The best thing about my job, though, is stopping at the end of the day and rejoining the human universe.

The only people who ever prize purity of ignorance are those who profit from a monopoly on knowledge.

"We've devoted our lives to learning about them!" Miro said. Ender stopped. "Not from them."

I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one.

An enemy, Ender Wiggin," whispered the old man. "I am your enemy, the first one you've ever had who was smarter than you. There is no teacher but the enemy. No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you how to destroy and conquer. Only the enemy shows you where you are weak. Only the enemy tells you where he is strong. And the rules of the game are what you can do to him and what you can stop him from doing to you. I am your enemy from now on. From now on I am your teacher.

Then you're dead, too, sweet little sister.' Oh, yes,' said Valentine. 'They'll believe that. "I didn't know it would kill Andrew. And when he was dead, I didn't know it will kill Valentine too.

I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas.