Stilson

short-lived bully


Quotes (About)

He dropped. It took Ender by surprise—he hadn't thought to put Stilson on the ground with one kick. It didn't occur to him that Stilson didn't take a fight like this seriously, that he wasn't prepared for a truly desperate blow.

  • by Orson Scott Card
  • about Ender Wiggin, Stilson

    • They were all wondering if he was dead. Ender, however, was trying to figure out a way to forestall vengeance. To keep them from taking him in a pack tomorrow. I have to win this now, and for all time, or I'll fight it every day and it will get worse and worse.

  • by Orson Scott Card, Ender Wiggin
  • about Ender Wiggin, Stilson

    • "Tell me why you kept on kicking him. You had already won."

    "Knocking him down won the first fight. I wanted to win all the next ones, too. So they'd leave me alone."

  • Orson Scott Card, Ender Wiggin, Hyrum Graff

    • "The final step in your testing was to see what would happen when the monitor came off. We don't always do it that way, but in your case—"

    "And he passed?" Mother was incredulous. "Putting the Stilson boy in the hospital? What would you have done if Andrew killed him, given him a medal?"

    "It isn't what he did, Mrs. Wiggin. It's why."

  • Orson Scott Card, Hyrum Graff, Mrs. Wiggin