Isn’t that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want?

That is the earth, he thought. Not a globe thousands of kilometers around, but a forest with a shining lake, a house hidden at the crest of a hill, high in the trees, a grassy slope leading upwards from the water, fish leaping and birds strafing to take the bugs that lived at the border between water and sky. Earth was the constant noise of crickets, and winds, and birds

The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.

Thank God for you, Ender. Thank God.

The most evil creatures dont desire the destruction of everythingthey only desire to exploit it for themselves.

Intellectual understanding does not always bring visceral belief.

He kissed her and killed her then dumped her body in the river.