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Quotes from Earthfall — Orson Scott Card

born 1951 United States

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Religion isn't always pretty. Especially viewed from the outside, by an unbeliever.

Earthfall (1995)

Wishful thinking gives false gods to people who hunger for gods, but those who yearn for a world with no gods are no less likely to fall victim to their own wishful thinking.

Earthfall (1995)

May the day when you need courage never come.
Even as she said it, though, she knew the day would come.

Earthfall (1995)

I don't mind dying before you do. In fact, I rather prefer it that way.

Earthfall (1995)

What cannot be healed has been healed. What was lost forever has been found. Therefore let that which cannot be forgiven be forgiven.

Earthfall (1995)

You're the only one that I would be glad to be close to forever, because all your secrets are bright and good and I love you for them.

Earthfall (1995)

He hated the way they thought. He hated the way they didn't think. It was hard to imagine which of them he hated more.

Earthfall (1995)

Haven't you ever seen a 3-year-old when he makes a foolish blunder? He looks at whatever child or adult is nearby and screams at him "Look at what you made me do!" That's the moral universe that [they] always lived in.

Earthfall (1995)

Don't lie to me! Don't seem so normal when I know you have cut yourself off from me in your heart! If you can put on our affectionate closeness like a mask, then I'll never be able to take joy in it again.

Earthfall (1995)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Orson Scott Card (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.