L.B. Scott Quotes

Stupidity is the chlorine that cleans out the gene pool.

It was a soulless gaze, burning with a wild hatred that shouldn’t be there in anyone who could call themselves a parent.

at last he understood that he has always been forgiven and worthy of love, and that no one could take that from him, that not even he could take that from himself.

It's harder to be afraid of something you understand

We thought we were the only thinking beings in the universe, until we met you, but never did we dream that thought could arise from the lonely animals who cannot dream each other's dreams.

The kid is scary.

The ultimate downfall of the computerized holographic receptionist was that there was no amount of flattery, flirtation or chocolate that could convince one to lie for you.

Nothing helps your partner keep his mind on Jesus more than having a sign of His love tanned on your primary erogenous zones.

Colonel Graff: We won! That's all that matters.Ender Wiggin: No. The way we win matters.

He spent the afternoon alone in the streets.

Then, as Father had trained him, Rigg thought past his feelings.

What do you think books will look like 50 years from now.

I will never hurt you.I will always help you.If you are hungryIll give you my food.If you are frightenedI am your friend.I love you now.And love does not end.

Mislaid flame of tender emotionsRekindled.Together we live to the point of tears, I wouldn’t want it any other way.

There can be no law of nature, no science, No aberrant infliction of human willThat unchained the soul cannot conquer, Simply sweep away, should it chose to.

Sacred space in whichTo distil, like amber, The best of your love.

(Rigg) had often complained that all these languages were useless, and Father had only said, "A man who speaks but one language understands none.

You’re beautiful. If you believe it, they’ll believe it.

I am a new universe beginning to expand.

Love gives us a heightened consciousness through which to apprehend the world, but anger gives us a precise, detached perception of its own.

My love and anger are in deep conversation these days, teaching and learning from one another. I'm doing my best to stay open to all of it.I’m curious to see what love does with all my anger.

The emotion she could deal with best was anger.

I didn't want to hurt him!" Ender cried. "Why didn't he just leave me alone!

Familiarity has a way of filing the sharp edges off our feelings for other people. You'll see.

Carn Carby left, and ender mentally added him to his private list of people who also qualified as human beings.

For the first time, Ender had found a living mind he could admire.

In his mind, that's what made a man a man, that he protected those he cared about. Those he loved.

Sheep sheep are adorable.Human sheep, not so much.Think for yourself, for flock’s sake.

I have yet to figure out a better way to combat hate than to love harder.

You can forget how to hate, but you can never forget how to love.

Ugly doesn't have a color. It lives among selfishness and hate

That's why he hates you, because you didn't suffer when he tried to punish you.

Being here alone with nothing to do, I've been thinking about myself too. Trying to understand why I hate myself so badly.

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him...

Doing the right thing is the surest path to public condemnation.

If moral truths do not exist as a foundation for law, then law itself becomes merely a system of raw political power accountable to no one.

If you see an old man talking to himself, he might not be a fool or crazy. He might be sharing a conversation with the past, warmed by a memory he need not reveal.

Batman was human. He had no powers. He stood next to Gods and said, "I handle my city.

You are all kinds of beautiful and I love you like crazy.

I will forever remind you that you are gifted, strong and beautiful, exactly as you are. Will you forever remind yourself, too?

There was nothing the ignorant prized more than the ignorance of others.

If ignorance is on the march, stand aside and let it pass you by.

Shame lies. All the time. About everything. Don’t believe your shame.

Sometimes lies are more dependable than the truth.

I assure you that in all matters of discretion not involving food, we make etiquette tutors look like slobbering barbarians.

Who are we but the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, and believe?

Human beings *do* metamorphose. They change their identity constantly. However, each new identity thrives on the delusion that it was always in possession of the body it has just conquered.

A life of Wisdom must be a life of contemplation and action

Wrong turns make the right turn all the more worthwhile, once discovered.

I used to measure myself against other people, but I always came up short. Now, I try to figure out what I really want, and measure myself against that.