Ender's Game

Book · 6 characters · 625 quotes · 1985

Quotes from Ender's Game

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"His childhood ended the moment he arrived at Battle School."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"I am not what they made me into."
Ender Wiggin
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"He carried the weight of two worlds."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"I understand you now. That's why I'm sorry."
Ender Wiggin
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"Isolation was his greatest strength and his deepest wound."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Solitude
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"The young are always more capable than we believe."
Graff
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"They made me do this. I didn't choose this path."
Ender Wiggin Freedom
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"I want to go home."
Ender Wiggin Hope
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"Understanding is the first step to peace."
Mazer Rackham Peace
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"He was the hope and the doom of humanity."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"The game is more real than reality."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Technology
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"I am not a killer. I am what I had to become."
Ender Wiggin Truth
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"He was a weapon, and weapons have no choice."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Freedom
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"Humanity's survival depended on a child."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"Leadership is not about dominance. It's about understanding."
Mazer Rackham Leadership
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"I will not kill again."
Ender Wiggin Peace
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"He understood them better than they understood themselves."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Knowledge
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"The enemy's gate is down."
Ender Wiggin Motivation
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"In the moment of victory, I was most alone."
Ender Wiggin Solitude
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"You are too good to let live."
Peter Wiggin Power
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"I didn't want to hurt anyone. I only wanted to win."
Ender Wiggin Justice
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"The only way to save humanity was to end the war before it began."
Graff War
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"He was already a legend."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Leadership
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"What if I'm wrong? What if there was a way to live in peace?"
Ender Wiggin Peace
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"Fantasy is the imagination's way of coping with reality."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Imagination
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"He was a boy who had never known a moment of peace."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"I can't do this alone."
Ender Wiggin Friendship
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"The humans wouldn't fight unless they had a reason to fear us."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) War
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"Whatever you do, Ender, whatever you become, it won't change what you've already done."
Valentine Wiggin Family
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"You have to be willing to hurt in order to be great."
Graff Strength