And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me; and when you felt me slip away, you called my name.
Orson Scott CardRead
Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life, Ender.
Interpretation
Life is unpredictable and influenced by various factors beyond one's control.
This quote expresses the idea that humans are part of a larger web of existence, where individual autonomy is limited by external circumstances. It suggests that while we may strive for control over our own lives, many forces—be they social, environmental, or relational—shape our experiences and actions in ways we cannot entirely dictate.
In practice
This quote could be used in a motivational speech about resilience in the face of life's unpredictability.
And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me; and when you felt me slip away, you called my name.
The world is always a democracy in times of flux, and the man with the best voice will win.
Never mind that the story had turned out to be lies and foolishness—there was always folks stupid enough to say, Where there's smoke there's fire, when the saying should have been, Where there's scandalous lies there's always malicious believers and spreaders-around, regardless of evidence.
The lives of all people flow through time, and, regardless of how brutal one moment may be, how filled with grief or pain or fear, time flows through all lives equally.
You take a step, then another. That's the journey. But to take a step with your eyes open is not a journey at all, it's a remaking of your own mind.
I've had your tears with mine, and you've had mine with yours. I think that's more intimate even than a kiss.
A designer God cannot be used to explain organized complexity because any God capable of designing anything would have to be complex enough to demand the same kind of explanation in his own right.
What pride to discover that nothing belongs to you - what a revelation.
A man may be in as just possession of the truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.
We should show life neither as it is or as it ought to be, but only as we see it in our dreams.
Existentialism isn't so atheistic that it wears itself out showing that God doesn't exist. Rather, it declares that even if God did exist, that would change nothing.
We should all realize that no matter where or how a man dies, if he is in the state of mortal sin and does not repent, when he could have done so and did not, the Devil tears his soul from his body with such anguish and distress that only a person who has experienced it can appreciate it.
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