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Quotes from The Memory Of Earth — Orson Scott Card

born 1951 United States

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Wouldn't it have been better to change humanity so it no longer desired to destroy itself?

The Memory Of Earth (1992)

How could you disguise your own thoughts so even you didn't know what you were thinking?

The Memory Of Earth (1992)

Permanence was always an illusion, and love was just the disguise that lovers wore to hide the death of their union from each other for a while.

The Memory Of Earth (1992)

You think my apology means I'm weak. But it doesn't. It means I am trying to learn how to be strong.

The Memory Of Earth (1992)

Nafai knew the rule: when a man acts like a child, he's boyish, and everyone's delighted; when a boy acts the same way, he's childish, and everyone tells him to be a man.

The Memory Of Earth (1992)

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