# Quote — Orson Scott Card, Xenocide

> Only you have the power to kill me completely. Only you have the power to make it so my death means nothing, so that all my people die after me and there is no one left to remember. Why shouldn't I leave my testament with you alone? Only you will decide whether or not it has any worth.

- Author: [Orson Scott Card](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card.md)
- Book: [Xenocide](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/xenocide.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/xenocide/only-you-have

## More from this book

> To stop a human being from doing something, you must find a way to make this person stop wanting to do it.

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> She might be protective and possessive with her children whom she thought of as needing her, but with the people she needed, she was the opposite. If she feared they would be taken from her, she withdrew from them; she stopped permitting herself to need them.

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> A real god doesn’t care about control. A real god already has control of everything that needs controlling. Real gods would want to teach you how to be just like them.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/xenocide/a-real-god.md)