Orson Scott Card

Date of Birth:

24-Aug-1951

Nationality:

United States

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Have you read ‘Ender’s Game’, ‘Ender’s Shadow’ or ‘Speaker for the Dead’? If yes, then you probably know the greatness of Orson Scott Card as a literary giant. A novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist and columnist, Orson Scott Card is a top science fiction writer of the current era and the only one to win both ‘Hugo’ and ‘Nebula Awards’ - top US science fiction prizes in consecutive years. A specialist of science fiction genre, Card has written books on creative writing, served as a host to several writing boot camps and workshops, and as a judge in the Writers of the Future contest. Card has also made his foray into the genre of contemporary fantasy, biblical novels, American frontier fantasy series and numerous plays and scripts. Card’s work explores various themes and so does his quotes and thoughts that touch various aspects of life such as education, knowledge, believe, civilization, religious faith, living, death and so on. Explore some of the best known quotations and sayings by Orson Scott Card and get inspired!

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Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.

If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.

Ethan Wyeth: I hope you're thirsty." Gideon Wyeth:"Why?" Ethan: "Cause your dumb and ugly, but I can do something about thirsty.

I don't care if I pass your test, I don't care if I follow your rules. If you can cheat, so can I. I won't let you beat me unfairly - I'll beat you unfairly first. - Ender

It's called civilization. Women invented it, and every time you men blow it all to bits, we just invent it again.

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

Remember, the enemy's gate is down.

I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.

Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along―the same person that I am today.

Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.

When you really know somebody you can’t hate them. Or maybe it’s just that you can’t really know them until you stop hating them.