Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all alongโthe same person that I am today.
Orson Scott CardPeace. That's what salaam means. Peace unto you." The words brought forth an echo from Ender's memory. His mother's voice reading to him softly, when he was very young. ... The kiss, the word, the peace were with him still. I am only what I remember, and Alai is my friend in a memory so intense that they can't tear him out. Like Valentine, the strongest memory of all.
Orson Scott CardI be crazy too, little buddy, but at least when I be craziest, I be floating all alone in space and the crazy, she float out of me, she soak into the walls, and she don't come out till there be battles and little boys bump into the walls and squish out de crazy.
Orson Scott CardThere's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you
Orson Scott Card