I don't freeze up because it isn't my battle. I'm helping. I'm watching. But I'm free. Because it's Ender's game.

When have you ever seen someone who had no doubts who was also correct about anything?

I'm a Democrat voting for Bush, even though on economic issues, from taxes to government regulation, I'm not happy with the Republican positions. But we're at war, and electing a president who is committed to losing it seems to be the most foolish thing we could do. Personal honesty is also important to me, and Kerry is obviously not in the running on that point, given that he can't keep track of the facts in his own autobiography.

We're all trying to decide whether your scores up there are a miracle or a mistake." "A habit.

If a pig goes upon the threshing-floor, or a field, or a garden, and the owner of the meadow, or the field, or the garden smites it so that it die, he shall give it back to its owner; but if he does not give it back, he becomes a thief.

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

The world was full of locked doors, and he had to get his hand on every key.