Ender's Game

Book · 6 characters · 625 quotes · 1985

Quotes from Ender's Game

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"He paid the price for humanity's survival."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"The game was never a game at all."
Ender Wiggin
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"They called him a hero. He knew the truth."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Truth
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"His childhood ended the day he arrived."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Time
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"To win, you must become what you hate."
Mazer Rackham War
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"The enemy was never outside. It was within."
Ender Wiggin Philosophy
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"He was humanity's last hope."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Hope
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"Victory came at a terrible cost."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"I became the thing they feared most."
Ender Wiggin Power
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"The boy had no choice. He never did."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Freedom
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"They used him, and he knew it."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Truth
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"His brilliance was both his gift and his curse."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Wisdom
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"The simulation was perfect. Too perfect."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Technology
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"He was the best student I ever had."
Mazer Rackham Education
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"I understand now. I understand what you made me do."
Ender Wiggin Knowledge
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"The game is everything."
Graff
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"Children are cruel without knowing it."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Nature
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"He was born to command."
Mazer Rackham
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"I didn't want to be a killer, but they made me one."
Ender Wiggin
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"The boy must be tested to his limits."
Graff Perseverance
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"Isolation is the key to his strength."
Graff
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"They thought he was the answer. But the answer came with a price."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"Peter was a killer from the beginning."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"He thinks he's playing a game. He doesn't know it's real."
Graff
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"I am a murderer."
Ender Wiggin Truth
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"The enemy's gate is down."
Mazer Rackham Imagination
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"He was too young to understand."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) Time
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"Winning is everything."
Graff Motivation
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"The greatest power is knowing what not to do."
Mazer Rackham Wisdom
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"They wanted a commander, and they made a killer."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator) War