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

For he loved her, as you can only love someone who is an echo of...

For he loved her, as you can only love someone who is an echo of...

I have lived in the only decades I could have lived in, and hope to...

I have lived in the only decades I could have lived in, and hope to...

You who speak languages, you are such liars.

You who speak languages, you are such liars.

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.

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

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

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...

Everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for...

Everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for...

I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.

I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.

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...

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.

My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor,...

My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor,...

And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me;...

And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me;...

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...

The lies we live will always be confessed in the stories that we tell.

The lies we live will always be confessed in the stories that we tell.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...