# Quote — Orson Scott Card, Shadow Of The Giant

> I've seen Australia and I've lived on an asteroid and I'd take the asteroid.

- Author: [Orson Scott Card](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card.md)
- Book: [Shadow Of The Giant](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/shadow-of-the-giant.md)
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## More from this book

> My hands are clean, but not because I wasn't prepared to bloody them.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/shadow-of-the-giant/my-hands-are.md)

> I don't care how loyal you think you're going to be, Dink. It's not in you. You're a brat and you always will be. So admit what a lousy follower you are, and go ahead and LEAD.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/shadow-of-the-giant/i-dont-care.md)

> "'Waterloo was won,'" quoted Rackham, "'on the playing fields of Eton.'"
>
> "What the hell does that mean?" asked Carn Carby. "You never even went to Eton."
>
> "It was an analogy," said Rackham. "If you hadn't spent your entire childhood playing war games, you'd actually know something. You're all so uneducated."

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