There's a sort of rage a man feels when he's been deceived where he most trusted. It compares to no other anger.

Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books, not to be indiscriminately enforced against anyone who happens to be caught violating them, but to be used when necessary to send a clear message that those who flagrantly violate society's regulation of sexual behavior cannot be permitted to remain as acceptable, equal citizens within that society.

Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.

The essence of training is to allow error without consequence.

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.

'So if we can we'll kill every last of the buggers, and if they can they'll kill every last one of us. As for me,' said Ender, 'I'm in favor of surviving'.

In a way she actually preferred Peter to other people because of this. He always acted out of intelligent self-interest.