It's about me, or people wouldn't be so anxious to keep me from knowing about it. The absence of information is information. ~ Ender

Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.

America is an empire that does not wish to be one ; we are easily discouraged from doing what must be done to maintain the global order that allows democracy and prosperity to flourish.

Love is random; fear is inevitable.

His vices were the vices of his time and culture, but his virtues transcended the milieu of his life.

Take me home, he said silently to Graff. In my dream you said you loved me. Take me home

Madness, and then illumination.