Carolina Quotes“I was ordained,” said the preacher. “No one ordains artists. They ordain themselves.” Just as Taleswapper had expected. The preacher retreated to authority as soon as he feared his ideas could not stand on their own merit. Reasonable argument was impossible when authority became the arbiter.
Orson Scott Card Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Chapter 9.
- work
- Seventh Son (1987)
- year
- 1987
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““I was ordained,” said the preacher. “No one ordains artists…” Orson Scott Card. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-21716AB8BA. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/21716ab8ba
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