From all wise men, O Lord, protect us. Orson Scott Card More Quotes by Orson Scott Card More Quotes From Orson Scott Card Humans invent an imaginary lover and put that mask over the face of the body in their bed. 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 bed tragedy imagination So let me tell you what I think about gods. I think a real god is not going to be so scared or angry that he tries to keep other people down…A real god doesn’t care about control. A real god already has control of everything that needs controlling. Real gods would want to teach you how to be just like them. Orson Scott Card real love thinking Don't lie to me! Don't seem so normal when I know you have cut yourself off from me in your heart! If you can put on our affectionate closeness like a mask, then I'll never be able to take joy in it again. Orson Scott Card cutting heart lying Never mind that the story had turned out to be lies and foolishness—there was always folks stupid enough to say, Where there's smoke there's fire, when the saying should have been, Where there's scandalous lies there's always malicious believers and spreaders-around, regardless of evidence. Orson Scott Card stupid fire lying Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way. Orson Scott Card adults matter believe What a laugh, though. To think that one human being could ever really know another. You could get used to each other, get so habituated that you could speak their words right along with them, but you never know why other people said what they said or did what they did, because they never even know themselves. Nobody understands anybody. Orson Scott Card laughing people thinking The only teacher that's worth anything to you is your enemy. Orson Scott Card teacher enemy You will learn to defeat the enemy. Orson Scott Card defeat enemy You want to make me the best soldier possible. Go down and look at the standings. Look at the all-time standings. So far you're doing an excellent job with me. Congratulations. Now when are you going to put me up against a good army? Orson Scott Card congratulations army jobs People above you, they never want to share power with you. Why you look to them? They give you nothing. People below you, you give them hope, you give them respect, they give you power, cause they don't think they have any, so they don't mind giving it up. Orson Scott Card giving people 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 kissing guy mean Quing-Jao: I am a slave to the gods, and I rejoice in it. Jane: A slave who rejoices is a slave indeed. Orson Scott Card jane rejoice slave At first he thought he felt bad because he was afraid of leading an army, but it wasn't true. He knew he'd make a good commander. He felt himself wanting to cry. He hadn't cried since the first few days of homesickness after he got here. He tried to put a name on the feeling that put a lump in his throat and made him sob silently, however much he tried to hold it down. He bit down on his hand to stop the feeling, to replace it with pain. It didn't help. Orson Scott Card army pain hands The worst thing about the fantasies of the mentally ill is that they're so damned consistent. They never let up. They never give you any rest. Orson Scott Card mental-illness fantasy giving As long as you keep getting born, it's alright to die some times. Orson Scott Card hard-times adversity long Working is hard and distracts from having fun. Orson Scott Card having-fun madness fun That is the ultimate power, to stare death in the face and be unafraid. Orson Scott Card staring ultimate faces To expect wickedness from human beings is the best way I know of to avoid surprises. And when I am surprised, it's always pleasantly. Orson Scott Card wickedness surprise way I'm neutral on lying, seeing as how there's times when the truth just hurts people. Orson Scott Card hurt lying people How short life is for fools. Orson Scott Card how-short-life-is short-life fool
