There's greatness in him. A magnitude of spirit.
Orson Scott CardI think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.
Orson Scott CardHistory's got no bows on it, only frayed ends of ribbons and knots that can't be untied.
Orson Scott CardTags: history
Asking a man if he could be trusted was like asking an unwed girl if she was a virgin. The question mattered, but the asking of it was gross insult.
Orson Scott CardTags: insult
I be crazy too, little buddy, but at least when I be craziest, I be floating all alone in space and the crazy, she float out of me, she soak into the walls, and she don't come out till there be battles and little boys bump into the walls and squish out de crazy.
Orson Scott CardIt's as if every conversation with a woman was a test, and men always failed it, because they always lacked the key to the code and so they never quite understood what the conversation was really about.
Orson Scott CardTags: communication relationships
A man always assumes that others are as virtuous as himself
Orson Scott CardTags: seventh-son
So you love me," said Petra softly when the kiss ended.
I'm a raging mass of hormones thet I'm too young to understand," said Bean. "You're a female of a closely related species. According to all the best primatologists, I really have no choice."
That's nice," she said...
Tags: humor love adolescence
the seed of doubt was there, and it stayed, and every now and then sent out a little root. It changed everything, to have that seed growing. It made Ender listen more carefully to what people meant, instead of what they said. It made him wise.
Orson Scott CardWhere ideas are real and reality is shadow.
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