Poke gave him life. Ender gave it meaning.

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.

But whether there's some grand design really matters little to me. My only hope was this: to see what might be, to believe that it should be, and then to do all I could to bring it to pass, whatever the cost.

Twisted and perverse are the ways of the human mind," Jane intoned. "Pinocchio was such a dolt to try to become a real boy. He was much better off with a wooden head.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes.

Once you duct-tape a Ziploc bag to a man's chest, there's no going back.