Orson Scott Card: Quotes about people

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“Good people can't out-think evil, 'cause evil think of things good folks can't think of. Can't enter your head what evil do.”

Orson Scott Card book Homebody

Homebody (1998)

“He could afford to be generous, since he didn’t have to pay for it himself. Most virtues were like that. People could take pride in how virtuous they were, but the fact was that as soon as virtue got expensive or inconvenient, it was amazing how fast it gave way to practical concerns.”

Orson Scott Card

Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Alvin Journeyman (1995), Chapter 5.

“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.

“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

Page 44
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)

“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)