Ender Wiggin

Character in Ender's Game From: Ender's Game

Child prodigy and military commander; protagonist

266 quotes

"I didn't want to come here. You took me."
Freedom
"The only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater consciousness and to fight for a world in which the maximum degree of freedom expresses itself."
Philosophy
"I am the one, but I am not the only."
Wisdom
"They cannot make me into what they want."
"I have to know what I really am."
Truth
"The war is over. I won. I won."
Success
"I am very small and afraid, but I must know the truth."
Courage
"They made me do what they wanted."
"I will not believe that we can't win."
Hope
"I speak the truth when no one else will."
Courage
"Forgive me."
"I'm not a killer. I never wanted to kill anyone. I'm not a killer."
"In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, I'm ready to forgive him."
Wisdom
"The humans didn't want to destroy us. They wanted to destroy the buggers."
Truth
"I could see how someone might look at my life and say I had no childhood at all."
Education
"I have to know how to lead without anyone knowing I'm leading them."
Leadership
"I understand now why the buggers attacked us."
"I am not a killer. But I was made into one."
"The only winning move is not to play."
Wisdom
"Knowledge is power, and they wanted me to have it all."
Knowledge
"I never wanted to hurt anyone. I was just playing the game."
"I can understand anything if I try hard enough."
Knowledge
"They made me do this. But I did it."
"The buggers and the humans could have lived together."
Peace
"I will not lose. I will not lose. I will not lose."
Perseverance
"They wanted a military genius, but they got a murderer instead."
"I am not the chosen one. I am the only one."
"To understand all is to forgive all."
"They gave me no choice, but they made me choose."
Freedom
"I would rather live than play."
Life