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.

That's the problem with winning right from the start, thought Ender. you lose friends.

I have lived in the only decades I could have lived in, and hope to live through at least a few more.

She likes us,” said Umbo. “I know, I could feel it too,” said Rigg. “She’s really glad to have us here. I think she loves us like her own children.” “Whom she murdered and cut up into the stew.” “They were delicious.

From now on the enemy is more clever than you. From now on the enemy is stronger than you. From now on you are always about to lose.

Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be.

In war, everyone has their chance to bleed.