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August 16, 2021 by achrilock

“Everybody here is just full of leadership ability, right?”
— Orson Scott Card, ‘Ender’s Shadow’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/08/16/11906/

July 20, 2021 by achrilock

“‘Mother,’ he said, ‘how can it be rude, in this republic of honesty, to name things and people for what they are?’”
— Orson Scott Card, ‘Pathfinder’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/07/20/11421/

June 15, 2021 by achrilock

“No matter how it exercises your temper, Mr. Quill, it is long established that a strict reading of the traditional text of the witchcraft laws leads to the conclusion that the involvement of Satan is not stipulated but rather must be proved. That the possession of an extraordinary ability is not prima facie evidence of Satanic involvement, and that this specifically arises from the tradition of ecclesiastical law, which must always leave room for the possibility of a miracle enacted by faith in Jesus Christ and the intervention of heaven.”
— Orson Scott Card, ‘Heartfire’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/06/15/10461/

May 25, 2021 by achrilock

“But once we know that it is in our power to help them, then, if we turn away and let their suffering go on, it is no golden age we live in, and we poison our own happiness. Good people do not let others suffer needlessly.”
— Orson Scott Card, ‘Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/05/25/9894/

March 3, 2021 by achrilock

“The forest was as sudden as a storm, from the bright light of Freedom into utter darkness. The trees looked eternal, right from the edge, as if five hundred years ago (or five thousand, the trees are that large) some great gardener had planted an orchard just so, with the edges neat and crisp along the property line.”
— Orson Scott Card, ‘Treason’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/03/03/7951/

February 25, 2021 by achrilock

“I don’t care anymore, thought Ender.”
— Orson Scott Card, ‘Ender’s Game’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/02/25/7809/

February 21, 2021 by achrilock

“Graff shrugged. ‘Not really. I knew I’d be acquitted.’”
— Orson Scott Card, ‘Ender’s Game’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/02/21/7702/

February 15, 2021 by achrilock

“You’ll jump, or you’ll stay here forever. And you have to jump now, in the darkness, before Dissent rises, or your jump will surely be your death.”
— Orson Scott Card, ‘Treason’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/02/15/7604/

February 10, 2021 by achrilock

“‘So brave of you!’ said Hushidh, ‘to urge your brother to do what you would never have the heart for yourself, little Meb.’”
— Orson Scott Card, ‘The Ships of Earth’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/02/10/7471/

December 25, 2020 by achrilock

“Machinery that had long been silent began to hum. Robots that had long been in stasis were awakened and set to work, searching for machines that needed repair.”
— Orson Scott Card, ‘The Ships of Earth’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/12/25/5974/

December 5, 2020 by achrilock

“Around here, ma’am, if folks got they mouth open, if they ain’t eating then they lying.”
— Orson Scott Card, ‘Heartfire’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/12/05/5496/

June 28, 2020 by achrilock

“You killed us all.”
— Orson Scott Card, ‘Ender’s Game’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/06/28/1054/

June 16, 2020 by achrilock

“A regime that wraps itself in the flag of truth fears truth most of all, for if its story is falsified to the slightest degree, its authority is gone.”
— Orson Scott Card, ‘Pathfinder’

https://achrilock.com/2020/06/16/733/