I carry the seeds of death within me and plant them wherever I linger long enough to love.

What a waste of time to be posthumously famous.

Human beings may be miserable specimens, in the main, but we can learn, and, through learning, become decent people.

I have hope for you, if only because you're the only one left to hope for.

I doubt that America will come to Europe again. You'll be on your own against militant Islam.

Ender understood more than she said. Manipulation of gravity was one thing; deception by the officers was another; but the most important message was this: the adults are the enemy, not the other armies. They do not tell us the truth.

I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one.