# Quote — Orson Scott Card, Earthfall

> 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.

- Author: [Orson Scott Card](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card.md)
- Book: [Earthfall](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/earthfall.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card#Earthfall_(1995)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/earthfall/wishful-thinking-gives

## More from this book

> Sometimes those who care for the whole community must act in a way that harms the individual. For a good man it never becomes easy and he avoids it when he can; but when people need him to be harsh, he will be harsh indeed, and he won't shrink from it, he'll do it with his own hand and let it be known what he does.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/earthfall/sometimes-those-who.md)

> 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.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/earthfall/he-hated-the.md)

> 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.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/earthfall/youre-the-only.md)