History is an omlette. THe eggs are already broken.

An eye for an eye? How Christian of you.' Unbelievers always want other people to act like Christians.

Humanity does not ask to be happy.It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf. Survival first, and then happiness as we can manage it... Take what pleasure you can in the interstices of your work, , but your work is first, learning first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing.

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

Maybe we're the fools, for thinking we know things. Maybe humans are the only ones who can deal with the fact that nothing can ever be known at all.

Personal affection is a luxury you can have only after all your enemies are eliminated. Until then, everyone you love is a hostage, sapping your courage and corrupting your judgment.

Two sides of the same coin, but which side is which?