The Treasure Box Quotes

“Everybody dies. What matters is what you do between now and when it happens to you.”
― Orson Scott Card, The Treasure Box

“I always think of books as being like people. Even the dull ones are worthy of decent respect, but you don't have to seek them out and spend time with them.”
― Orson Scott Card, The Treasure Box

“Nobodys life ever goes according to plan.
So why do we keep on planning?
Because that's how we know who we are. By what we intend to be. By what we try to become.
And fail.
I don't say 'fail'. I saw we aim and miss. But we still hit something.”
― Orson Scott Card, The Treasure Box

“Sometimes good people have to do terrible things. ”
― Orson Scott Card, The Treasure Box

“The ways of love are strange and hard:
The love you want is always barred;
The love you have you want to change.
The ways of love are hard and strange.”
― Orson Scott Card, The Treasure Box

“The disadvantage with people is that you can't put bookmarks in them and set them aside till you want them again.”
― Orson Scott Card, The Treasure Box

“He had momentarily forgotten that at a restaurant everyone is supposed to pretend there's an eight-foot wall around each table. Except the waiters, of course, who are supposed to pretend that each table is the only one they're waiting on. Like living in a small town. Notice me when I want to be noticed, but why are you prying when I want to be left alone?”
― Orson Scott Card, The Treasure Box