Orson Scott Card Quotes About Past
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I stole their future from them; I can only being to repay by seeing what I can learn from their past.
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a lot of human behavior was really acting out our responses to dangers long past.
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The future is a hundred thousand threads, but the past is a fabric that can never be rewoven.
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Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any.
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I think Santa Claus is, by and large, quite beneficial, for when the child is finally allowed -- or forced -- to recognize the nonexistence of Santa Claus, then the child is able to go through the vital intellectual process of reconstructing reality in light of new evidence, complete with back-forming new stories to account for past events. This prepares the child for many other disillusionments and gives her vital and well-supported experience in maintaining her grip on reality independent of the stories told to her at any given time.
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Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day.
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