Orson Scott Card Quotes on Struggle
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He can never come to believe that anyone will ever help him out, ever. If he once thinks there's an easy way out, he's wrecked.
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He is innocent of wrong-doing, and so am I. We shall forgive each other and go on. It was a good decision, and [she] was proud of it. The trouble was, she couldn't carry it out
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Life is a suicide mission.
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That's life. It hurts, it's dirty, and it feels very very good.
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I want to change me heart and I don't know how
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Like running hurdles. Work so hard, jump over every one, fast, high enough but no higher, because you can't afford to hang in the air. And then, when the race is over, you're dripping with sweat, either they beat you or you beat them...and then a couple of guys come out and move the hurdles out of the way. Turns out they were nothing. All that work to jump over them, but now they're gone
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It was like he attacked sleep, a frontal assault, took it by the throat and forced it to yield him the rest he needed. Rest, but no peace
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I'm old. I can't cope with all this.' Can you cope with survival? Maybe we'll all survive, after all.
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Did you ever think that however much they railed against the universe or fate or god or whatever else, that they might not thank you for stealing from them all that makes them human?