The danger that keeps me just a little frightened with every book I write, however, is that I'll overreach myself once too often and try to write a story that I'm just plain not talented or skilful enough to write. That's the dilemma every storyteller faces. It is painful to fail. But it is far sadder when a storyteller stops wanting to try. β¨ Speaker for the Dead. Book by Orson Scott Card, August 15, 1994.
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- I've had your tears with mine, and you've had mine with yours. I think that's more intimate even than a kiss. β¨ Orson Scott Card (2013). The Ender Quintet, p.1250, Macmillan
- You frighten me, when you say there isn't time. I don't see why. Christians have been expecting the imminent end of the world for millennia. But it keeps not ending. So far, so good. β¨ Orson Scott Ca β¦ βΆ
- The essence of training is to allow error without consequence. β¨ Orson Scott Card (2013). The Ender Quintet, p.19, Macmillan
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- I stole their future from them; I can only being to repay by seeing what I can learn from their past. β¨ Orson Scott Card (2010). Ender's Game, p.193, Macmillan
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