Thanks from keeping me from being a liar," said Nikolai. "What?" "About your having diarrhea." "For you I'd get dysentery." "Now that's friendship.

One bachelor is an irritation. Ten thousand bachelors are a war.

Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way.

Like running the hurdles. Work so hard, jump over every one, fast, high enough but no higher, because you can't afford to hang in the air. And then, when the race is over, you're dripping with sweat, either they beat you or you beat them ... and then a couple of guys come out and move the hurdles out of the way. Turns out they were nothing. All that work to jump over them, but now they're gone.

Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.

The difference between science fiction and fantasy … is simply this: science fiction has rivets and fantasy has trees.

Ho said, 'I do not grieve because my feet have been cut off. I grieve because a precious jewel is dubbed a mere stone, and a man of integrity is called a deceiver. This is why I weep.'