When you really know somebody you canโt hate them. Or maybe itโs just that you canโt really know them until you stop hating them.
Orson Scott CardIt is a common trait of primates to become submissive and even worshipful toward one who has the power to kill them.
Orson Scott CardHe loved her, as you can only love someone who is an echo of yourself at your time of deepest sorrow.
Orson Scott CardBefore we are citizens, we are children, and it is as children that we come to understand freedom and authority, liberty and duty.
Orson Scott CardDo the gods of different nations talk to each other?...Is there some annual get-together where they compare each other's worshippers? Mine will bow their faces to the floor and trace woodgrain lines for me, says one. Mine will sacrifice animals, says another. Mine will kill anyone who insults me, says a third. Here is the question I think of most often: "Are there any who can honestly boast, My worshippers obey my good laws, and treat each other kindly, and live simple generous lives?
Orson Scott Card