Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

"I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves."

"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."

"You're a monster.Thanks. Does this mean I get a raise?No, just a medal. The budget isn't inexhaustable."

"In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them.... I destroy them."

"Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf."

"I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves."

"Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be."

"I have hope for you, if only because you're the only one left to hope for."

"If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault."

"We have to go. I'm almost happy here."