Orson Scott Card Quotes

I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world.

Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.

I guess we're all one phone call from our knees

Oh the saddest of sights in a world of sin Is the little lost pup with his tail tucked in.

When are you at your most defenseless?

You can get beat any day.

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.

I feel extremely vulnerable.

And the things that we fear are a weapon to be held against us.

How can you beat someone that's already lost everything?

I can't really fight.

My father died when I was seven. I guess I am interested in fatherlessness as a metaphor for vulnerability and unprotectedness. Being on your own in the world in a way you're not quite ready for, ever.

I can't even say what my greatest fear is because I, I can't even imagine. Being without my family... I can't even say it because it makes me cry.

The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.

Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.

Fear attracts attack.

Why should I? No one would wish to hurt me.

If there's something I hate the most, it's feeling helpless, powerless.

When you're standing in line at the airport, and your shoes are off, your belt is off, and your personal belongings are being closely scrutinized, and you're standing with your hands in the air, waiting to be patted down, do you feel protected? I don't. I feel like I'm the enemy.

Our adversaries no long fear us, and our enemies are plotting against us.

I know what it is like to feel vulnerable and fearful during a difficult time.

Cold and fire has a way of creeping into the tiniest crack in your courage and finding that coward.

I know this sounds ridiculous, but I'm not much of a fighter.

After the tragic events of Manchester, with the senseless loss of life and the fear that came from knowing my family was unsafe and that I was completely powerless to protect them, I went to a very dark place with no tools to handle the feelings that came along with the devastation of the attack.