Mazer, i don't want to keep dreaming these things. I'm afraid to sleep. I keep thinking of things i don't want to remember. My whole life keeps playing out as if i were a recorder and someone else wanted to watch the most terrible parts of my life

If only we were wiser or better people, perhaps the gods would explain to us the mad, unbearable things they do.

Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something. Maybe humanity needs me—to find out what you're good for. We might both do despicable things, Ender, but if humankind survives, then we were good tools.

In a way she actually preferred Peter to other people because of this. He always acted out of intelligent self-interest.

There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you

At last he came to a door, with these words in glowing emeralds: THE END OF THE WORLD He did not hesitate. He opened the door and stepped through.

Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day.