I'm never impossible. The most I ever allow myself is to be somewhat unlikely.

A man always assumes that others are as virtuous as himself

Truth, when we are fortunate enough to find it, is like bad-tasting medicine. It rarely comes as a pleasant surprise, because if it surprises us, it means we've been denying it for some time and have a lot of beliefs based on falsehood. It's hard to give up those beliefs.

Ah, I am the judge of dreams, and you are the judge of love. Well, I find you guilty of dreaming good dreams, and sentence you to a lifetime of working and suffering for the sake of your dreams. I only hope that someday you won't declare me innocent of the crime of loving you.

Ender didn't like fighting. He didn't like Peter's kind, the strong against the weak, and he didn't like his own kind either, the smart against the stupid.

One bachelor is an irritation. Ten thousand bachelors are a war.

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.