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As he thought of it, though, he could not imagine what “just living” might actually be. He had never done it in his life. But he wanted to do it anyway.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
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. . . All these readers have placed themselves inside this story, not as spectators, but as participants, and so have looked at the world, not with my eyes only, but also with their own.
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My hands are clean, but not because I wasn't prepared to bloody them.
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In order to learn, one must change one's mind.
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