Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
True love is rare, which is why happiness is felt for others.
In plain terms
True love is rare so I am happy for you.
What can you take from it?
Celebrate others rare achievements because they are uncommon.

Where it applies

  • celebrating friends
  • relationships

Putting it to work

  • express joy for others success

Questions to consider

  • Why is true love rare?

Another view

It equates rarity with value implicitly.

More from Orson Scott Card

  1. Sometimes people aren't what they seem I know that... No you don't... Because you are exactly what you seem, and so you always assume that other people are, too

    Permalink to quote #940
  2. If there's one thing I've learned, it's that when you have enough money the law is a reed that will always bend your way

    Permalink to quote #942
  3. He wouldn't mind a bit if it kept going like this pretty much for the rest of his life

    Permalink to quote #939

Related quotes

  1. He, that noble prize possessing- He that boasts a friend that's true, He whom woman's love is blessing, Let him join the chorus too!

    Friedrich von SchillerFriedrich von Schiller quote #36
  2. I had fun, but I didn't really have anyone i particularly loved except for loving friends. But I have a certain amount of faith that it will come.

    Edie SedgwickEdie Sedgwick quote #1
  3. My friends are my 'estate.' Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them.

    Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson quote #1