Quote #141531
As long as you keep getting born, it's alright to die some times.
Orson Scott Card
About This Quote
This quote needs no introduction—at least for now. We're working on adding more context soon.
Interpretation
The line treats death as tolerable—almost routine—when it is paired with renewal. Read literally, it suggests a cyclical view of existence: if life continually begins again (“keep getting born”), then individual deaths lose some of their finality and terror. Read metaphorically, it can also speak to repeated reinvention: careers, identities, relationships, or creative projects may “die” and be “reborn,” and that pattern makes setbacks survivable. The casual phrasing (“alright,” “some times”) underscores a pragmatic, even humorous stoicism: mortality or failure is not the end if continuity—biological, spiritual, or personal—persists.



