“For the first time, Ender had found a living mind he could admire.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Who else but a pacifist would attack somebody as little as Wiggin?” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Compassion is what you're good at. I'm better at complex searches through organized data structures.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“He felt like part of himself had been taken away, an inward prop that was holding up his courage and confidence.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Oh, I'll live Ender's life, too. It's so much more interesting than my own." ~Val — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
It's the teachers, they're the enemy. They get us to fight each other, to hate each other. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I didn't know how you'd get us out of that last one. But you did. You were good.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
It's about me, or people wouldn't be so anxious to keep me from knowing about it. The absence of information is information.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Ender understood more than she said. Manipulation of gravity was one thing; deception by the officers was another; but the most important… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“You're bigger than I remember," she said stupidly. "You too," he said. "I also remember that you were beautiful." "Memory does play… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life, Ender. The best you can do is choose to fill the roles… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“While you're governing the colony and I'm writing political philosophy, They'll never guess that in the darkness of night we sneak into… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it's due, so that defeat… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I don't care if I pass your test, I don't care if I follow your rules. If you can cheat, so can… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“As a child of privilege, no one is your friend. They will claim to be your friends, they will laugh at your… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I'll become exactly the tool you want me to be, said Ender silently, but at least I wont be fooled into it.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
You want to beat Peter?" she asked "No," he answered "Beat the buggers. Then come home and see who notices Peter Wiggen… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
nobody ever wrote to me saying"you know ender's game was a pretty good book, but you know what it really needs a… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Well, I'm your man. I'm the bloody bastard you wanted when you had me spawned. I'm your tool, and what difference does… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Ender's Game is set more than a century in the future and has nothing to do with political issues that did not… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Ender stepped under the water and rinsed himself, took the sweat of combat and let it run down the drain. All gone,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Peace. That's what salaam means. Peace unto you." The words brought forth an echo from Ender's memory. His mother's voice reading to… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The tribe is whatever we believe it is. If we say the tribe is all the Little Ones in the forest, and… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
What am I now, Alai?" "Still good." "At what?" "At--anything. There's a million soldiers who'd follow you to the end of the… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“He was not prepared to deal with my mistake, thought Jane, and he did not understand the suffering his response would cause… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“[That wall] might be breached sometime in the future, but for now the only real conversation between them was the roots that… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“In my dreams," said Ender, "I'm never sure whether I'm really me.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The classes were valuable, but the real education was the game.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth:… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Why did he hesitate? He finally admitted to himself that he was like an American child who was almost completely certain about Santa Claus,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I don't know of a soul who doesn't maintain two separate lists of doctrines - the ones they believe they believe; and the ones… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The devil?” Jason heaved the tick over his shoulder like a collier with his sack. “Satan. The adversary. The enemy of the plan of… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“What we've done is make the categories of science fiction and fantasy larger, freer, and more inclusive than any other genre of contemporary literature.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Ender, for the past few months you have been the battle commander of our fleets. This was the Third Invasion. There were no games,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image