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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 Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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Humans invent an imaginary lover and put that mask over the face of the body in their bed. That is the tragedy of language my friend. Those who know each other only through symbolic representations are forced to imagine each other. And because their imagination is imperfect, they are often wrong.
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The world was full of locked doors, and he had to get his hand on every key.
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I taught you everything you know. But I didn't teach you everything I know.
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The danger that keeps me just a little frightened with every book I write, however, is that I'll overreach myself once too often and try to write a story that I'm just plain not talented or skilful enough to write. That's the dilemma every storyteller faces. It is painful to fail. But it is far sadder when a storyteller stops wanting to try.
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[T]he politically correct are above the rules of ordinary civility, once they have identified you as an unbeliever in their religion.
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