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I always think of books as being like people. Even the dull ones are worthy of decent respect, but you don't have to seek them out and spend time with them.

I always think of books as being like people. Even the dull ones are worthy of decent respect, but you don't have to seek them out and spend time with them.

Orson Scott Card

Book, Thinking, People

You understand that the piggies are animals, and you no more condemn them for murdering Libo and Pipo than you condemn a cabra for shewing up capim." That's right," said Miro. Ender smiled. "And that's why you'll never learn anything from them. Because you think of them as animals.

Orson Scott Card

Animal, Thinking, Ender

Orson Scott Card (2011). “Speaker For The Dead: Book 2 in the Ender Saga”, p.156, Hachette UK

Ender didn't like fighting. He didn't like Peter's kind, the strong against the weak, and he didn't like his own kind either, the smart against the stupid.

Orson Scott Card

Strong, Smart, Stupid

Orson Scott Card (2010). “Ender's Game”, p.30, Macmillan

Quim," she said, "don't ever try to teach me about good and evil. I've been there, and you've seen nothing but a map.

Orson Scott Card

Evil, Trying, Maps

Orson Scott Card (2009). “Speaker for the Dead”, p.142, Macmillan

The dreamers always seem to think their dream is worth the price that other people will pay. They also delude themselves that they will control whatever evil they use to try to bring about their dream.

Orson Scott Card

Dream, Thinking, People

Orson Scott Card (2004). “The Crystal City: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.97, Macmillan

Nonsense," said Graff. "Ender always has plans within plans.

Orson Scott Card

Nonsense, Ender, Said

Orson Scott Card (2013). “Ender's Game Boxed Set II: Ender's Game, Ender in Exile, Speak for the Dead”, p.452, Tor Science Fiction

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.

Orson Scott Card

Passion, Mean, Hands

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

Dona Crista laughed a bit. "Oh, Pip, I'd be glad for you to try. But do believe me, my dear friend, touching her heart is like bathing in ice." I imagine. I imagine it feels like bathing in ice to the person touching her. But how does it feel to her? Cold as she is, it must surely burn like fire.

Orson Scott Card

Believe, Heart, Fire

That night Demosthenes published a scathing denunciation of the population limitation laws. People should be allowed to have as many children as they like, and the surplus population should be sent to other worlds, to spread mankind so far across the galaxy that no disaster, no invasion could ever threaten the human race with annihilation. "The most noble title any child can have," Demosthenes wrote, "is Third.

Orson Scott Card

Children, Night, Law

Orson Scott Card (2013). “Ender's Game Boxed Set: Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow”, p.94, Macmillan

This is what historians usually do, quibble about cause and effect when the point is, there are times when the world is in flux and the right voice in the right place can move the world. Thomas Paine and Ben Franklin, for instance. Bismark. Lenin.

Orson Scott Card

Moving, Voice, World

Orson Scott Card (2010). “Ender's Game”, p.90, Macmillan

America is an empire that does not wish to be one ; we are easily discouraged from doing what must be done to maintain the global order that allows democracy and prosperity to flourish.

Orson Scott Card

Order, America, Democracy