I am a disbeliever in the unbelievable.

An enemy, Ender Wiggin," whispered the old man. "I am your enemy, the first one you've ever had who was smarter than you. There…

— Orson Scott Card

“Home was merely a dull ache in the back of his memory. A tiredness in his eyes.”

— Orson Scott Card

“Every time, I've won because I could understand the way my enemy though. From what they did. I could tell what they though I…

— Orson Scott Card

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

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What else should you be? Human beings didn't evolve brains in order to lie around on lakes. Killing's the first thing we learned. And…

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“want my security system now?” Ender got up and walked away from his bed. “Ender,” said Alai. Ender turned around. Alai was holding a…

— Orson Scott Card

“You get all the pleasures of the puppeteer.”

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I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it

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“Ender Wiggin isn’t a killer. He just wins—thoroughly. If anybody’s going to be scared, let it be the buggers.” “Makes you almost feel sorry…

— Orson Scott Card

“The computer is also not famous for having mercy.”

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“We're going to make him the best military commander in history. And then put the fate of the world on his shoulders.”

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“Ender Wiggin isn't a killer. He just wins—thoroughly.”

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“We people only live on the top, like the bugs that live on the scum of the still water near the shore.”

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Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way.

— Orson Scott Card

There was no doubt now in Ender's mind. There was no help for him. Whatever he faced, now and forever, no on ewould save…

— Orson Scott Card