Ender's Game

Book · 6 characters · 625 quotes · 1985

Quotes from Ender's Game

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"Innovation comes from understanding your enemy completely."
Mazer Rackham
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"We were children playing games with the fate of worlds."
Ender Wiggin
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"They made me a monster and then were horrified by what I became."
Ender Wiggin
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"I would rather live than play."
Ender Wiggin Life
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"Childhood is a luxury we cannot afford."
Graff
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"The war is already won—they just needed to know it."
Mazer Rackham
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"Genius is the ability to see connections others cannot."
Graff Knowledge
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"They gave me no choice, but they made me choose."
Ender Wiggin Freedom
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"Love makes us vulnerable, but it also makes us human."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Love
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"To understand all is to forgive all."
Ender Wiggin
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"I am not the chosen one. I am the only one."
Ender Wiggin
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"The games are real, and the consequences are eternal."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Truth
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"They wanted a military genius, but they got a murderer instead."
Ender Wiggin
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"You don't win a game by cheating, but by understanding it completely."
Mazer Rackham Wisdom
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"I will not lose. I will not lose. I will not lose."
Ender Wiggin Perseverance
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"Fear is the greatest weapon of all."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Fear
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"The buggers and the humans could have lived together."
Ender Wiggin Peace
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"A child's mind is capable of anything."
Graff Education
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"They made me do this. But I did it."
Ender Wiggin
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"I can understand anything if I try hard enough."
Ender Wiggin Knowledge
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"The real enemy is anyone who chooses to believe lies."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Truth
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"You are the hope of mankind."
Graff Hope
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"I never wanted to hurt anyone. I was just playing the game."
Ender Wiggin
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"Knowledge is power, and they wanted me to have it all."
Ender Wiggin Knowledge
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"We needed a leader, and they gave us a child."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Leadership
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"The only winning move is not to play."
Ender Wiggin Wisdom
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"I am not a killer. But I was made into one."
Ender Wiggin
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"Children can be taught to think of themselves as invincible."
Graff
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"I understand now why the buggers attacked us."
Ender Wiggin
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"The trick is not becoming trapped by either hate or love."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Wisdom