If desire did not dim the brain, nobody would ever get married, drunk, or fat. ~Val
But the truth is that no person ever understands another, from beginning to end of life, there is no truth that can be known, only the story we imagine to be true, the story they really believe to be true about themselves; and all of them lies.
Since when do you have to tell the enemy when he has won?
Oh, I'll live Ender's life, too. It's so much more interesting than my own." ~Val
Who would I be, if other good souls did not make up for my shortcomings?
...the thing with brothers is, you're supposed to take turns being the keeper. Sometimes you get to sit down and be the brother who is kept.