“When words are real enough, when they’re the exact right words, when what you’re saying matters, when it’s beautiful and perfect and true—it hurts.”
“Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along―the same person that I am today.”
― Ender’s Game
― Ender’s Game
“Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something. Maybe humanity needs me—to find out what you're good for. We might both do despicable things, Ender, but if humankind survives, then we were good tools.”
― Ender’s Game
― Ender’s Game
“Waiting for something to start is always worse than when it does.”
― The Dark Vault
― The Dark Vault
“Peter, you're twelve years old. I'm ten. They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice.”
― Ender’s Game
― Ender’s Game
“Ender Wiggin isn't a killer. He just wins—thoroughly.”
― Ender’s Game
― Ender’s Game
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