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It has been my experience that the better a man you are, the more folks there are who resent you for it, and find occasion to get angry at you no matter how kindly meant your deeds may be. (Orson Scott Card)
It just gripes me hollow, the way God always sneaks in to take the credit. View quote
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It is the downfall of evil, that it never sees far enough ahead. View quote
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His vices were the vices of his time and culture, but his virtues transcended the milieu of his life. View quote
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The ways of love are strange and hard: the love you want is always barred; the love you have you want to change. The ways of love are hard and strange. View quote
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The fear of death in the one place was not as strong as another kind of fear, the fear of a world gone crazy, a place where anything could happen, where nothing could be trusted, where nothing was certain. A terrible place. View quote
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Folks always seemed to think that as long as they didn't know about something bad, it wasn't happening, so whoever told them actually caused it to be true. View quote
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I think that a good person can sometimes do wrong out of ignorance or weakness or wrong thinking, but when hard times come, the goodness wins out after all. And a bad person can often seem good and trustworthy for a long time, but when hard times come, the evil in him gets revealed. View quote
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She will look at you as women look at men, and she will judge you as women judge men - not on the strength of their arguments, and not on their cleverness or prowess in battle, but rather on the force of their character, the intensity of their passion, the strength of their soul, their compassion, and - ah, this above all - their conversation. View quote
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It wasn't so bad being a slave when your owner was yourself and stood up for you. View quote
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The only true vision comes not from God but from the inmost recesses of the human mind. (Orson Scott Card)
That is the ultimate power, to stare death in the face and be unafraid. View quote
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You can't change what you don't understand. View quote
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What you are is a man who means to be good, and undo the bad he's done, and that's as good as any man ever gets. View quote
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A rustic setting always suggests fantasy; to suggest science fiction, you need sheet metal and plastic. You need rivets. View quote
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Some men are great enough that they can love a whole woman, and not just part of her. View quote
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When I am drunk I am at my best. It is the national knack of the French. View quote
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Evil people naturally assume that you will use that power exactly as they would use it. View quote
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The first of a thousand lies. Truth flowed to Micah Quill, was sucked in and disappeared, and emerged again looking ever so much like it used to, but changed subtly, at the edges, where none would notice, so that simple truth became a complicated fabric indeed, one that could wrap you up so tightly and close you off from the air until you suffocated in it. View quote
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To expect wickedness from human beings is the best way I know of to avoid surprises. And when I am surprised, it's always pleasantly. View quote
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Where do you draw the line between a humble man who knows his own weaknesses but tries to act out virtues he hasn't quite mastered yet, and a proud man who pretends to have those virtues without the slightest intention of acquiring them? (Orson Scott Card)
Religion makes them crazy. Not a woman I ever met wasn't crazy with religion. View quote
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Debased men, but they all had something in common: They showed a keen regard for virtue, and tried to dress themselves in that costume. Hypocrisy, for all its bad reputation, at least showed a decent respect for goodness. View quote
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Just because you believe it doesn't make it so. View quote
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It is the essence of dignity to pretend to desire what you cannot prevent. View quote
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