He is dead, she thought bitterly, because we have forgotten him.

The tribe is whatever we believe it is. If we say the tribe is all the Little Ones in the forest, and all the trees, then that is what the tribe is. Even though some of the oldest trees here came from warriors of two different tribes, fallen in battle. We become one tribe because we say we're one tribe." Ender marveled at his mind, this small raman [member of another sentient species]. How few humans were able to grasp this idea, or let it extend beyond the narrow confines of their tribe, their family, their nation.

Religion is tied to the deepest feelings people have. The love that arises from that stewing pot is the sweetest and strongest, but the hate is the hottest, and the anger is the most violent.

If you listen very carefully, you can hear the good fairy come in the night and leave our assignment for tomorrow.

I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

Your trust in rationality makes you irrational.