When you really know somebody you can't hate them. Or maybe it's just that you can't really know them until you stop hating them.
Orson Scott Card
Knowledge, Hate, Understanding, Relationships, Emotional Barriers, Personal Growth
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“This emotion I'm feeling now, this is love, right?” Orson Scott Card
Love, Uncertainty, Emotions, Self Awareness, Questioning, Human Experience
Orson Scott Card Love, Uncertainty, Emotions, Self Awareness, Questioning, Human Experience“Your trust in rationality makes you irrational.” Orson Scott Card
Rationality, Trust, Irony, Paradox, Logical Fallacy, Self-deception
Orson Scott Card Rationality, Trust, Irony, Paradox, Logical Fallacy, Self-deception“Is it some law of human nature that you inevitably become whatever your first commander was? I can quit right now, if that's so.” Orson Scott Card
Influence, Identity, Leadership, Choice, Human Nature, Self Determination
Orson Scott Card Influence, Identity, Leadership, Choice, Human Nature, Self Determination“Just because the only way you can maintain control over your bodily passions is to sit straight in your chair, knees together, hands delicately arranged in our lap, fingers tightly intertwined, does not mean that I am required to do the same.” Orson Scott Card
Control, Passion, Individuality, Conformity, Self Expression, Social Norms
Orson Scott Card Control, Passion, Individuality, Conformity, Self Expression, Social Norms“A man who can't read only knows what other folks tell him.” Orson Scott Card
Literacy, Knowledge, Independence, Education, Information, Critical Thinking
Orson Scott Card Literacy, Knowledge, Independence, Education, Information, Critical Thinking“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“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“You who speak languages, you are such liars.” Orson Scott Card
Language, Deception, Communication, Mistrust, Cultural Differences, Linguistic Criticism
Orson Scott Card Language, Deception, Communication, Mistrust, Cultural Differences, Linguistic Criticism“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.” Orson Scott Card
Childhood, Adulthood, Perception, Age, Societal Norms, Condescension
Orson Scott Card Childhood, Adulthood, Perception, Age, Societal Norms, Condescension“When you really know somebody you can't hate them. Or maybe it's just that you can't really know them until you stop hating them.” Orson Scott Card
Knowledge, Hate, Understanding, Relationships, Emotional Barriers, Personal Growth
Orson Scott Card Knowledge, Hate, Understanding, Relationships, Emotional Barriers, Personal Growth“I stole their future from them; I can only being to repay by seeing what I can learn from their past.” Orson Scott Card
Guilt, Redemption, Learning, History, Responsibility, Atonement
Orson Scott Card Guilt, Redemption, Learning, History, Responsibility, Atonement“Five chickens do not make a cow.” Orson Scott Card
Logic, Absurdity, Humor, Comparison, Common Sense, Metaphor
Orson Scott Card Logic, Absurdity, Humor, Comparison, Common Sense, Metaphor“From all wise men, O Lord, protect us.” Orson Scott Card
Wisdom, Protection, Irony, Prayer, Human Folly, Skepticism
Orson Scott Card Wisdom, Protection, Irony, Prayer, Human Folly, Skepticism“Isn't it possible, he wondered, for one person to love another without trying to own each other? Or is that buried so deep in our genes that we can never get it out? Territoriality.” Orson Scott Card
Love, Possession, Relationships, Genetics, Human Nature, Emotional Freedom
Orson Scott Card Love, Possession, Relationships, Genetics, Human Nature, Emotional Freedom“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 don't admit it to ourselves, not until the very moment of death, but in that moment, we see all life before us and we understand how we chose, every day of our lives, the manner of our death.” Orson Scott Card
Death, Life Choices, Self Awareness, Mortality, Responsibility, Existential Reflection
Orson Scott Card Death, Life Choices, Self Awareness, Mortality, Responsibility, Existential Reflection“Darkness bound them closer than light.” Orson Scott Card
Darkness, Connection, Intimacy, Light, Shared Experience, Emotional Bond
Orson Scott Card Darkness, Connection, Intimacy, Light, Shared Experience, Emotional Bond“I always tell what I believe. Whether it's true, I'm no more sure than any man.” Orson Scott Card
Belief, Truth, Honesty, Uncertainty, Self Awareness, Human Limitations
Orson Scott Card Belief, Truth, Honesty, Uncertainty, Self Awareness, Human Limitations“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“The snake began to unweave itself from the rug again, only this time Ender did not hesitate. He stepped on the head of the snake and crushed it under his foot. It writhed and twisted under him, and in response he twisted and ground it deeper into the stone floor. Finally it was still. Ender picked it up and shook it, until it unwove itself and the pattern in the rug was gone. Then, still dragging the snake behind him, he began to look for a way out.” Orson Scott Card
Decisiveness, Action, Destruction, Symbolism, Transformation, Escape
Orson Scott Card Decisiveness, Action, Destruction, Symbolism, Transformation, Escape