...it's so easy, when you never meet people, when you never know the Earth itself... it's easy to forget why Earth is worth saving. Why the world of people might be worth the price you pay.
Orson Scott CardAny decent person who knows what warfare is can never go into battle with a whole heart.
Orson Scott CardPeople above you, they never want to share power with you. Why you look to them? They give you nothing. People below you, you give them hope, you give them respect, they give you power, cause they don't think they have any, so they don't mind giving it up.
Orson Scott CardI think it's a rule that it's socially acceptable to wet yourself when aliens enter your mind for the first time. If it wasn't already, it is now.
Orson Scott CardTags: humor alien-encounter xenology
What kind of rescue is this, where you toss the prisoner a knife and stand and wait to see what happens?
Orson Scott CardTags: bean
He thought of half a dozen ideas before he went to sleep. Ender would be pleased-every one of them was stupid.
Orson Scott CardIn America, film is the highest form of art that the public aspires to. People will come to me and say ‘Oh, your book was so good, they ought to make a movie out of it!’ To which I reply ‘Well, why? It’s already a book.
Orson Scott CardTags: film movies adaptations
Happiness can depend as easily on useless things as on useful ones.
Orson Scott CardWe know everything we knew that was worth knowing, that's a crucial distinction.
Orson Scott CardYou take a step, then another. That’s the journey. But to take a step with your eyes open is not a journey at all, it’s a remaking of your own mind.
Orson Scott CardTags: learning travel personal-growth exploration traveling
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