Ender didn't like fighting. He didn't like Peter's kind, the strong against the weak, and he didn't like his own kind either, the smart against the stupid.

Unfortunately, we live in a time when the media are almost a monoculture.

Parents always make their worst mistakes with their oldest children. That's when parents know the least and care the most, so they're more likely to be wrong and also more likely to insist that they're right.

because if you can’t kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one will ever save you.

We're all trying to decide whether your scores up there are a miracle or a mistake." "A habit.

Once you duct-tape a Ziploc bag to a man's chest, there's no going back.

Rumors are the sauce of a dry life.