Well, how do I know that they don't know the answer unless I ask?.

Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life, Ender..

[It] was written and sold. I knew it was a strong story because I cared about it and believed in it. I had no idea that it would have the effect it h….

I looked for perfection, and I found something better..

So the whole war is because we can't talk to each other..

My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'….

But if you caught my informant,' said Achilles, 'why in the world would Chamrajnagar—or Graff, if it was him—launch the shuttle anyway? Was catching ….

There was no doubt now in Ender's mind. There was no help for him. Whatever he faced, now and forever, no one would save him from it. Peter might be ….

Mom," said Peter, "nobody thinks you're a lackwit, if that's what you're worried about." Lackwit? In what musty drawer of some dead English professor….

You want to beat Peter?" she asked "No," he answered "Beat the buggers. Then come home and see who notices Peter Wiggen anymore. Look him in the eye ….

the seed of doubt was there, and it stayed, and every now and then sent out a little root. It changed everything, to have that seed growing. It made ….

I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves..

Evil people naturally assume that you will use that power exactly as they would use it..

But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the salary cut if I went to my oth….

Then you're dead, too, sweet little sister.' Oh, yes,' said Valentine. 'They'll believe that. "I didn't know it would kill Andrew. And when he was de….

I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas..

That is the ultimate power, to stare death in the face and be unafraid..

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

From all wise men, O Lord, protect us..

The great forces of history were real, after a fashion. But when you examined them closely, those great forces always came down to the dreams and hun….

Nature can't evolve a species that hasn't the will to survive. Individuals might be bred to sacrifice themselves, but the race as a whole can never c….