Let me be loved like that, by a man who will not replace me with concubines when I'm old and ugly. Let me be loved by a man who loves God more than me.

It's what I was born for, isn't it? If I don't go, why am I alive?

The only people who think children are carefree are the ones who've forgotten their own childhood.

You’re not a human being until you value something more than the life of your body. And the greater the thing you live and die for the greater you are.

Whoop-de-do," said Ram. "What?" "I'm celebrating." "Was that irony or loss of mental function?" asked the expendable. "Was that a rhetorical questions, a bit of humor, or a sign that you are losing confidence in me?" "I have no confidence in you, Ram," said the expendable. "Well, thanks." "You're welcome.

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

Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.