Ender's Game

"I am not going to cry. I will not let them see me cry."

"The buggers are not the real enemy."

"Understanding does not require agreement."

"He might even be happy."

"I never asked for any of this."

"We were playing for keeps."

"A child's greatest strength is his ability to change."

"The only thing that distinguishes a good strategy from a bad strategy is that it works."

"I am not a killer. I'm a tool."

"Children are more efficient than adults."

"If I am to kill the Formic Queen, I must understand her utterly."

"The mind is the matter. It doesn't matter."

"I have to know how other people think, know how they see things."

"Most people are not going to look beneath the surface anyway."

"He was afraid of being afraid."

"Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing."

"I can imagine it. I just don't believe it."

"Humans are not insects. We're not going to learn to live like them."

"The enemy's gate is down."

"You're not the only one who has ever felt this way. You're not even the only one who feels this way now."

"Ender's Game is played by children, but for adults."

"In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him."

"I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they want to be loved."

"The greatest strategy is to make your enemy your friend."

"I will find a way to redeem what I have done."

"Forgiveness is harder than any battle."

"They wanted a hero, but they created a weapon instead."

"The buggers were intelligent enough to understand surrender."

"Battle School teaches more than military strategy."

"I am not what they made me. I am what I choose to be."