“ We people only live on the top, like the bugs that live on the scum of the still water near the shore. Orson Scott Card
“ No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that redeems them, a… Orson Scott Card
“ Don't judge me until you understand me. You can't understand me if you've already judged me. Orson Scott Card
“ I’m not one to despise other people for their sins. I haven’t found one yet, that I didn’t say to myself, I’ve done worse than this. Orson Scott Card
“ I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid. Orson Scott Card
“ There was no doubt now in Ender's mind. There was no help for him. Whatever he faced, now and forever, no on ewould save him from it. Peter might be scum, but Peter had been right, always right; the p… Orson Scott Card
“ Graff had isolated Ender to make him struggle. To make him prove, not that he was competent, but that he was far better than everyone else. That was the only way he could win respect and friendship. I… Orson Scott Card
“ I thought commanders could order anything.They can order the moon to turn blue, too, but it doesn't happen. Listen, Ender, commanders have just as much authority as you let them have. The more you obe… Orson Scott Card
“ What else should you be? Human beings didn't evolve brains in order to lie around on lakes. Killing's the first thing we learned. And a good thing we did, or we'd be dead, and the tigers would own the… Orson Scott Card
