As a species, we have evolved to survive. And the way we do it is by straining and straining and, at last,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
it was all your genes that made us geniuses, mom. said peter. we sure didn't get any from dad. i heard that.… — 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
“In my dreams," said Ender, "I'm never sure whether I'm really me.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“When it comes down to it, though, the real decision is inevitable: If one of us has to be destroyed, let's make… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Just because they didn't know they were killing human beings doesn't mean they weren't killing human beings.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“You don't know what would have happened if I hadn't pushed. Nobody knows. I did it the way I did it, and… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The classes were valuable, but the real education was the game.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“He woke up and fought another battle and won. Then he went to bed and slept again and dreamed again and then… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“As the doctor treated the wound, Mazer said, " I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out… — 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
“Don't make fun of me!" Ender said. "I'm afraid I'm going crazy.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“For the first time, Ender had found a living mind he could admire.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I'll go from world to world until I find a time and place where you can come awake in safety. And I'll… — 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
