More quotes by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

"You're a monster.Thanks. Does this mean I get a raise?No, just a medal. The budget isn't inexhaustable."
"Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf."
"Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be."
"We have to go. I'm almost happy here."
"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."