One bachelor is an irritation. Ten thousand bachelors are a war.

I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it

You're cultural supremacists to the core. You'll perform your Questionable Activities to help out the poor little piggies, but there isn't a chance in the world you'll notice when they have something to teach you.

The only way to retrieve a secret,once known, is to replace it with a lie.

This emotion I'm feeling now, this is love, right?" "I don't know. Is it a longing? Is it a giddy stupid happiness just because you're with me?" "Yes," she said. "That's influenza," said Miro. "Watch for nausea or diarrhea within a few hours.

This is how humans are: We question all our beliefs, except for the ones that we really believe in, and those we never think to question.

That's the problem with winning right from the start, thought Ender. you lose friends.