Miro, I'm so sorry. I always felt such pity for you humans because you could only think of one thing at a time and your memories were so imperfect and . . . now I realize that just getting through the day without killing somebody can be an achievement." It gets to be a habit. Most of us manage to keep our body count quite low. It's the neighborly way to live.

Nonsense," said Graff. "Ender always has plans within plans.

The difference between science fiction and fantasy … is simply this: science fiction has rivets and fantasy has trees.

It's simple. Nothing exists except in relation to something else.

In my view, suicide is not really a wish for life to end.' What is it then?' It is the only way a powerless person can find to make everybody else look away from his shame. The wish is not to die, but to hide.

The society whose citizens are willing to stand and fight is the one with the best chance of surviving long enough for history to even notice.

It is the downfall of evil, that it never sees far enough ahead.