Maybe she couldn't know who she was today. Maybe it was enough to know that she was no longer who she was before.

This is how humans are: We question all our beliefs, except for the ones that we really believe in, and those we never think to question.

We need a Napoleon. An Alexander. Except that Napoleon lost in the end, and Alexander flamed out and died young. We need a Julius Caesar, except that he made himself a dictator, and died for it.

Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books, not to be indiscriminately enforced against anyone who happens to be caught violating them, but to be used when necessary to send a clear message that those who flagrantly violate society's regulation of sexual behavior cannot be permitted to remain as acceptable, equal citizens within that society.

Since when do you have to tell the enemy when he has won?

You're cultural supremacists to the core. You'll perform your Questionable Activities to help out the poor little piggies, but there isn't a chance in the world you'll notice when they have something to teach you.

Oh, I'll live Ender's life, too. It's so much more interesting than my own." ~Val