So the whole war is because we can't talk to each other.

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

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

Religion is tied to the deepest feelings people have. The love that arises from that stewing pot is the sweetest and strongest, but the hate is the hottest, and the anger is the most violent.

You frighten me, when you say there isn't time." "I don't see why. Christians have been expecting the imminent end of the world for millennia." "But it keeps not ending." "So far, so good.

In a way she actually preferred Peter to other people because of this. He always acted out of intelligent self-interest.

God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever exist if we as individuals are the result of some external cause.