For he loved her, as you can only love someone who is an echo of yourself at your time of deepest sorrow.

Quote by Orson Scott Card

Topics: Sorrow Quotes

I listen to music constantly while writing.

I listen to music constantly while writing.

One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.

One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.

The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the...

The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the...

The education that prepared me was my general education classes, which I tried to avoid...

The education that prepared me was my general education classes, which I tried to avoid...

It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes.

It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes.

But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be...

But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be...

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

In all my study of history, I have never found a time or place I...

In all my study of history, I have never found a time or place I...

Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall...

Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall...

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

The best thing about my job, though, is stopping at the end of the day...

The best thing about my job, though, is stopping at the end of the day...

Love shortens time, changes the hours. Love is invincible. Many waters cannot quench it nor...

Love shortens time, changes the hours. Love is invincible. Many waters cannot quench it nor...

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

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

I think it's impossible to really know someone, what they want, what they believe, and...

I think it's impossible to really know someone, what they want, what they believe, and...

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes

The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing...

The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing...

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be...

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be...

Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.

Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.

I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing...

I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing...