Orson Scott Card (Narrator)

"The price of victory is often higher than the cost of defeat."

"True strength lies in the ability to choose mercy."

"Distance lends perspective to the soul."

"The young are always expendable to those in power."

"Understanding breeds empathy, and empathy breeds conscience."

"They needed a child because children can be shaped."

"The ultimate warfare is against one's own conscience."

"Redemption requires acknowledging the past."

"Hope is the cruelest gift we give children."

"The only way forward is to face what you've done."

"None of the tests were real. Only the game mattered."

"The boy is a product of genetic engineering."

"Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them."

"He was willing to spend his life for this game."

"They wanted a commander, and they made a killer."

"He was too young to understand."

"Peter was a killer from the beginning."

"They thought he was the answer. But the answer came with a price."

"Children are cruel without knowing it."

"The simulation was perfect. Too perfect."

"His brilliance was both his gift and his curse."

"They used him, and he knew it."

"The boy had no choice. He never did."

"Victory came at a terrible cost."

"He was humanity's last hope."

"His childhood ended the day he arrived."

"They called him a hero. He knew the truth."

"He paid the price for humanity's survival."

"Games are the only place where life makes sense."

"He is ten years old and already he hates himself."