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“It was his father who had shrunk, who no longer had the power of the giant, of the god, to enfold him and keep him safe.”

Orson Scott Card Enchantment

Enchantment (1999)

“You as stupid as they come. Of course, I say this with your best interests at heart. Most people are stupid. I don't hold it against them.”

Orson Scott Card book Homebody

Homebody (1998)

“People's beliefs don't exist in isolation. Everyone's firmly held beliefs exert an enormous pressure on everyone else.”

Orson Scott Card

Treason (1988)

“Once you have the gallows, you’ll find new reasons to hang people from it.”

Orson Scott Card

Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Heartfire (1998), Chapter 7.

““Don’t talk to me like you understand my sins.”
“Don’t talk to me like you know what I do and do not understand.”
Alvin chuckled grimly. “Oh, that mouth you’ve got.”
“You can’t answer what I said, so you’re going to talk about my saying it.””

Orson Scott Card

Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, The Crystal City (2003), Chapter 4 “La Tia” (p. 74).

“What a silly god, he makes everybody born bad to go to burning hell. Why so mad? All his fault!”

Orson Scott Card

Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Red Prophet (1988), Chapter 4.

“Land was what they wanted, as if the mere ownership of dirt could turn a peasant into a squire.”

Orson Scott Card

Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Seventh Son (1987), Chapter 6.

“The Lord took twice the time making thee, Alvin Smith, cause it took that long to put the mischief in.”

Orson Scott Card

Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Heartfire (1998), Chapter 1.

“I don’t have to be a gentleman,” said Balzac. “I am an artist.”

Orson Scott Card

Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Heartfire (1998), Chapter 6.

“She can’t help her red skin, and she isn’t heathen. In fact, she’s a Baptist, which is almost like being Christian, only louder.”

Orson Scott Card

Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Red Prophet (1988), Chapter 3.

“He isn't insane, he's simply as trapped in his life as I am in mine. That makes us friends.”

Orson Scott Card

Homecoming saga, Earthborn (1995)

“He was only six, but he already knew that he hated it when he had to do what other people wanted, even when he knew that they were wrong. He didn’t want to be a soldier. He didn’t want to kill. He didn’t want to die. He didn’t want to obey stupid people.”

Orson Scott Card Ender's Game hexalogy

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Ender's Game series, First Meetings in the Enderverse (2003), The Polish Boy

“She never seemed to get near the edge. She lived on other people's edges. And when they fell off, she'd admire how pretty they looked as they fell.”

Orson Scott Card book Homebody

Homebody (1998)

“What cannot be healed has been healed. What was lost forever has been found. Therefore let that which cannot be forgiven be forgiven.”

Orson Scott Card

Homecoming saga, Earthfall (1995)

“Whenever I hear you saying, rise and shine, rise and shine, it makes me think how lucky dead people are!”

Orson Scott Card Treasure Box

Treasure Box (1996)

“She grunted. “Nothing unusual?”
“That’s right.”
“Well, if you ask me, that’s pretty unusual right there, if a body was smart enough to notice it.””

Orson Scott Card

Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Seventh Son (1987), Chapter 6.

“Hey, you’re getting to be almost worth how much it costs to feed you.”

Orson Scott Card

“Good thing, ’cause I got no plan to eat less.”
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, The Crystal City (2003), Chapter 3 “Fever” (p. 48).

“See the Wikipedia article on Homecoming Saga for more information..”

Orson Scott Card

Homecoming saga