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One mind can think only of its own questions it rarely surprises itself.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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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.
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But whether there's some grand design really matters little to me. My only hope was this: to see what might be, to believe that it should be, and then to do all I could to bring it to pass, whatever the cost.
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Nobody ever completely means what they say. Even when they think they're telling the truth, there's always something hidden behind their words.
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When both parties are lying and they both know the other party's lying, it comes powerful close to being the same thing as telling the truth.
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