It's as if every conversation with a woman was a test, and men always failed it, because they always lacked the key to the code and so they never quite understood what the conversation was really about.

I'm right here. This is who I really am. I'm not pretending.

Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life, Ender. The best you can do is choose to fill the roles given you by good people, by people who love you.

Quim," she said, "don't ever try to teach me about good and evil. I've been there, and you've seen nothing but a map.

My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer.

it was all your genes that made us geniuses, mom. said peter. we sure didn't get any from dad. i heard that. father said, not looking up from the news that was being displayed on the table while he ate it would've been wasted if you hadn't

I am a creature of chemicals.