1,174 Quotes by Orson Scott Card

We live in a time when moderates are treated worse than extremists, being punished as if they were more fanatical than the actual fanatics.

The piggies were not to be disturbed-

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.

Wang-mu fell silent, but not because she was embarrassed. She simply had nothing to say, and therefore said nothing.

It's the most charming thing about humans. You are all so sure that the lesser animals are bleeding with envy because they didn't have the good fortune to be born Homo sapiens.

I thought commanders could order anything.”"They can order the moon to turn blue, too, but it doesn't happen. Listen, Ender, commanders have just as much authority as you let them have. The more you obey them, the more power they have over you.

Come into our home, daughters of Earth; dwell in our tunnels, harvest our fields; what we cannot do, you are now our hands to do for us. Blossom, trees; ripen, fields; be warm for them, suns; be fertile for them, planets: they are our adopted daughters, and they have come home.

Cover your butt. Bernard is watching.

I am a disbeliever in the unbelievable.