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It's the teachers, they're the enemy. They get us to fight each other, to hate each other.

It's the teachers, they're the enemy. They get us to fight each other, to hate each other.

Orson Scott Card
Teacher, Hate, Fighting
Orson Scott Card (2010). “Ender's Game”, p.80, Macmillan

The funny thing was, you see, that Mike Fink didn't think of himself as a murderer. He thought of life as a contest, and dying was what happened to those who came out second best, but it wasn't the same as murder, it was a fair fight.

Orson Scott Card
Fighting, Thinking, Funny Things
Orson Scott Card (2009). “Red Prophet: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.235, Macmillan

It was just him and me. He fought with honor. If it weren't for his honor, he and the others would have beaten me together. They might have killed me, then. His sense of honor saved my life. I didn't fight with honor . . . I fought to win.

Orson Scott Card
Life, Fighting, Winning
Orson Scott Card (2010). “Ender's Game”, p.143, Macmillan

The society whose citizens are willing to stand and fight is the one with the best chance of surviving long enough for history to even notice.

Orson Scott Card
Fighting, Long, Citizens

I have to win this now, and for all time, or I’ll fight it every day and it will get worse and worse.

Orson Scott Card
Fighting, Winning, Enders Game
Orson Scott Card (2010). “Ender's Game”, p.21, Macmillan

It's the problem with age. You have all these rusty arguments, and no quarrel to use them in. My brain is a museum, but alas, I'm the only visitor, and even I am not terribly interested in the displays.

Orson Scott Card
Love, Fighting, Museums
Orson Scott Card (2010). “Heartfire: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.236, Macmillan

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