1,174 Quotes by Orson Scott Card

(Rigg) had often complained that all these languages were useless, and Father had only said, "A man who speaks but one language understands none.

Don't be one of the scurrying, struggling ants.Be the shoe.

Ender nodded. It was a lie, of course, that it wouldn’t hurt a bit. But since adults always said it when it was going to hurt, he could count on that statement as an accurate prediction of the future. Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.

I steal," Winkle said, with a smile that said I’m joking and a glint in his eye that said I’m not.

Maybe that's all demons ever are. People like us, doing things without even knowing what we're doing.

Others find humanity by looking in their own hearts. Only lost souls need to search for it outside themselves.

Never believe a rumor of my death,' said Peter. 'I have as many lives as a cat. Also as many teeth, as many claws, and the same cheery, cooperative disposition.

Of course they accused Marcão of having done it without provocation—that’s the way of torturers of every age, to put the blame on the victim, especially when he strikes back.

There are miracles even reactivity can't pull off, Ender