Ender began to eat, slowly and carefully, pretending not to notice he was the center of attention.

I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid.

Ender didn't like fighting. He didn't like Peter's kind, the strong against the weak, and he didn't like his own kind either, the smart against the stupid.

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

There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world.

Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along―the same person that I am today.

If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.

I taught you everything you know. But I didn't teach you everything I know.

Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.

Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.

Peter, you're twelve years old. I'm ten. They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice.

We don't know how much we are capable of loving until the people we love are being taken away, until a beautiful story is ending.

Nothing is impossible for pure love.

Don’t be afraid to take a chance.The worst that can happen is thatyou don’t succeed … this time.

Let them know a real man who lives as he was meant to live.

One of the penalties of being a human being is other human beings.

I tried to think but nothing happened!

One loving thought can change everything.

I shop for clothes when I have time - early in the morning or late at night.

It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.

There was something in the bel canto, not just opera, but a certain style of Italian singing that I responded to deeply.