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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.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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You can’t answer what I said, so you’re going to talk about my saying it.
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Maybe we're the fools, for thinking we know things. Maybe humans are the only ones who can deal with the fact that nothing can ever be known at all.
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If he was a good man, how could he leave me? So he must not be a good man. But if he isn't good, then why does it hurt so much to lose him?
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