1,174 Quotes by Orson Scott Card

I don’t freeze up because it isn’t my battle. I’m helping. I’m watching. But I’m free. Because it’s Ender’s game.

Buut how to fight with singers, how to win a gift that could only be given freely- those were questions whose answers could not be found.

My needs are simple and few, thought Valentine. Food. Clothing. A comfortable place to sleep. And no idiots!

That’s why he hates you, because you didn’t suffer when he tried to punish you.

An interesting side effect of the battle was that Ender emerged at the top of the soldier efficiency list. Since he hadn’t fired a shot, he had a perfect record on shooting – no misses at all. And since he had never been eliminated or disabled, his percentage there was excellent. No one else came close. It made a lot of boys laugh, and others were angry, but on the prized efficiency list, Ender was now the leader.

I sold my brother,” Valentine said, “and they paid me for it.

Once you have the gallows, you’ll find new reasons to hang people from it.

Let’s fly away and live forever.

Soldiers can sometimes make decisions that are smarter than the orders they’ve been given.