Valentine had long ago observed that in a society that expected chastity and fidelity, like Lusitania, the adolescents who controlled and channeled t….

In philosophy class I think we finally decided that 'good' is an infinitely recursive term - it can't be defined except in terms of itself. Good is g….

Who would I be, if other good souls did not make up for my shortcomings?.

And above all, what does being liberal have to do with opposing, or, uh, supporting the war against terror? Our enemies in the war against terror are….

Quing-Jao: I am a slave to the gods, and I rejoice in it. Jane: A slave who rejoices is a slave indeed..

Thank God for you, Ender. Thank God..

Quim," she said, "don't ever try to teach me about good and evil. I've been there, and you've seen nothing but a map..

I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many values that I hold to be important to America's role as a l….

For it is in the millions of small melodies that the truth of history is always found, for history only matters because of the effects we see or imag….

God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever exist if we as i….

If I wanted to doubt, then I could doubt endlessly, but at some point a person has to stop questioning and act, and at that point you have to trust s….

I didn't want to see you." "They told me." "I was afraid that I'd still love you." "I hoped that you would..

Love is random; fear is inevitable..

Make friends. Be a leader. Kiss butts if you have to, but if the other guys despise you-you know what I mean?.

There's a sort of rage a man feels when he's been deceived where he most trusted. It compares to no other anger..

I've had your tears with mine, and you've had mine with yours. I think that's more intimate even than a kiss..

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane..

You accomplish exactly as much as the people who serve you decide you'll accomplish and nothing more..

How short life is for fools..

Andrew said you were the best person he ever knew." "He reached that conclusion before he saw me raise three barbarian children to adulthood. I under….

That night Demosthenes published a scathing denunciation of the population limitation laws. People should be allowed to have as many children as they….