Orson Scott Card Quotes

I moved to leave, and Dylan actually grabbed my shoulders. I was so surprised that i forgot to karate-chop his elbows and break his arms.' “I don’t want anything to happen to you,” he said urgently. “What you want does not matter here,” I said slowly and carefully. I hoped Dylan was sensitive enough to read between the lines, to the subtext of: Let go of me or I’ll kill you.

No one will have mercy on those who cannot defend themselves in the Middle East.

Weakness is provocative.

No longer living in fear, my pistol close in hand, Convinced this is my year.

There are some people who imagine that they can disarm their enemy by complacent flattery. They are wrong. The world has always belonged to the stronger and will belong to them for many years to come. Men only respect those who make themselves respected. Whoever becomes a lamb will find a wolf to eat him.

If you would force me to be unarmed and helpless I would have to do everything in my power to neutralize you... Peace and love will get you killed. That doesn't sound like a hippie.

If someone really wants to hurt you, they'll find a way whatever. I don't want to live my life worrying about it.

Protect yourself like you would your cubs - as a grown woman, you're no one's cub anymore.

It is a pain in the ass waiting around for someone to try to kill you.

Weapons are created to be used. There's no place for the weak on this earth.

And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help.

Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of external power - every attempt to change the world or a person in order to make yourself feel valuable and safe - is a distraction from the pain of powerlessness.

I actually had an experience where I thought somebody was breaking into my house. That's got to be the most terrified I've ever been in my life. I don't know if that's saying much. The fear, especially as a female in a house by yourself, was horrible.

I trained in combat, sword fighting, horse riding... It's empowering knowing that I can a break man's nose with my elbow.

Sometimes power is all a person has, so they will protect it even unto their own destruction, for without power they have nothing.

Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exploited. You need to protect the weak, ring-fence them, with something far stronger than empathy.

Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.

The one without a sword gets humiliated.

I long ago made up my mind that if anybody wants to kill me, they could do it.

In some weird, warped way, I'm actually convinced that if I got mugged, I could probably take out the guy.

I'd rather not have to come face to face with predators. I'd rather not be harassed. But no. Those weren't my choices to make, were they?

The world is a scary place. Even my mother has suggested I take a self defense class.

I know people fear me when they see me in their mirrors. It's a good position to be in because they know they need to defend to the limit.

I've had friends who have experienced pretty horrible things, some pretty brutal things, and survived. And I know that they and I would never want them to be without the ability to defend themselves.

Those who cannot be aggressive are hunted down while they shiver and hide because the night is dark.