The world is always a democracy in times of flux, and the man with the best voice will win.

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good,' to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community.

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

I'm a Democrat voting for Bush, even though on economic issues, from taxes to government regulation, I'm not happy with the Republican positions. But we're at war, and electing a president who is committed to losing it seems to be the most foolish thing we could do. Personal honesty is also important to me, and Kerry is obviously not in the running on that point, given that he can't keep track of the facts in his own autobiography.

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

If a pig goes upon the threshing-floor, or a field, or a garden, and the owner of the meadow, or the field, or the garden smites it so that it die, he shall give it back to its owner; but if he does not give it back, he becomes a thief.

The ways of love are strange and hard: The love you want is always barred; The love you have you want to change. The ways of love are hard and strange.