He is dangerous, he is beautiful, I could drown in his understanding.

The nations that offer to arbitrate are the ones that think they should rule the world.

What am I now, Alai?" "Still good." "At what?" "At--anything. There's a million soldiers who'd follow you to the end of the universe." "I don't want to go to the end of the universe." "So where do you want to go? They'll follow you." I want to go home, thought Ender, but I don't know where it is.

My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer.

Where loyalty bound creatures together, they became something larger, something new and whole and inexplicable.

It's easy to manipulate your children when they're absolutely sure you're stupid.

It's called civilization. Women invented it, and every time you men blow it all to bits, we just invent it again.