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I write about my region, the countryside in which I grew up.
I won't get any better by punishing the people I can't heal.
I am a hoarder of two things: documents and trusted friends.
Some people, no matter where they look, they see themselves.
It's the possibility that keeps me going, not the guarantee.
Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life.
I might kiss you. I might be bad at it. That's not possible.
For alarmingly large chunks of an average day, I am a moron.
The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone
Great food needed more than chefs; it needed gourmet diners.
Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
The only teacher that's worth anything to you is your enemy.
I love you Ender. More than ever. No matter what you decide.
Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.
Knowledge is just opinion that you trust enough to act upon.
Nonsense," said Graff. "Ender always has plans within plans.
No great talker ever did any great thing yet, in this world.
You do your best work when you're not conscious of yourself.
Stop worrying about growing old. And think about growing up.
Novel-writing is, for the novelist, a game of let's pretend.
... the ears of the hunted grow even keener than a hunter's.
In this world, you must be a bit too kind to be kind enough.
Writing is a discipline: it's almost all about holding back.
Love, you know, seeks to make happy rather than to be happy.
Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.
a deviation from propriety scarcely ever escapes punishment.
Fame is a funny thing, like a secret, both are hard to keep.
Why mince words? Beautiful Ruins is an absolute masterpiece.
Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
The bold may not live long, but the timid never live at all.
It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.
Every man is his own doctor of divinity, in the last resort.
There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday.
Curiosity is part of the cement that holds society together.
Art is wine and experience is the brandy we distill from it.
Diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power.
It's too late to apologize for. I have already forgiven you.
Masks beneath masks until suddenly the bare bloodless skull.
For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder,a snake
Look at history. It's not the account of a species at peace.
In the movies, the writer is just the servant, the employee.
Don't look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
That double-headed monster of damnation and salvation--Time.
Fear is a relative thing; its effects are relative to power.
The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles.
Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
Only the knife knows what goes on in the heart of a pumpkin.
It is better to be the servant of God than the ruler of men.
I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse.