I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one.

You know how writers are... they create themselves as they create their work. Or perhaps they create their work in order to create themselves.

[T]he politically correct are above the rules of ordinary civility, once they have identified you as an unbeliever in their religion.

The commercial work of today is the classics of tomorrow.

The future is a hundred thousand threads, but the past is a fabric that can never be rewoven.

I know everything I need to know already," Rigg always said... To which Father always replied,"See how ignorant you are? You don't even know why you need to know the things you don't know yet." "So tell me," said Rigg. "I would but you're too ignorant to understand the reasons why your ignorance is a fatal disease.

Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way.