We have to go. I'm almost happy here.

He could see Bonzo's anger growing hot. Hot anger was bad. Ender's anger was cold, and he could use it. Bonzo's was hot, and so it used him.

It is in the turmoil of chaos that we discover what, if anything, we are.

Quing-Jao: I am a slave to the gods, and I rejoice in it. Jane: A slave who rejoices is a slave indeed.

The world is always a democracy in times of flux, and the man with the best voice will win.

Faith doesn't mean you never doubt. It only means you never act upon your doubts.

She worked her toes into the sand, feeling the tiny delicious pain of the friction of tiny chips of silicon against the tender flesh between her toes. That's life. It hurts, it's dirty, and it feels very, very good.