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I'm right here. This is who I really am. I'm not pretending.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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He walked down the corridor, lined with his soldiers, who looked at him with love, with awe, with trust. Except Bean, who looked at him with anguish. Ender Wiggin was not larger than life, Bean knew. He was exactly life-sized, and so his larger-than-life burden was too much for him. And yet he was bearing it. So far.
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If only we were wiser or better people, perhaps the gods would explain to us the mad, unbearable things they do.
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That is the ultimate power, to stare death in the face and be unafraid.
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