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I knew God had heard my prayer when I learned that it was you and no other who drew this case.” "One judge is coughing his life out into bloody handkerchiefs and the other is burying his wife, and you think this is how God answers your prayers? (Orson Scott Card)
I was born with more power inside myself than I ever dreamed. But along with it there came no more sense than any other idiotic kid. Somewhere along in here I need to grow up into a man I can stand to live with. A man who doesn't just survive, but deserves to. View quote
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Programming is the Great Game. It consumes you, body and soul. When you're caught up in it, nothing else matters. When you emerge into daylight, you might well discover that you're a hundred pounds overweight, your underwear is older than the average first grader, and judging from the number of pizza boxes lying around, it must be spring already. But you don't care, because your program runs, and the code is fast and clever and tight. You won. View quote
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Faith doesn't mean you never doubt. It only means you never act upon your doubts. View quote
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I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it. View quote
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It'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. View quote
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The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the control of another puppeteer. If God created our will, then he's responsible for every choice we make. View quote
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God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever exist if we as individuals are the result of some external cause. View quote
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I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas. View quote
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Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going. View quote
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In my view, suicide is not really a wish for life to end.' What is it then?' It is the only way a powerless person can find to make everybody else look away from his shame. The wish is not to die, but to hide. (Orson Scott Card)
I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school. View quote
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If you lay a hand on me I'll ram your testicles so far up inside your abdomen it'll take a heart surgeon to get them out. View quote
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It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes. View quote
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Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. View quote
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My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer. View quote
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When you have wisdom that another person knows that he needs, you give it freely. But when the other person doesn't yet know that he needs your wisdom you keep it to yourself. Food only looks good to a hungry man. View quote
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You're a monster. Thanks. Does this mean I get a raise? No, just a medal. The budget isn't inexhaustable. View quote
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Maybe that's all demons ever are. People like us, doing things without even knowing what we're doing. View quote
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Good people aren't good because they never cause harm to others. They're good because they treat others the best way they know how, with the understanding that they have. View quote
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I'll have that someday, thought Peter. Someone who'll kiss me good-bye at the door. Or maybe just someone to put a blindfold over my head before they shoot me. Depending on how things turn out. (Orson Scott Card)
I think you don't grow up until you stop worrying about other people's purposes or lack of them and find the purposes you believe in for yourself. View quote
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Then you're dead, too, sweet little sister.' Oh, yes,' said Valentine. 'They'll believe that. "I didn't know it would kill Andrew. And when he was dead, I didn't know it will kill Valentine too. View quote
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... the thing with brothers is, you're supposed to take turns being the keeper. Sometimes you get to sit down and be the brother who is kept. View quote
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There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good,' to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community. View quote
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