Orson Scott Card Quotes

I think it's a mistake to miss out on joy just because you have pain.

I don't care what you do to me, but I don't want you to hurt me. I've had enough hurt already in my life. More than enough. Now I want to be happy.

The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.

Pain is a byproduct of life. That’s the truth. Life sometimes sucks. That’s true for everyone. But if you don’t face the pain and the suck, you don’t ever get the other things either. Laughter. Joy. Love. Pain passes, but those things are worth fighting for. Worth dying for.

The trick is not how much pain you feel - but how much joy you feel

Suffering is the pain of constraints. An atom of pure delight, no matter how small, can hold it at bay.

Well, it's true that I have been hurt in my life. Quite a bit. But it's also true that I have loved, and been loved. And that carries a weight of its own. A greater weight, in my opinion. It's like that pie chart we talked about earlier. In the end, I'll look back on my life and see that the greatest piece of it was love. The problems, the divorces, the sadness... those will be there too, but just smaller slivers, tiny pieces.

Some things you just don't get over.

there is nothing to be done. only accept it... and hurt.

Pain is a part of being alive, and we need to learn that. Pain does not last forever, nor is it necessarily unbeatable, and we need to be taught that.

And yet, I found I could survive. I was alert, I felt the pain - the aching loss that radiated out from my chest, sending wracking waves of hurt through my limbs and head - but it was manageable. I could live through it. I didn't feel like the pain had weakened over time, rather that I'd grown strong enough to bear it.

Love alone makes heavy burdens light and bears in equal balance things pleasing and displeasing. Love bears a heavy burden and does not feel it, and love makes bitter things tasteful and sweet.

What's the point of being sad?" he says. "We're here now.

Unfortunately, it is much easier to shut one's eyes to good than to evil. Pain and sorrow knock at our doors more loudly than pleasure and happiness; and the prints of their heavy footsteps are less easily effaced.

What doesn't hurt - is not life; what doesn't pass - is not happiness.

The hurt you embrace becomes joy.

Don’t worry about me handling the pain," I say. "I’ve had a lot of practice.

I shake my head, but I can’t change this. I can only bear the scars, as I have always done, as I ever do.

No more tears now; I will think about revenge.

When you're in pain, you're genuinely very, very alive, and that's beautiful. Especially emotional pain.

I want you to notice is that-right here, right now-you’re okay. You may be in pain, you may be in fear, you may be in grief. But you’re here, you’re surviving; this moment is okay.

It’s called mind over matter. If we don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” When a bit of me hurts, I always mind.

And if there's love, you can do without happiness too. Even with sorrow, life is sweet.

I don't burden myself too much with others' expectations - or even my own expectations. I think your happiness grows in direct proportion to your acceptance, and in inverse proportion to your expectations. It's just a matter of putting one foot in front of the other - or doing the next right thing, so to speak.