Apparently the Dutch now prided themselves on being better at queues than the English, which was absurd, because standing cheerfully in line was the English national sport.

Don’t win loyalty, just obedience, and only while the lash is in the room.

This is the Speaker for the Dead? Judging someone by appearances?" "Maybe I've fallen in love with Grego." "You've always been a sucker for people who pee on you.

A duel is just two murders who agree to take turns trying to kill each other.

That's the problem with winning right from the start, thought Ender. you lose friends.

Love is finding that the things you like best about yourself are not in you at all, but in the person who completes you

I want to be the kind of boy you are, thought Bean. But I don’t want to go through what you’ve been through to get there.