Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be.

Home is where the people who live there need me to come home to them, and worry about me when I'm gone. There's no such place on this earth, no matter how far I drive.

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

The only way to learn is by changing your mind.

So from then on, he looked at all his choices and said, What would a good person do, and then did it. But he has now learned something very important about human nature. If you spend your whole life pretending to be good, then you are indistinguishable from a good person. Relentless hypocrisy eventually becomes the truth.

It will hurt." said Petra. "But let's make the most of what we have, and not let future pain ruin present happiness.

nobody ever wrote to me saying"you know ender's game was a pretty good book, but you know what it really needs a n introduction!".....so be assured the novel stands on its own, and if you skip this intro and go straight to the story, i not only won't stand in your way i'll even agree with you!