Every person is defined by the communities she belongs to.

Take me home, he said silently to Graff. In my dream you said you loved me. Take me home

If human beings are all monsters, why should I sacrifice anything for them?" "Because they are beautiful monsters..., And when they live in a network of peace and hope, when they trust the world and their deepest hungers are fulfilled, then within that system, that delicate web, there is joy. That is what we live for, to bind the monsters together, to murder their fear and give birth to their beauty.

Maybe she couldn't know who she was today. Maybe it was enough to know that she was no longer who she was before.

I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it's due, so that defeat is not disgrace. And I hope I don't have to do it often.

It is the downfall of evil, that it never sees far enough ahead.

yesterday someone sent a message that was signed GOD! bernard said. really? dap said. i didn't know he was signed onto the system