Orson Scott Card on Death
Browse 9 quotations attributed to Orson Scott Card, catalogued under death, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Orson Scott Card, entry #158364: "I began to suspect that the ultimate sacrifice isn't death after all; the ultimate sacrifice is willingly bearing the fullest penalty for your own actions."
Attributed to Orson Scott Card, entry #182034: "To face death, that's nothing much. But to feel really stupid when you die, well, that would be insufferable."
9 Quotes by Orson Scott Card on Death
"I began to suspect that the ultimate sacrifice isn't death after all; the ultimate sacrifice is willingly bearing the fullest penalty for your own actions."
"To face death, that's nothing much. But to feel really stupid when you die, well, that would be insufferable."
"I don't mind dying before you do. In fact, I rather prefer it that way."
"That is the ultimate power, to stare death in the face and be unafraid."
"I do matter, and despising me was the gravest error of their lives."
"He deserved to die except that nothing deserves death."
"looked death in the eye and did not seem disappointed."
"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."
"Here's my throat. I carry no weapon. You could have killed me at any time, even when I knew you were my enemy. Why did you need to deceive me into trusting you first? Were you afraid that death wouldn't bother me enough, unless I felt betrayed?"