Make friends. Be a leader. Kiss butts if you have to, but if the other guys despise you-you know what I mean?

The selective voluntary blindness of human beings allows them to ignore the moral consequences of their choices. It has been one of the species' most valuable traits, in terms of the survival of any particular human community.

And then he thought: Is this how idiots rationalize their stupidity to themselves?

We were all fated to die, and so it is good that at least we can be sure our deaths today might bring about a good end, might make the world a better place.

Poke gave him life. Ender gave it meaning.

I'll have that someday, thought Peter. Someone who'll kiss me good-bye at the door. Or maybe just someone to put a blindfold over my head before they shoot me. Depending on how things turn out.

Science isn't done by consensus. It's done by rigorous testing.