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Quotes from Lovelock — Orson Scott Card

born 1951 United States

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7 quotes

Adolescents never understand that the best way to avoid notice is to behave normally.

Lovelock (1994)

She sounded how you'd expect talking to a tree to sound - bored out of her mind.

Lovelock (1994)

Keeping secrets was the beginning of freedom.

Lovelock (1994)

We were all victims of an oppressive system, but that mattered far less to us than our deep bonding with our owners.

Lovelock (1994)

What I am seeing right now is a man who is so dominated by his mother that he is willing to throw away his marriage in order to protect her from the trauma of growing up and acting like an adult.

Lovelock (1994)

I think if you left grownups to do what they really actually wanted most in the world to do, every single one of them would lie down and take a nap for the rest of their life. I know this because that's what every grownup does as soon as they're alone.

Lovelock (1994)

She did love him, you know... It was a selfish, possessive love, but it was all she knew how to give.

Lovelock (1994)

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