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Quotes from The Call Of Earth — Orson Scott Card

born 1951 United States

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We are all fools when one wise man appears.

The Call Of Earth (1992)

How does he do it? How does he master people without bluster or bullying? How does he make people fear him or love him, not in spite of his ruthlessness but because of it?

The Call Of Earth (1992)

Coincidence is just the word we use when we have not yet discovered the cause.

The Call Of Earth (1992)

Will I be coming to you as husband or a child? A partner or a student?

The Call Of Earth (1992)

Money only buys the illusion of power. Real power is in the force of will — will strong enough that others bend to it for its own sake, and follow it willingly. Power that is won through deception will evaporate under the hot light of truth.

The Call Of Earth (1992)

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