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Orson Scott Card, né le 24 août 1951 à Richland dans l'État de Washington, est un écrivain de science-fiction américain s'étant notamment illustré dans le genre de la fantasy.

Il reçut les prix Hugo et Nebula deux années consécutives, au titre de son Cycle d'Ender, ce qui constitue une première dans l'histoire de la science-fiction. Wikipedia  

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Orson Scott Card citations célèbres

“En terme de reproduction, un mâle fait de son mieux s'il voyage et copule au maximum.”

A male does his best, reproductively, if he wanders and copulates as widely as possible.
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Xénocide, 1993

“Les sages ne sont pas sages parce qu'ils ne commettent jamais d'erreurs. Ils sont sages parce qu'ils corrigent leurs erreurs dès qu'ils les reconnaissent.”

The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.
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Xénocide, 1993

“C'est la vie. Ça fait mal, c'est sale, mais c'est tellement bon.”

It's life. It hurts, it's dirty, but it's so good.
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Les enfants de l'Esprit, 2000

Orson Scott Card Citations

Orson Scott Card: Citations en anglais

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

“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).

“Did they program brattiness into you?”

Orson Scott Card Ender's Game hexalogy

“That’s a trait I developed for myself,” she said. “Do you like it?”
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Ender's Game series, First Meetings in the Enderverse (2003), Investment Counselor

“Are you all right, sir?”

Orson Scott Card livre Heartfire

asked Hezekiah.
“Just fighting over old battles in my mind,” said John. “It’s the problem with age. You have all these rusty arguments, and no quarrel to use them in. My brain is a museum, but alas, I’m the only visitor, and even I am not terribly interested in the displays.”
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Heartfire (1998), Chapter 11.

“I knew God had heard my prayer when I learned that it was you and no other who drew this case.”

Orson Scott Card livre Heartfire

“One judge is coughing his life out into bloody handkerchiefs and the other is burying his wife, and you think this is how God answers your prayers?”
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Heartfire (1998), Chapter 11.

“You're such a liar.”

Orson Scott Card Alvin Journeyman

“But I’m a beautiful liar, don’t you think?” She flashed her best smile at her friend.
“I don’t understand what men see in women anyway,” her friend answered. “Hexes or no hexes, as long as a woman has her clothes on a man can’t see what he’s interested in anyhow.”
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Alvin Journeyman (1995), Chapter 10.

“I want to know how many years I got.”

Orson Scott Card livre Red Prophet

“Many,” said Ta-Kumsaw. “Or few. All that matters is what you do with however many years you have.”
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Red Prophet (1988), Chapter 17.

“You can’t tell real from a rutabaga.”

Orson Scott Card livre Seventh Son

Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Seventh Son (1987), Chapter 12.

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