Quote #438

How can we ever know what's true? We can't. That's what I figured out a long time ago. So you don't believe in anything? I believe in everything that seems true to me right now. I just refuse to be surprised when some of those things I believe in now turn out to be false later. It helps keep me from being upset

More from Orson Scott Card

  1. [He] never claims to know what he doesn't know. When he's unsure, he says so. When he's sure, he's always right
  2. To remember is real. To imagine is nothing That's silly... Most of the things people say they remember they only imagine anyways
  3. You were such a promising boy. Of all the tragedies this lifelong war between brothers has caused, you are the saddest one of all
  4. We all choose our own teachers, don't we? I wonder if our choice of teacher shows anything about what our lives will be
  5. We're going to have to have a long talk about priorities before long
  6. You have a will of steel And a heart of glass. Brittle and cold
  7. Men seemed to find an obscene amount of pleasure in having the upper hand, in winning
  8. Today, I saw a spark of decency. Lets blow on that spark and give it fuel

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