Home / Quotes / Quote by Orson Scott Card

Quote by Orson Scott Card

“Intellectual understanding does not always bring visceral belief.”

Quote by Orson Scott Card

Author

Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card, born on August 24, 1951, is a renowned science fiction novelist from the United States. His works are known for their profound philosophical insights and rich imagination, with 'Ender's Game' series being particularly famous and influential in the science fiction genre. more

You May Also Like

“There are so many people we could become, and we leave such a trail of bodies through our teens and twenties that it's hard to tell which one is us. How many versions do we abandon over the years?”

People Years Hard Body Twenties Versions Abandon Teens Trails

Book:Among the Missing

Source: Among the Missing

“We give people fish. We teach them to fish. We tear down the walls that have been built up around the fish pond. And we figure out who polluted it.”

People Giving Has Beens Teach Figures Tears Wall Built Fishes Ponds

Book:The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

Source: The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

“I'm just not convinced that Jesus is going to say, "When I was hungry, you gave a check to the United Way and they fed me.”

Way Jesus United Convinced Hungry Checks Feds United Way

Book:The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

Source: The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

“Creators aren't gods. They make places, which is quite hard. It's men that make gods. This explains a lot.”

Men Hard Creator Discworld

Book:The Last Continent: A Discworld Novel

Source: The Last Continent: A Discworld Novel

“Let this single hour atone For the theft of all of me”

Book:Flame and Shadow

Source: Flame and Shadow

“Remember Old Nan's stories, Bran. Remember the way she told them, the sound of her voice. So long as you do that, part of her will always be alive in you.”

Way Long Stories Remember Sound Voice Alive Nans

Book:A Storm of Swords: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Three

Source: A Storm of Swords: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Three

“Someday stars will wind down or blow up. Someday death will cover us all like the water of a lake and perhaps nothing will ever come to the surface to show that we were ever there. But we WERE there, and during the time we lived, we were alive. That's the truth - what is, what was, what will be - not what could be, what should have been, what never can be.”

Should Has Beens Shows Stars Water Alive Wind Should Have Blow Surface Lakes Someday Should Have Been

Book:Children of the Mind

Source: Children of the Mind

“Few things are hidden from a quiet child with good eyesight.”

Children Quiet Eyesight

Book:The Wee Free Men: (Discworld Novel 30)

Source: The Wee Free Men: (Discworld Novel 30)

“...because he believed that if you wanted to get rid of a hole, you filled it. He had not realized at the time that there were all sorts of filler that took up space, but had no substance. That made you feel just as empty.”

Ifs Feels Made Wanted Space Empty Filled Holes Substance Feels Just Fillers

Book:Perfect Match

Source: Perfect Match

“He is a boy sleeping against the mosque wall, ejaculates wet dreaming into a thousand cunts pink and smooth as sea shells.”

Dream Sleep Boys Sea Wall Thousand Wet Shells Smooth Mosques Sea Shell

Book:Naked lunch

Source: Naked lunch