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Ender's World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender's Game QUOTES

1 " But most of those to whom Ender's Game feels most important are those who, like me, feel themselves to be perpetually outside their most beloved communities, never able to come inside and feel confident of belonging. "

― Orson Scott Card , Ender's World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender's Game

2 " Loneliness is at the heart of Ender's Game, and the reason it works so well is because it carries with it the firm assurance that even though Ender never feels himself to belong,the reader knows he does belong, that he is the ultimate insider even though he stands outside. "

― Orson Scott Card , Ender's World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender's Game

3 " Ender’s Game is not simply a story of an exceptional child who must outwit aliens in order to save the human race—it is the story of an exceptional child who fears he is a monster and is tricked into doing something monstrous. "

― Orson Scott Card , Ender's World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender's Game

4 " The great dilemma of human life is that we are all strangers in a strange land. Genetically we are disposed to be communitarian. Even the worst misanthrope needs human company, hungers for it. And no matter how individualistic we are, no matter how self-motivated, other people have strange and terrible powers over us. They can fill us with joy just by saying completely stupid things like “Good job” or “You were so cool.” We are so hungry for the approval of the community that a pat on the back from someone we despise still makes us feel good. Even if we’re ashamed of feeling good, we feel it. It "

― Orson Scott Card , Ender's World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender's Game