More quotes by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

"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."
"We have to go. I'm almost happy here."
"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."
"You're a monster.Thanks. Does this mean I get a raise?No, just a medal. The budget isn't inexhaustable."
"I have hope for you, if only because you're the only one left to hope for."