Orson Scott Card

“I'm not kidding. This is a serious confrontation between good and evil.”

“Everything is,” said Novinha. “It's figuring out which is which that takes so much work.

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

Sickness and healing are in every heart. Death and deliverance are in every hand.

Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.

"I taught you everything you know. But I didn't teach you everything I know."

"You must be good company for yourself."

"Not me. My memories."

"Maybe that's who you are, what you remember."

Every time, I've won because I could understand the way my enemy thought. From what they did . I could tell what they thought I was doing, how they wanted the battle to take shape. And I played off of that. I'm very good at that. Understanding how other people think.

I Live with You

My needs are simple and few, thought Valentine. Food. Clothing. A comfortable place to sleep. And no idiots.

Good is good because it's better than bad, though why it's better to be good than bad depends on how you define good, and on and on."