I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration. - Orson Scott Card

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I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

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About Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American author working in numerous genres. He is best known for his novel Ender's Game and its many sequels. Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead were both awarded the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award.

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Pen Names: Brian Green Frederick Bliss Bryan Green P. Q. Gump Byron Walley
Alternative Names: Scott Richards Dinah Kirkham P.Q. Gump Byron S. Walley Noam D. Pellume

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Men like Jackson were so upright and honest-seeming, but Hooch knew that there wasn't no such thing as a good man, just a man who wasn't bought yet, or wasn't in deep enough trouble, or didn't have the guts to reach out and take what he wanted. That's all that virtue ever boiled down to, so far as Hooch ever saw in his life.

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