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ORSON SCOTT CARD Grief, she reminded herself, is almost always for the mourner's loss.
ORSON SCOTT CARD The only way to retrieve a secret,once known, is to replace it with a lie.
ORSON SCOTT CARD I think you don't grow up until you stop worrying about other people's purposes or lack of them and ...
ORSON SCOTT CARD When you have wisdom that another person knows that he needs, you give it freely. But when the other...
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