Orson Scott Card

But they knew from that day forward who the piggies were, just as the readers of the Hive Queen had understood the buggers, and the readers of the Hegemon had understood humankind in its endless quest for greatness in a wilderness of separation and suspicion.

Don’t ever try to teach me about good and evil. I've been there; you’ve seen nothing but the map.

He loved her, as you can only love someone who is an echo of yourself at your time of deepest sorrow.

The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.

The best parts of my intellectual life are tangential, in areas outside my expertise. I supposed because within my area of expertise, the regulations they have placed upon me make it impossible to know or understand anything.

If you really believed that someone was perfect in heart... So righteous that to live another day could only cause them to be less perfect, then wouldn't it be a good thing for them if they were killed and taken directly into heaven?

The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and therefore should be treated with great caution.

Marriage is not a covenant between a man and a woman; even the beasts cleave together and produce their young. Marriage is a covenant between a man and a woman on one side and their community on the other.

"I want to understand everything," said Miro. "I want to know everything and put it all together to see what it means."

"Excellent project," she said. "It will look very good on your resume."

As long as you keep getting born, it’s okay to die sometimes.

I carry the seeds of death with me and plant them wherever I linger long enough to love. My parents died so others could live; now I live, so others must die.

"Are you ready to reveal yourself to the rest of humanity?"

"I’ve always been ready. The question is, are they ready to know me?"