If you asked me to marry you all over again today I'd say yes, said Valentine. And if I had only met you for the first time today, I'd ask.

To have a choice at all is to be free - even when the choice is between two terrible things.

Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way.

No matter how sexually attracted a man might be toward other men, or a woman toward other women, and no matter how close the bonds of affection and friendship might be within same-sex couples, there is no act of court or Congress that can make these relationships the same as the coupling between a man and a woman.

Life is full of grief, to exactly the degree we allow ourselves to love other people.

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

There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world.