Orson Scott Card: Quotes about thinking

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“You are not what you seem.
So many people have said that that I'm beginning to think that's precisely how I do seem. What is it I seem to be that you have now discovered that I'm not?”

Orson Scott Card

Treason (1988)

“Deep inside himself, in a place he didn't often go, where he kept the things he didn't like to think about but dared not forget, he knew that [she] was still alive somewhere, and somehow she was watching what he did, or at least looking in on him from time to time.”

Orson Scott Card Treasure Box

Treasure Box (1996)

““A man like that thinks that fear can win loyalty.”
“Plenty of masters with a lash who can testify it works.”
“Don’t win loyalty, just obedience, and only while the lash is in the room.””

Orson Scott Card

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

“A liar sees lies,” said Taleswapper. “Even when they aren’t there. Just as a hypocrite sees hypocrites whenever he runs across good people. Can’t stand to think that anyone might really be what you only pretend to be.”

Orson Scott Card

Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Alvin Journeyman (1995), Chapter 2.

“The dreamers always seem to think their dream is worth the price that other people will pay. They also delude themselves that they will control whatever evil they use to try to bring about their dream.”

Orson Scott Card

Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, The Crystal City (2003), Chapter 5 “Crystal Ball” (p. 82).

“You think my apology means I'm weak. But it doesn't. It means I am trying to learn how to be strong.”

Orson Scott Card

Homecoming saga, The Memory Of Earth (1992)

““I have no fear of war,” said Arthur Stuart. “That’s when kings get to show their mettle.”
“You’re thinking of chess,” said Margaret. “In war, everyone has their chance to bleed.””

Orson Scott Card

Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Heartfire (1998), Chapter 14.

“I think if you left grownups to do what they really actually wanted most in the world to do, every single one of them would lie down and take a nap for the rest of their life. I know this because that's what every grownup does as soon as they're alone.”

Orson Scott Card book Lovelock

Lovelock (1994)

“I've known some bad people and some good people in my life, and it's the bad ones who live in fear, all the time. Cause they know their own hearts… And they think everyone else is just waiting to pull the same moves on them that they've got planned to pull on somebody else.”

Orson Scott Card book Homebody

Homebody (1998)

“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)

“The funny thing was, you see, that Mike Fink didn't think of himself as a murderer. He thought of life as a contest, and dying was what happened to those who came out second best, but it wasn't the same as murder, it was a fair fight.”

Orson Scott Card

Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Red Prophet (1988), Chapter 14.

“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)