Relationships, Connection, Vulnerability“Never take another human being to the third life, because we don't know how to go.” Orson Scott Card
Afterlife, Mystery, Caution, Spirituality, Ethical Dilemma, Unknown Realm
Orson Scott Card Afterlife, Mystery, Caution, Spirituality, Ethical Dilemma, Unknown Realm“Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life, Ender. The best you can do is choose to fill the roles given you by good people, by people who love you.” Orson Scott Card
Free Will, Destiny, Love, Choices, Human Condition, Life Advice
Orson Scott Card Free Will, Destiny, Love, Choices, Human Condition, Life Advice“We spend our lives guessing at what's going on inside everybody else, and when we happen to get lucky and guess right, we think we 'understand.' Such nonsense. Even a monkey at a computer will type a word every now and then.” Orson Scott Card
Understanding, Empathy, Communication, Human Perception, Randomness, Social Interaction
Orson Scott Card Understanding, Empathy, Communication, Human Perception, Randomness, Social Interaction“When have you ever seen someone who had no doubts who was also correct about anything?” Orson Scott Card
Doubt, Certainty, Correctness, Wisdom, Skepticism, Self Reflection
Orson Scott Card Doubt, Certainty, Correctness, Wisdom, Skepticism, Self Reflection“A good commander, thought Ender, doesn't have to make stupid threats.” Orson Scott Card
Leadership, Wisdom, Communication, Strategy, Respect, Effective Management
Orson Scott Card Leadership, Wisdom, Communication, Strategy, Respect, Effective Management“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“Life is full of grief, to exactly the degree we allow ourselves to love other people.” Orson Scott Card
Love, Grief, Vulnerability, Relationships, Emotional Depth, Life Philosophy
Orson Scott Card Love, Grief, Vulnerability, Relationships, Emotional Depth, Life Philosophy“Perhaps every writer who thoroughly creates a fictional world will inevitably create a mirror of his own time and yet also create a world that no one else but him has ever visited...” Orson Scott Card
Writing, Creativity, Reflection, Imagination, Uniqueness, Artistic Creation
Orson Scott Card Writing, Creativity, Reflection, Imagination, Uniqueness, Artistic Creation“The only process you've mastered is the process of elimination, and the only reason you've mastered that is because you can do it in the toilet.” Orson Scott Card
Humor, Insult, Competence, Bodily Functions, Sarcasm, Criticism
Orson Scott Card Humor, Insult, Competence, Bodily Functions, Sarcasm, Criticism“People talk about fools counting chickens before they hatch. That's nothing. We name them.” Orson Scott Card
Optimism, Planning, Humor, Relationships, Expectations, Future Thinking
Orson Scott Card Optimism, Planning, Humor, Relationships, Expectations, Future Thinking“Make friends. Be a leader. Kiss butts if you have to, but if the other guys despise you-you know what I mean?” Orson Scott Card
Friendship, Leadership, Social Strategy, Pragmatism, Peer Relationships, Survival Advice
Orson Scott Card Friendship, Leadership, Social Strategy, Pragmatism, Peer Relationships, Survival Advice“You have to think ahead, the next move, the next move, the next move, to see where it's all going to lead.” Orson Scott Card
Strategy, Foresight, Planning, Future, Strategic Thinking, Long-term Vision
Orson Scott Card Strategy, Foresight, Planning, Future, Strategic Thinking, Long-term Vision“Bean could see the hunger in their eyes. Not the regular hunger, for food, but the real hunger, the deep hunger, for family, for love, for belonging.” Orson Scott Card
Hunger, Longing, Family, Love, Belonging, Human Needs
Orson Scott Card Hunger, Longing, Family, Love, Belonging, Human Needs“I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school.” Orson Scott Card
Humor, Desperation, Escape, Determination, Absurdity, Dark Comedy
Orson Scott Card Humor, Desperation, Escape, Determination, Absurdity, Dark Comedy“Once you understand what people really want, you can't hate them anymore. You can fear them, but you can't hate them, because you can always find the same desires in your own heart.” Orson Scott Card
Understanding, Hate, Fear, Desire, Human Commonality, Emotional Insight
Orson Scott Card Understanding, Hate, Fear, Desire, Human Commonality, Emotional Insight“Love is random; fear is inevitable.” Orson Scott Card
Love, Fear, Randomness, Inevitability, Emotions, Human Experience
Orson Scott Card Love, Fear, Randomness, Inevitability, Emotions, Human Experience“For it is in the millions of small melodies that the truth of history is always found, for history only matters because of the effects we see or imagine in the lives of the ordinary people who are caught up in, or give shape to, the great events.” Orson Scott Card
History, Ordinary People, Truth, Perspective, Historical Narrative, Social Impact
Orson Scott Card History, Ordinary People, Truth, Perspective, Historical Narrative, Social Impact