Early to bed and early to rise," Mazer intoned, "makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes.

Life is full of grief, to exactly the degree we allow ourselves to love other people.

Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way.

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.

In a way, being a Mormon prepares you to deal with science fiction, because we live simultaneously in two very different cultures. The result is that we all know what it's like to be strangers in a strange land. It's not just a coincidence that there are so many effective Mormon science fiction writers. We don't regard being an alien as an alien experience. But it also means that we're not surprised when people don't understand what we're saying or what we think.

If you listen very carefully, you can hear the good fairy come in the night and leave our assignment for tomorrow.

yesterday someone sent a message that was signed GOD! bernard said. really? dap said. i didn't know he was signed onto the system