“Rather than arriving five hours late and flustered, it would be better all around if he were to arrive five hours and a few extra minutes late, but triumphantly in command.”
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“An enemy, Ender Wiggin," whispered the old man. "I am your enemy, the first one you've ever had who was smarter than you. There is no teacher but the enemy. No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you how to destroy and conquer. Only the enemy shows you where you are weak. Only the enemy tells you where he is strong. And the rules of the game are what you can do to him and what you can stop him from doing to you. I am your enemy from now on. From now on I am your teacher.”
― Ender’s Game
― Ender’s Game
“It was his subconscious which told him this---that infuriating part of a person's brain which never responds to interrogation, merely gives little meaningful nudges and then sits humming quietly to itself, saying nothing.”
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“I'm putting you in Dink Meeker's toon. From now on, as far as you're concerned, Dink Meeker is God."
"Then who are you?"
"The personnel officer who hired God.”
― Ender’s Game
"Then who are you?"
"The personnel officer who hired God.”
― Ender’s Game
“I also remembered that you were beautiful."
"Memory does play tricks on us."
"No. Your face is the same, but I don't remember what beautiful means anymore.”
― Ender’s Game
"Memory does play tricks on us."
"No. Your face is the same, but I don't remember what beautiful means anymore.”
― Ender’s Game
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