Firequencher raised his hand. "I've been staying out of family conversations. Do I get credit for that?

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

I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth: the mythic truth about human nature in general, the particular truth about those life-communities that define our own identity, and the most specific truth of all: our own self-story. Fiction, because it is not about someone who lived in the real world, always has the possibility of being about oneself. --From the Introduction

The nations that offer to arbitrate are the ones that think they should rule the world.

It's easy to manipulate your children when they're absolutely sure you're stupid.

I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school.

I love you Ender. More than ever. No matter what you decide.