Madness, and then illumination.

So you love me," said Petra softly when the kiss ended. I'm a raging mass of hormones thet I'm too young to understand," said Bean. "You're a female of a closely related species. According to all the best primatologists, I really have no choice." That's nice," she said.

One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.

I've had your tears with mine, and you've had mine with yours. I think that's more intimate even than a kiss.

The great forces of history were real, after a fashion. But when you examined them closely, those great forces always came down to the dreams and hungers and judgments of individuals.

I'm crazy," said Ender. "But I think I'm OK.

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good,' to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community.