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Peter Wiggin
Ender’s older sister, Valentine Wiggin is gentle and kind—even more so than Ender himself. She’s fiercely intelligent, even if she lacks the same drive as her brothers. For years, Valentine is Ender’s protector and teacher, and as a result, they continue to love one another even after Ender is shipped off to Battle School and forbidden from communicating with his sister. Whereas Ender ultimately influences the world via his military genius, Valentine turns to writing and politics as methods of control. Writing under the pseudonym Demosthenes, she pushes world leaders toward war, deliberately allowing Peter, writing under the pseudonym Locke, to swoop in and bring about peace—ensuring Peter’s rise to power.
Valentine Wiggin Quotes in Ender’s Game
The Ender’s Game quotes below are all either spoken by Valentine Wiggin or refer to Valentine Wiggin. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 13
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He caught her wrist in his hand. His grip was very strong, even though his hands were smaller than hers and his own arms were slender and tight. For a moment he looked dangerous; then he relaxed. “Oh, yes,” he said. “You used to tickle me.”
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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.
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Chapter 15
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“Val,” he said, “I just want one thing clear. I’m not going for you. I’m not going in order to be governor, or because I’m bored here. I’m going because I know the Buggers better than any other living soul, and maybe if I go there I can understand them better. I stole their future from them; I can only begin to repay by seeing what I can learn from their past.”
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Valentine Wiggin Quotes in Ender’s Game
The Ender’s Game quotes below are all either spoken by Valentine Wiggin or refer to Valentine Wiggin. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 13
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He caught her wrist in his hand. His grip was very strong, even though his hands were smaller than hers and his own arms were slender and tight. For a moment he looked dangerous; then he relaxed. “Oh, yes,” he said. “You used to tickle me.”
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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.
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Chapter 15
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“Val,” he said, “I just want one thing clear. I’m not going for you. I’m not going in order to be governor, or because I’m bored here. I’m going because I know the Buggers better than any other living soul, and maybe if I go there I can understand them better. I stole their future from them; I can only begin to repay by seeing what I can learn from their past.”
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