Do you know why Satan is so angry all the time? Because whenever he works a particularly clever bit of mischief God uses it to serve his own Rigteous purposes." "So God uses wicked people as his tools?" "God gives us the freedom to to do great evil, if we choose, then He uses his own freedom to create goodness out of that evil, for that is what He chooses." "So, in the long run, God always wins?" "Yes, in the short run though it can be uncomfortable.
Orson Scott CardAnd yet.. even if you had been right, it would only have been by accident. A broken clock is right two times a day.
Orson Scott CardThe lives of all people flow through time, and, regardless of how brutal one moment may be, how filled with grief or pain or fear, time flows through all lives equally.
Orson Scott CardIt will hurt." said Petra. "But let's make the most of what we have, and not let future pain ruin present happiness.
Orson Scott Card