Seventh Son Quotes

“A duel is just two murders who agree to take turns trying to kill each other.”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

“The devil takes his victories,” the man replied, “wherever men of God lose heart, and leave the field to him.”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

“There are hundreds of possible causes for every effect, and a hundred possible effects for every cause.”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

“As the proverb said, “Think in the morning, Act in the noon, Eat in the evening, Sleep in the night.” Too late for thinking now. Too early for eating.”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

“it made him want to sing hymns he'd never even heard before”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

“Never true,' Old Ben would say. 'Useful- now, there's something. Your mind might make a connection that is useful. But true is another matter. True implies that you have found a connection that exists independent of your apprehension of it, that would exist whether you noticed it or not. And I must say that I have never seen such a connection in my life. There are times when I suspect there are no such connections, that all links, bonds, ties, and similarities are creations of thought and have no substance.”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

“If he did not speak his tale, it grew dank and musty, it shrank inside him, while with the telling the tale stayed fresh and virtuous.”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

“I understand that you believe that it works,' said Thrower patiently. 'But everything in the world is either science or miracles. Miracles came from God in the ancient times, but those times are over. Today if we wish to change the world, it isn't magic but science that will give us our tools.”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

“You talk so sweet I bet you have to suck on salt for half and hour to get the taste of sugar out of your mouth.”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

“Zwyczajne dziecko zginęłoby dzisiaj. Tego wymagały prawa natury. Ale ktoś albo coś chroniło chłopca i prawo natury zostało złamane.”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

“Kovanın yüzeyindeki buzu kırsalar bile hemen tekrar donacağını, ama içeri sıcak bir yere koyduklarında, istedikleri gibi buzun çözüleceğini onlara söylemedi.”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

“And there it was. The moment a man answered her right back instead of getting his dander up, why, she flashed a smile fit to charm the warts off a toad.”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

“He doubts everything, and contests each point of theology as if it were required to meet the same tests of logic and consistency that prevail in the world of science.” “In other words, he expects your doctrines to make sense.”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

“If you always speak your mind, the evil man will avoid you.”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

“I always tell what I believe. Whether it’s true, I’m no more sure than any man.”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

“True implies that you have found a connection that exists independent of your apprehension of it, that would exist whether you noticed it or not.”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

“All the universe is just a dream in God's mind, and as long as he's asleep, he believes in it, and things stay real. What you see is God waking up, gradually waking up, and his wakefulness sweeps through the dream, undoes the universe, until finally he sits up, rubs his eyes, and says, "My, what a dream, I wish I could remember what it was," and in that moment we'll all be gone.”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

“And I never believe a man who says he never lies."
"A man always assumes that others are as virtuous as himself," said Taleswapper.”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

“Just as [he] had expected. The preacher retreated to authority as soon as he feared his ideas could not stand on their own merit. Reasonable argument was impossible when authority became the arbiter....”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son

“Thrower started toward them at a trot, then remembered his dignity and walked the rest of the way. There was nothing in the gospels to imply that the Lord ever ran– only walked, as befitted his high station. Of course, Paul had his comments about running a good race, but that was allegory. A minister was supposed to be a shadow of Jesus Christ, walking in His way and representing Him to the people. It was the closest these people would ever come to beholding the majesty of God. It was Reverend Thrower's duty to deny the vitality of his youth and walk at the reverent pace of an old man, though he was only twenty-four.”
― Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son