I'm crazy," said Ender. "But I think I'm OK.

The difference between science fiction and fantasy … is simply this: science fiction has rivets and fantasy has trees.

Ho said, 'I do not grieve because my feet have been cut off. I grieve because a precious jewel is dubbed a mere stone, and a man of integrity is called a deceiver. This is why I weep.'

The story is one that you and I will construct together in your memory. If the story means anything to you at all, then when you remember it afterward, think of it, not as something I created, but rather as something that we made together.

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

When you really know somebody you can’t hate them. Or maybe it’s just that you can’t really know them until you stop hating them.

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