The only people who think children are carefree are the ones who've forgotten their own childhood.
Orson Scott CardMaybe she couldn't know who she was today. Maybe it was enough to know that she was no longer who she was before.
Orson Scott CardScience fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be.
Orson Scott CardSurely you're not saying that God had to choose between long life and intelligence for human beings! It's there in your own Bible, Carlotta. Two trees - knowledge and life. You eat of the tree of knowledge and you will surely die. You eat of the tree of life and you remain a child in the garden forever, undying.
Orson Scott Card