Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
"Ender began to eat, slowly and carefully, pretending not to notice he was the center of attention."
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"Ender began to eat, slowly and carefully, pretending not to notice he was the center of attention."
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
"I didn't want to kill them all. I didn't want to kill anybody! I'm not a killer! You didn't want me, you bastards, you wanted Peter, but you made me do it, you tricked me into it!"
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
"Ender didn't like fighting. He didn't like Peter's kind, the strong against the weak, and he didn't like his own kind either, the smart against the stupid."
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
"If you can cheat, so can I. I won't let you beat me unfairly - I'll beat you unfairly first."
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
"Do not be disingenuous with me, Colonel Graff. Americans are quite apt at playing stupid when they choose to, but I am not to be deceived."
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
"Soldiers can sometimes make decisions that are smarter than the orders they've been given."
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
"So I don't even get a chance to learn before I'm being judged."
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
"I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid."
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
"The have influence, but no power."In my experience, influence is power."
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
"As the doctor treated the wound, Mazer said, " I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school."
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
"Don't make fun of me!" Ender said. "I'm afraid I'm going crazy."
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
"I'll become exactly the tool you want me to be, said Ender silently, but at least I wont be fooled into it. I'll do it because I choose to, not because you tricked me, you sly bastard."
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
"In my dreams," said Ender, "I'm never sure whether I'm really me."
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
"You don't know what would have happened if I hadn't pushed. Nobody knows. I did it the way I did it, and it worked. Above all, it worked."
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
"I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it's due, so that defeat is not disgrace. And I hope I don't have to do it often."
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
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