Answers were always important, but they were seldom easy.

She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her mood. As if she were important.

But no. There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true.

It exhasperated her, but she knew better than to force the world to her desire.

She knew the true shape of the world. All else was shadow and the sound of distant drums.

I cannot help but wonder how many of us walk through our lives, day after day, feeling slightly broken and alone, surrounded all the time by others who feel exactly the same way.

Some days simply lay on you like stones.

The gesture was so tight with rage she feared she’d snap and crack the world in two.

I love her more than just a little. I think it's because we're both somewhat broken, in our own odd ways. More importantly, we're both aware of it.

But for half a minute she wished it was a different sort of day, even though she knew that nothing good could come from wanting at the world.

Losing Foxen was bad. It would leave her blind and lonely in the dark. Being trapped beneath the pipes and choking out her life was awful too. But neither of those things were wrong.

This is where I belong, burning in these flames. For everything I have done wrong, I know I am to blame.

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

Leaving yourself behind is the worst loss a person can know.

I have come to the conclusion that the internet claims that fecal matter is in every part of the human body.

I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.

I am the source of my own suffering, because of the habits of my mind.

At the core, we are dealing with two parties that have fundamentally different views of the world.

Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel.

I have nothing to say to him [Ronald Reagan], because he is mad. He is foolish. He is an Israeli dog.

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.