# Quote — Orson Scott Card, Children Of The Mind

> You'd think she'd learn something from that. But she still does the same thing. Making decisions that deform other people’s lives, without consulting them, without ever conceiving that perhaps they don't want her to save them from whatever supposed misery she's saving them from.

- Author: [Orson Scott Card](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card.md)
- Book: [Children Of The Mind](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/children-of-the-mind.md)
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