I doubt that America will come to Europe again. You'll be on your own against militant Islam.

If only we were wiser or better people, perhaps the gods would explain to us the mad, unbearable things they do.

Oh, I'll live Ender's life, too. It's so much more interesting than my own." ~Val

We need a Napoleon. An Alexander. Except that Napoleon lost in the end, and Alexander flamed out and died young. We need a Julius Caesar, except that he made himself a dictator, and died for it.

Americans love to pick up, move on, start over. But instead of being somebody fresh and new, they become somebody lonely and lost, or, far too often these days, they become nobody at all, a machine for satisfying hunger, without loyalty or honor or duty.

I didn't want to see you." "They told me." "I was afraid that I'd still love you." "I hoped that you would.

Thank God for you, Ender. Thank God.