I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what... - 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."

"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."

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

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

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