Happiness is not a life without pain, but rather a life in which the pain is traded for a worthy price.
Orson Scott Card
Heroes and victims are the product of the mood they were in when opportunity came or when circumstances were at their worst.
Orson Scott Card
Justice could be cruel, and crueler yet necessity, but mercy was the cruelest thing of all.
Orson Scott Card
Evil people naturally assume that you will use that power exactly as they would use it.
Orson Scott Card
Doesn't love show its face when it satisfies the need of the loved one, for the loved one's sake alone?
Orson Scott Card
Wouldn't it have been better to change humanity so it no longer desired to destroy itself?
Orson Scott Card