As history shows us, when colonization is voluntary, people will self-select better than any testing system. Itโs like those foolish attempts to control immigration to American based on the traits that were deemed desirable, when in fact the only trait that defines Americans historically is โdescended from somebody willing to give up everything to live there.โ Willingness is the single most important test.
Orson Scott CardMazer, i don't want to keep dreaming these things. I'm afraid to sleep. I keep thinking of things i don't want to remember. My whole life keeps playing out as if i were a recorder and someone else wanted to watch the most terrible parts of my life
Orson Scott CardAll is going well, very well, I couldnโt ask for anything betterโ So why do I hate my life?
Orson Scott CardFor it is in the millions of small melodies that the truth of history is always found, for history only matters because of the effects we see or imagine in the lives of the ordinary people who are caught up in, or give shape to, the great events.
Orson Scott Card