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• She will look at you as women look at men, and she will judge you as a woman judge men, not on the strength of their arguments, and not in their cleverness or prowess in battle, but rather on the force of their character, the intensity of their passion, their strength of soul, their compassion, and... ah, this above all... their conversation.

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  Passion, Character, Men

  "Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus". Book by Orson Scott Card, 1996.

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• Apparently the Dutch now prided themselves on being better at queues than the English, which was absurd, because standing cheerfully in line was the English national sport.

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  Sports, Lines, Dutch

  Orson Scott Card (2003). “Shadow Puppets”, p.165, Macmillan

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• And if you're going to criticize me for not finishing the whole thing and tying it up in a bow for you, why, do us both a favor and write your own damn book, only have the decency to call it a romance instead of a history, because history's got no bows on it, only frayed ends of ribbons and knots that can't be untied. It ain't a pretty package, but then it's not your birthday that I know of so I'm under no obligation to give you a gift.

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  Book, Writing, Giving

  Orson Scott Card (1996). “Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.8, Macmillan

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• We were all fated to die, and so it is good that at least we can be sure our deaths today might bring about a good end, might make the world a better place.

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  World, Might, Today

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• 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.

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  Passion, Mean, Hands

  Orson Scott Card (2016). “Seventh Son and Red Prophet”, p.130, Macmillan

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• The only people who ever prize purity of ignorance are those who profit from a monopoly on knowledge.

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  Ignorance, People, Purity

  Orson Scott Card (2013). “The Ender Quintet”, p.1126, Macmillan

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• Let me be loved like that, by a man who will not replace me with concubines when I'm old and ugly. Let me be loved by a man who loves God more than me.

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  Men, Ugly, God Love

  Orson Scott Card (2001). “Rebekah”

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• War was never so careful as to inflict suffering only where it was merited.

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  War, Suffering, Careful

  Orson Scott Card (2010). “Heartfire: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.33, Macmillan

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• When you have wisdom that another person knows that he needs, you give it freely. But when the other person doesn't yet know that he needs your wisdom you keep it to yourself. Food only looks good to a hungry man.

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  Men, Giving, Needs

  "Xenocide". Book by Orson Scott Card, 1991.

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• An enemy, Ender Wiggin," whispered the old man. "I am your enemy, the first one you've ever had who was smarter than you. There is no teacher but the enemy. No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you how to destroy and conquer. Only the enemy shows you where you are weak. Only the enemy tells you where he is strong. And the rules of the game are what you can do to him and what you can stop him from doing to you. I am your enemy from now on. From now on I am your teacher.

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  Teacher, Strong, Men

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• Since when do you have to tell the enemy when he has won?

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  Enemy, Enders Game, Ender

  "Ender's Game". Ch. 14: Ender's Teacher. Book by Orson Scott Card, 1985.

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• History is an omlette. THe eggs are already broken.

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  Eggs, Broken

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• The problem with elections is that anybody who wants an office badly enough to run for it probably shouldn’t have it. And anybody who does not want an office badly enough to run for it probably shouldn’t have it, either. Government office should be received like a child’s Christmas present, with surprise and delight. Instead it is usually received like a diploma, an anticlimax that never seems worth the struggle to earn it.

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  Running, Children, Struggle

  Orson Scott Card (2009). “Empire”, p.263, Macmillan

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• A good working definition of fanaticism is that you are so convinced of your views and policies that you are sure that anyone who opposed them must be either stupid and decieved or have some ulterior motive. We are today a nation where almost everyone in the public eye displays fanaticism with every utterance.

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  Stupid, Eye, Views

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• The future is a hundred thousand threads, but the past is a fabric that can never be rewoven.

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  Past, Fabric, Hundred

  Orson Scott Card (2013). “The Ender Quintet”, p.858, Macmillan

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• Twisted and perverse are the ways of the human mind," Jane intoned. "Pinocchio was such a dolt to try to become a real boy. He was much better off with a wooden head.

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  Real, Boys, Mind

  Orson Scott Card (2013). “The Ender Quintet”, p.350, Macmillan

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• If you listen very carefully, you can hear the good fairy come in the night and leave our assignment for tomorrow.

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  Good Night, Tomorrow, Fairy

  Orson Scott Card (2002). “Ender's Shadow”, p.246, Macmillan

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• 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.

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  Toilets, Reason, Elimination

  Orson Scott Card (2013). “Ender's Game Boxed Set: Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow”, p.99, Macmillan

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• 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.

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  Wickedness, Way, Surprise

  Orson Scott Card (2010). “Heartfire: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.133, Macmillan

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• I'm neutral on lying, seeing as how there's times when the truth just hurts people.

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  Hurt, Lying, People

  Orson Scott Card (2004). “The Crystal City: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.33, Macmillan

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• How short life is for fools.

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  Short Life, How Short Life Is, Fool

  Orson Scott Card (2004). “The Crystal City: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.181, Macmillan

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• People love to hear the brag of the local boy, because they want him to be great, but the foreigner must deny that he has any outstanding virtue - this is what will endear him to the locals.

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  Boys, People, Want

  Orson Scott Card (2009). “Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus”, p.133, Macmillan

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• Folks always seemed to think that as long as they didn't know about something bad, it wasn't happening, so whoever told them actually caused it to be true.

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  Thinking, Long, Being True

  Orson Scott Card (2004). “The Crystal City: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.46, Macmillan

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• The first of a thousand lies. Truth flowed to Micah Quill, was sucked in and disappeared, and emerged again looking ever so much like it used to, but changed subtly, at the edges, where none would notice, so that simple truth became a complicated fabric indeed, one that could wrap you up so tightly and close you off from the air until you suffocated in it.

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  Lying, Simple, Air

  Orson Scott Card (2010). “Heartfire: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.178, Macmillan

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• 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.

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  Men, Hypocrisy, Dresses

  Orson Scott Card (1996). “Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.256, Macmillan

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