the seed of doubt was there, and it stayed, and every now and then sent out a little root. It changed everything, to have that seed growing. It made Ender listen more carefully to what people meant, instead of what they said. It made him wise.

For children love is a feeling; for adults, it is a decision. Children wait to learn if their love is true by seeing how long it lasts; adults make their love true by never wavering from their commitment.

An eye for an eye? How Christian of you.' Unbelievers always want other people to act like Christians.

It's the teachers, they're the enemy. They get us to fight each other, to hate each other.

Thank you for this, Peter. For dry eyes and silent weeping. You taught me how to hide anything i felt. More than ever, i need that now.

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

Human beings are free except when humanity needs them.