1,174 Quotes by Orson Scott Card

The ambiguity of flesh made for a vastness of possibility that simply could not exist in a binary world.

If you lay a hand on me I’ll ram your testicles so far up inside your abdomen it’ll take a heart surgeon to get them out.

I don’t care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won’t get you out of this school.

We thought we were the only thinking beings in the universe, until we met you, but never did we dream that thought could arise from the lonely animals who cannot dream each other’s dreams.

He couldn’t go into his army’s barracks – he had long since learned that the best commanders stay away unless they have some reason to visit. The boys have to have a chance to be at peace, at rest, without someone listening, to favor or despise them depending on the way they talk, and act, and think.

As long as you keep getting born, it’s alright to die some times.

You’re a monster. Thanks. Does this mean I get a raise? No, just a medal. The budget isn’t inexhaustable.

Then he was done. He pulled away, rolled onto his back. “I’m sorry,” he said. “You’re welcome,” she said. She believed in answering what people meant, not what they said.

Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any.