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.

If you listen very carefully, you can hear the good fairy come in the night and leave our assignment for tomorrow.

You’re not a human being until you value something more than the life of your body. And the greater the thing you live and die for the greater you are.

The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.

The worst thing about the fantasies of the mentally ill is that they're so damned consistent. They never let up. They never give you any rest.

With life. Rooter says that life is how God gives purpose to the universe.

You killed more people than anybody in history." "Be the best at whatever you do, that's what my mother always told me.