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That is the ultimate power, to stare death in the face and be unafraid.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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I merely observe that all living things are manipulated. As long as there is a will, it is bent and twisted constantly. Only the dead are allowed the luxury of freedom, and then only because they want nothing, and therefore can't be thwarted.
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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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My hands are clean, but not because I wasn't prepared to bloody them.
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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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In philosophy class I think we finally decided that 'good' is an infinitely recursive term - it can't be defined except in terms of itself. Good is good because it's better than bad, though why it's better to be good than bad depends on how you define good, and on and on.
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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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With false names, on the right nets, they could be anybody. Old men, middle-aged women, anybody, as long as they were careful about the way they wrote. All that anyone would see were their words, their ideas. Every citizen started equal, on the nets.
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