Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card is an American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist and columnist. He writes in several genres but is known best for science fiction. His novel Ender's Gameand its sequel Speaker for the Deadboth won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both science fiction's top U.S. prizes in consecutive years. A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card co-produced, was released in late October 2013 in Europe and on November 1, 2013, in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth24 August 1951
CountryUnited States of America
Remember, the enemy's gate is down.
We've devoted our lives to learning about them!" Miro said. Ender stopped. "Not from them.
So the whole war is because we can't talk to each other.
If the other fellow can't tell you his story, you can never be sure he isn't trying to kill you.
I have to win this now, and for all time, or I’ll fight it every day and it will get worse and worse.
Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life, Ender.
Nonsense," said Graff. "Ender always has plans within plans.
Poke gave him life. Ender gave it meaning.
There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you
Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.
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.
There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world.
Oh, I'll live Ender's life, too. It's so much more interesting than my own." ~Val
That's the problem with winning right from the start, thought Ender. you lose friends.