Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

Every person is defined by the communities she belongs to.

The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the control of another puppeteer. If God created our will, then he's responsible for every choice we make.

I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it

"We've devoted our lives to learning about them!" Miro said. Ender stopped. "Not from them."

Humans invent an imaginary lover and put that mask over the face of the body in their bed. That is the tragedy of language my friend. Those who know each other only through symbolic representations are forced to imagine each other. And because their imagination is imperfect, they are often wrong.

If only we were wiser or better people, perhaps the gods would explain to us the mad, unbearable things they do.