America. The enemy. The rival. The land of jeans and rock and roll, of crime and capitalism, of poverty and oppression. Of home and freedom.

— Orson Scott Card

A minor request," said Maker. "Let's not refer to it as the training cage. 'Training' sounds laborious and regimented. Soldiers groan at the word. These men joined the IF to fight, sir. Let's call it the Battle Room.

— Orson Scott Card

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

— Orson Scott Card

Andrew said you were the best person he ever knew."" He reached that conclusion before he saw me raise three barbarian children to adulthood. I understand your mother has six."" Right."" And you're the oldest."" Yes."" That's too bad. Parents always make their worst mistakes with the oldest children. That's when parents know the least and care the most, so they're more likely to be wrong and also more likely to insist that they're right.

— Orson Scott Card

And then he thought: Is this how idiots rationalize their stupidity to themselves?

— Orson Scott Card

And then the queen wept with all her heart. Not for the cruel and greedy man who had warred and killed and savaged everywhere he could. But for the boy who had somehow turned into that man, the boy whose gentle hand had comforted her childhood hurts, the boy whose frightened voice had cried out to her at the end of his life, as if he wondered why he had gotten lost inside himself, as if he realized that it was too, too late to get out again.

— Orson Scott Card

And the voice of God was in the whirlwind after all, said Thor

— Orson Scott Card

And were you punished? No. Why? Because you were rich."" Money and talent aren't the same thing."" That’s because you can inherit money that was earned by your ancestors," said Sister Carlotta. "And everybody recognizes the value of money, while only select groups recognize the value of talent.

— Orson Scott Card

Another oral exam, huh?' Peter said.' Shut up, Peter,' said Valentine.' You should relax and enjoy it,' said Peter. 'It could be worse.'' I don't know how.'' It could be an anal exam.

— Orson Scott Card

Anything can become a children's book if you give it to a child... Children are actually the best (and worst) audience for literature because they have no patience with pretence.

— Orson Scott Card