The only people who ever prize purity of ignorance are those who profit from a monopoly on knowledge.
Orson Scott CardQuim," she said, "don't ever try to teach me about good and evil. I've been there, and you've seen nothing but a map.
Orson Scott CardMom," said Peter, "nobody thinks you're a lackwit, if that's what you're worried about." Lackwit? In what musty drawer of some dead English professor's dust-covered desk did you find that word? I assure you that never in my worst nightmares did I ever suppose that I was a lackwit.
Orson Scott CardYou killed more people than anybody in history." "Be the best at whatever you do, that's what my mother always told me.
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