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The story itself, the true story, is the one that the audience members create in their minds, guided and shaped by my text, but then transformed, elucidated, expanded, edited, and clarified by their own experience,

The story itself, the true story, is the one that the audience members create in their minds, guided and shaped by my text, but then transformed, elucidated, expanded, edited, and clarified by their own experience, their own desires, their own hopes and fears.

Orson Scott Card
Mind, Desire, Stories
Orson Scott Card (2010). “Ender's Game”, p.15, Macmillan

No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing.

Orson Scott Card
Life, Desire, Humans
Orson Scott Card (2009). “Speaker for the Dead”, p.97, Tor Books

The most evil creatures dont desire the destruction of everythingthey only desire to exploit it for themselves.

Orson Scott Card
Evil, Desire, Destruction
Orson Scott Card (2016). “Seventh Son and Red Prophet”, p.147, Macmillan

If desire did not dim the brain, nobody would ever get married, drunk, or fat. ~Val

Orson Scott Card
Drunk, Brain, Desire

It is the essence of dignity to pretend to desire what you cannot prevent.

Orson Scott Card
Essence, Desire, Dignity
Orson Scott Card (2004). “The Crystal City: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.190, Macmillan

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