Orson Scott Card citáty

„Nemusíš sníst celé hovno, abys poznala, že to není piškotový dort.“

—  Orson Scott Card

Hegemonův stín

„“Žádný člověk není bezcenný, když pochopíte jeho touhy. Žádný život není nic. Ani těch nejhorších mužů a žen. Když pochopíte jejich srdce, zjistíte, že udělali něco šlechetného, co je aspoň trochu vykupuje z jejich hříchů.”“

—  Orson Scott Card, kniha Mluvčí za mrtvé

Z knihy: Mluvčí za mrtvé

„Nemůžeš vyloučit nemožné, protože nikdy nevíš, které ze tvých předpokladů o tom, co je možné, se v reálném vesmíru mohou ukázat jako falešné.“

—  Orson Scott Card

Enderův stín

„It occurred to me that if my friends were loathsome, perhaps I needed to learn from my enemies.“

—  Orson Scott Card

Homecoming saga, Earthborn (1995)

„In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them…. I destroy them.“

—  Orson Scott Card, kniha Ender's Game

Zdroj: Ender's Game

„Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.“

—  Orson Scott Card, kniha Ender's Game

Zdroj: Ender's Game

„If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.“

—  Orson Scott Card, kniha Ender's Game

Zdroj: Ender's Game

„Ethan Wyeth: I hope you're thirsty."
Gideon Wyeth:"Why?"
Ethan: "Cause your dumb and ugly, but I can do something about thirsty.“

—  Orson Scott Card

„I don't care if I pass your test, I don't care if I follow your rules. If you can cheat, so can I. I won't let you beat me unfairly - I'll beat you unfairly first.
- Ender“

—  Orson Scott Card, kniha Ender's Game

Zdroj: Ender's Game

„This is how humans are: We question all our beliefs, except for the ones that we really believe in, and those we never think to question.“

—  Orson Scott Card, kniha Mluvčí za mrtvé

Zdroj: Speaker for the Dead

„It's called civilization. Women invented it, and every time you men blow it all to bits, we just invent it again.“

—  Orson Scott Card, kniha The Folk of the Fringe

Zdroj: The Folk of the Fringe

„No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that redeems them, at least a little, from their sins.“

—  Orson Scott Card, kniha Mluvčí za mrtvé

Zdroj: Speaker for the Dead

„I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.“

—  Orson Scott Card, kniha Ender's Game

Zdroj: Ender's Game

„Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along―the same person that I am today.“

—  Orson Scott Card, kniha Ender's Game

Zdroj: Ender's Game

„Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.“

—  Orson Scott Card, kniha Ender's Game

Zdroj: Ender's Game

„When you really know somebody you can’t hate them. Or maybe it’s just that you can’t really know them until you stop hating them.“

—  Orson Scott Card, kniha Mluvčí za mrtvé

Zdroj: Speaker for the Dead

„Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.“

—  Orson Scott Card, kniha Ender's Game

Zdroj: Ender's Game

„Early to bed and early to rise," Mazer intoned, "makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes.“

—  Orson Scott Card, kniha Ender's Game

Zdroj: Ender's Game

„There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world.“

—  Orson Scott Card, kniha Ender's Game

Zdroj: Ender's Game