4 Orson Scott Card Quotes on Separation

Orson Scott Card quotes on separation

50. For now that they could not be together, they must indefinitely be apart, and what had been sure and unshakable was now fragile and insubstantial; for the moment we are not together, [he] is a stranger, for he has a life now that will be no part of mine, and that means that when I see him we will not know each other.

511. Their thoughts were remarkably alike, as they worked silently toghether. This is what I want to do forever, each one thought. Rise in the morning, come to the mill, and work all day with him beside me. Never mind that the wish was impossible. Never mind that they might never see each other again, once the boy left for his apprenticeship back in the place of his birth. That only added to the sweetness of the moment, which would soon become a memory, would soon become a dream.

817. That when Bant left it was the end of the world for Josif, because when he attached to somebody he didn't know how to let go

866. We feel pain; what we don't feel is fear. Or rather, we've learned to separate pain and fear