We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto the grenade to save our buddies in the foxhole. We rise out of the trenches and charge the entreched enemy and die like maggots under…

Quote by Orson Scott Card

Topics: Death Quotes, Insanity Quotes, Sacrifice Quotes

Of course, I also hear from critics who detest what I do, and while sometimes...

Of course, I also hear from critics who detest what I do, and while sometimes...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than...

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than...

I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many...

I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many...

God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient...

God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient...

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 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...

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...

I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the...

I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the...

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being...

Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being...

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...

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto...

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto...

Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is...

Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is...

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat...

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat...

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.