Nonsense," said Graff. "Ender always has plans within plans.

someone's sent a loving note in lines of returning geese and as the moon fills my western chamber as petals dance over the flowing stream again I think of you the two of us living a sadness apart a hurt that can't be removed yet when my gaze comes down my heart stays up

Ah, I am the judge of dreams, and you are the judge of love. Well, I find you guilty of dreaming good dreams, and sentence you to a lifetime of working and suffering for the sake of your dreams. I only hope that someday you won't declare me innocent of the crime of loving you.

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

Peter, you're twelve years old. I'm ten. They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice.

I'm never impossible. The most I ever allow myself is to be somewhat unlikely.

Order and disorder', said the speaker, 'they each have their beauty.