Quotes In Ender's Game Novels & Stories

It echoed off every cliff, every rock, every broken shelf. "CONGRADULATION TO EVERY SURVIVORS. THE GAME HAS ENDED." Ezra's grip didn't loosen. His face was still inches from mine, his breath hot on my cold skin. "THE SCORES HAS COME IN. WE HAVE A WINNER!" The blood from my nose dripped onto his hand. My heart jumped to my throat. “AND THE WINNER GOES TO—"

Who knows how l will end up? The fourth prince happened to see Er Lin's discomfited appearance and it reminded him of the white moonlight in his heart - the woman he had to give up in order to gain power and possibly become emperor. In the end, he chose Er Lin. Both Du Xiang and Er Lin had to offer up their wrists so that the princes knew they were virgins and then they stood behind the prince who picked them.

One month ago. That was exactly when I had been injured and burning with fever, and he had disappeared completely. My breathing faltered. My mind went blank. My fingers trembled so violently that I could barely hold the communicator. So he had already been with Seraphine. He was not asking for my consent. He was informing me. In his vision of the future, I had never been included. The communicator vibrated again, pulling me back. It was Eryndor Valerius, my teacher from the Obsidian Pack, the Holy Healer.

He covered for me in meetings, nudged water toward my hand, cursed under his breath when I pushed a session past midnight and showed up hollow-eyed at drills. “You can’t live on smoke and memory,” he muttered one afternoon in the war room, shoving a plate of food across the table. “Eat.” “I’m fine.” “Eat,” he said again, this time using my name. “Ryder.” I took a bite to shut him up. It tasted like nothing. Kara took a softer approach. She left soup outside the prayer room some nights with a folded note: She’d make you finish this. A small heart drew itself at the corner. I wasn’t the type to smile at paper, but my mouth twitched anyway.

"The endgame..." "...starts now."

said Kira wistfully. “I still believe there is someone out there for everyone Kira. One day your prince will come,” said Amber. Annalee sighed and pulled the flower crown from her head, “Girls like us aren’t given happy endings.” Amber picked up the crown from the table and placed it back on Annalee. “No, we take them,” Amber said. “I’ll toast to that,” said Kira. They all picked up a crystal water goblet from the table. They clicked their glasses together and drank deeply. Red lipstick stains adorned their glasses like scarlet letters. Seemingly wanting to mark them for what they were. What the world thought of them. But fuck that shit.

With the little sounds I could hear, there was a battle of bullet exchange not too far from us. I couldn’t stand for long on my two feet and Hunter noticed as he gripped me against his chest and began yelling. “ HELP! SHIT… HELP!!!” Slowly I was losing consciousness as I fought to stay awake. Before everything became black the last thing I heard was. “ Iris please don’t leave me” Or …. I’m not so sure. So I guess that’s how it ends?

Their connection had become stronger than ever, almost frighteningly strong. The stranger watched carefully, then quietly said, "I told them it wouldn't matter." The Architect looked away, the guilt on her face unmistakable. The End finally spoke, its ancient voice echoing softly through reality. YOU ALWAYS FIND EACH OTHER. Silence followed as the words settled over existence itself. Ava looked up. "What?" The End regarded her with something almost resembling kindness. IN EVERY LIFE. The network trembled. IN EVERY WORLD. The stars brightened. IN EVERY POSSIBILITY.

KEY AUTHOR – CYCLE 271. BOUND ESCORT – RETIREMENT. CHAMPION – PERPETUAL. And then there were the generic ones: STANDARD ENDING. ALTERNATE ENDING. TRAGIC ENDING. ERASURE. It looked like the game had drafted blueprints for every way we might end. “This is like walking through the world’s worst spoiler section,” Jax muttered. “Ten out of ten, do not recommend.” “Stay within sightlines,” Corvin said. His voice still came out a little rough from where the Admin had squeezed it. “We don’t know what happens if someone gets lost in their own door.”

Ender studied the nun thoughtfully before he spoke, "I will see you this evening then. I'll see myself out" Rising from his chair, Ender left the room and Sister Ann leaned back in her chair, her hands steepled under her chin and her eyes closed in thought. As Ender strode down the hall, the door to the nun's office opened and the Mother Superior stepped inside, closing the door behind her with a soft click.